FINAL MARCH 1999 TOP TEN

1.  Tom Mascioli            83
2.  Gary Balentine          72
3.  Bryan McCready          67
4.  Steve May               65
5.  Paul Branchaud          60
6.  Greg Weston             56
7.  Daryl Turner            49
8.  Mike Taylor             48
9.  Rob Davidson            43
10. Ravi Ramkissoonsingh    31
GOALTENDER TRIVIA YEAR FIVE WEEK NINETEEN (Answers due 10pm MDT 3/5/99):
TWO-POINT QUESTION: Buffalo's Dominik Hasek is well on his way to two consecutive ten-shutout seasons. Name the last National Hockey League goaltender to record back-to-back ten-shutout seasons.
CORRECT ANSWER: Many of you tried to make this harder than it was. New Jersey's Martin Brodeur accomplished the feat in each of the past two seasons, notching precisely ten shutouts each year.

THREE-POINT QUESTION: This goaltender is the only member of the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim who has remained with the team from its inception. Name him.
CORRECT ANSWER: Guy Hebert, whose new contract extension will aid in his ability to be this question's answer for a long time.

FIVE-POINT QUESTION: New Avalanche center Theo Fleury had, until now, spent his entire National Hockey League career with the Calgary Flames. Against which goaltender did Fleury score his first N.H.L. goal?
CORRECT ANSWER: Stepping into the "Battle of Alberta" was no problem for Theo. Fleury's first goal was against rival Edmonton, on January 7, 1989. The legendary Grant Fuhr was in net for the Oilers.

BONUS QUESTION: On January 9 of this year, a forward stepped into the net and played goal during a North American professional hockey game, becoming the most recent to do so. Name him.
CORRECT ANSWER: Winston-Salem's John Nelson, who had never before played goal, finished up the contest after both dressed goaltenders were ejected for their actions in a brawl. In seven minutes, Nelson yielded one goal on two shots.

GOALTENDER TRIVIA YEAR FIVE WEEK TWENTY (Answers due 10pm MDT 3/12/99):
TWO-POINT QUESTION: Name the goaltender who became the first recipient of the Bobby Clarke trophy, awarded to Philadelphia's most valuable player.
CORRECT ANSWER: Pelle Lindbergh, whose performance with the Flyers convinced many general managers that Europeans could, in fact, tend net in the National Hockey League.

THREE-POINT QUESTION: Name this goaltender, who led Czechoslovakia to the silver medal at the 1983 World Junior Championships, earning him a berth on the tournament all-star team, although he was not named the top goaltender.
CORRECT ANSWER: Dominik Hasek. Finland's Matti Rautiainen was named the top goaltender of the tournament. (Note: there is a discrepancy in this question; at least one source lists Hasek and Rautiainen in the "opposite" order; I'm looking into this).

FIVE-POINT QUESTION: Long-time GT readers may recall the Smiths, Gary and Al, who were the last goaltenders to share a surname and an N.H.L. net. Name the most recent National Hockey League goaltending tandem to share the same first name.
CORRECT ANSWER: I took a few answers as correct here. The one I was looking for was the New York Islanders' combination of Tommy Salo and Tommy Soderstrom in 1995-96. However, Montreal's Patrick Roy teamed with *two* Patricks in that year, Labrecque and Jablonski. Finally, I took as correct Jim "James" Carey and Jamie "James" McLennan, who teamed with the Blues earlier this month.

BONUS QUESTION: Name all goaltenders to appear in the classic 1972 Summit series between Canada and the Soviet Union.
CORRECT ANSWER: Playing for Canada were Ken Dryden and Tony Esposito, each for four games. In net for the Soviets in all eight games was Vladislav Tretiak. A bonus point was given for naming the (non-playing) backups for each team, Eddie Johnston (Canada), Aleksander Sidelnikov (USSR) and Viktor Singer (USSR).

GOALTENDER TRIVIA YEAR FIVE WEEK TWENTY-ONE (Answers due 10pm MST 3/19/99):
TWO-POINT QUESTION: Earlier in the week, this National Hockey League goaltender nearly scored a goal, but his shot reached the opponent's empty net just after the final horn sounded. Name him.
CORRECT ANSWER: Colorado's Patrick Roy, last week against the Philadelphia Flyers. I was watching the clock, so I didn't get too excited, but my friends watching the game went nuts.

