APRIL 2006 TOP TEN

1.  Roger Maynard           72
2.  Mark Calandra           63
3.  Tom Mascioli            60
4.  Gary Balentine          50
5.  Jerry Kotzman           42
6.  Pete Hibbard            41
7.  Ryan Angus              35
8.  David Zetterman         32
9.  Bill Clare              30
10. Alex Kozuszko           22
GOALTENDER TRIVIA YEAR TEN WEEK NINETEEN (Answers due 10pm MST 04/08/06):

TWO-POINT QUESTION: Name the opposing goaltender who finally earned a shootout victory over the Dallas Stars this season.
CORRECT ANSWER: On March 31, 2006, Jean-Sebastien Giguere and the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim finally broke the Stars' run of shootout success. Giguere stopped Antti Miettinen and Jussi Jokinen, while Rob Niedermayer and Jonathan Hedstrom beat Marty Turco as the Ducks took the victory in the quickest way possible.

THREE-POINT QUESTION: This week, Henrik Lundqvist broke the New York Rangers' club record for victories by a rookie goaltender. Prior to Lundqvist, who held this mark?
CORRECT ANSWER: Lundqvist took the record from two pretty good goaltenders. In 1941-92, "Sugar" Jim Henry stepped in for the retired Davey Kerr to post twenty-nine wins for the Blueshirts. Twelve seasons later, Johnny Bower equalled Henry's win total. Bower was rewarded with a demotion to the minors the following year.

FIVE-POINT QUESTION: Working as a New York Rangers' statistician until 1986, this man was paid $100 per game when he had to appear in goal during a National Hockey League game. Name him.
CORRECT ANSWER: Joe Schaefer, who mad two appearances in the New York nets, both as a result of injuries to Gump Worsley.

PICTORAL QUESTION: Name the following goaltender:

CORRECT ANSWER: Kay Whitmore, the one-time top prospect of the Hartford Whalers. I'm currently under the impression that Whitmore is retired as an active player, although he did dress for three German league playoff games last spring.

GOALTENDER TRIVIA YEAR TEN WEEK TWENTY (Answers due 10pm MST 04/15/06):

TWO-POINT QUESTION: This goaltender recently had his National Hockey League shutout streak stopped at 237 minutes, 39 seconds. Name him.
CORRECT ANSWER: It was a shutout streak against the Boston Bruins (not against the entire league), but Montreal's Cristobal Huet is the intended correct answer.

THREE-POINT QUESTION: Last week, I asked about Henrik Lundqvist setting his club's record for wins by a rookie goaltender. Lundqvist has no chance to break the National Hockey League record in this category - who currently holds the mark?
CORRECT ANSWER: Terry Sawchuk set the mark in 1950-51 with an impressive forty-four victories for the Detroit Red Wings. Chicago's Ed Belfour came very close forty seasons later, falling just one win short in 1990-91.

FIVE-POINT QUESTION: Name the two goaltenders who made their big-league debuts by recording World Hockey Association shutouts.
CORRECT ANSWER: On December 29, 1973, Ron Grahame of the Houston Aeros blanked the Chicago Cougars by a 3-0 count. Nearly one year later, on December 14, 1974, San Diego's Bob Blanchet held the Indianapolis Racers off the scoreboard in a 2-0 win.

PICTORAL QUESTION: Name the following goaltender:

CORRECT ANSWER: The original Mighty Duck star goaltender, Guy Hebert. Hebert minded the Anaheim nets for the first eight Mighty Duck seasons, setting franchise records in every category.

GOALTENDER TRIVIA YEAR TEN WEEK TWENTY-ONE (Answers due 10pm MST 04/22/06):

TWO-POINT QUESTION: Most of you probably know that Patrick Roy holds the National Hockey League record with 151 victories in Stanley Cup play. Which goaltender did Roy take the record from?
CORRECT ANSWER: Roy set the mark on April 24, 1997, with his 89th postseason win. Billy Smith held the record at the time, with eighty-eight Stanley Cup victories for the New York Islanders. Smith led the league in playoff wins for five consecutive seasons, from 1980 until 1984.

THREE-POINT QUESTION: Since the formation of the National Hockey League, name the goaltender who appeared in the Stanley Cup playoffs (for at least one game) for the greatest number of consecutive seasons.
CORRECT ANSWER: Tony Esposito, who appeared for the Chicago Black Hawks each spring from 1970 through 1983. Esposito was twice thwarted in the Cup Finals, falling to his first NHL team (Montreal) in both 1971 and 1973.

FIVE-POINT QUESTION