THREE-POINT QUESTION: This goaltender was the first to win the USA Hockey Women's Hockey Player of the Year Award (the equivalent of the men's Hobey Baker award). Name her.
CORRECT ANSWER: Erin Whitten, in 1994.

FIVE-POINT QUESTION: As an Islander, this goaltender co-hosted a comedy television series (with Patrick Flatley) on SportsChannel in the New York area. Name him.
CORRECT ANSWER: Glenn Healy. The show was called the "Heals (Healy) and Flats (Flatley) Show".

BONUS QUESTION: At the time of Cesar Chavez's famous California "lettuce boycott", this goaltender wasn't seeing much action. When asked if he felt like he was being "boycotted", he replied "What do I look like, a head of lettuce?" Name this goaltender.
CORRECT ANSWER: This was Philadelphia's Doug Favell, who was later shipped to the Maple Leafs to avoid future "boycotts".

GOALTENDER TRIVIA YEAR FIVE WEEK TWENTY-TWO (Answers due 10pm MST 3/26/99):
TWO-POINT QUESTION: This goaltender not only was the first to jump directly from U.S. high school hockey to the National Hockey League, he won the Calder and Vezina trophies in his rookie season. Name him.
CORRECT ANSWER: Tom Barrasso, who starred at Acton-Boxboro (Mass.) High School, posted a 26-12-3 record, with a 2.84 goals-against average and two shutouts.

THREE-POINT QUESTION: When "Badger Bob" Johnson jumped from the University of Wisconsin to the National Hockey League, he was blessed with two competent netminders, so the two split time for roughly the first three seasons of Johnson's tenure. Name the duo.
CORRECT ANSWER: Rejean Lemelin and Don Edwards, with Reggie getting slightly more than half of the action. A lot of people didn't remember Johnson's Calgary seasons.

FIVE-POINT QUESTION: At the advice of his agent, Ron Simon, this North Stars goaltender walked out prior to a game in order to gain the upper hand in contract renegotiations. Name him.
CORRECT ANSWER: Jon Casey, who sat out Minnesota's 4-3 victory over Chicago on November 2, 1991. Casey did, however, show up at the game.

BONUS QUESTION: When Mike Bossy recorded fifty goals in fifty games in 1981, who was the goaltender that gave up goal number fifty?
CORRECT ANSWER: Quebec's Ron Grahame gave up Bossy's 49th and 50th goals, on January 24. Gary Balentine points out that this (the 50th) is available for viewing at http://www.nhl.com/features/wherenow/bossy/bossy.htm. Thanks, Gary!

GOALTENDER TRIVIA YEAR FIVE WEEK TWENTY-THREE (Answers due 10pm MST 4/2/99):
TWO-POINT QUESTION: Earlier this season, Jean-Marc Pelletier became the youngest player to start in goal for the Philadelphia Flyers franchise. Who held this mark before Pelletier broke it?
CORRECT ANSWER: Pete Peeters was twenty-one and one-half years old when he started for the Flyers in his first stint with the club. Pelletier, of course, is just barely twenty-one.

THREE-POINT QUESTION: Name the American Hockey League goaltender who set a league record with his 19-game winning streak that ended on March 10 of this season.
CORRECT ANSWER: John Grahame, whose Providence Bruins finally lost, 5-4 in overtime, to the Kentucky Thoroughblades.

FIVE-POINT QUESTION: Name the two goaltenders who recorded their first National Hockey League career shutouts in back-to-back contests at the US Air Arena.
CORRECT ANSWER: Okay, here's the one I threw out, because that was the fairest thing I could do for everyone involved. My source (The Hockey News) had Tommy Salo and Kevin Hodson earning their first career shutouts on November 29 and December 4, 1996. However, Hodson's shutout was his second career, making THN wrong. I should have double-checked. Once again, my apologies to all Goaltender Trivia readers.

BONUS QUESTION: Name the current National Hockey League goaltender who, in December 1996, purchased a part of the Q.M.J.H.L. Beauport Harfangs.
CORRECT ANSWER: Patrick Roy. The team is now known as the Quebec Ramparts.

EXTRA CREDIT (three points): One of the answers in this week's quiz is closely connected to one of last week's answers. Name the connection.
CORRECT ANSWER: There are several connections, all involving Ron Grahame (last week) and John Grahame (this week's three-pointer), the easiest being the fact that Ron is John's father.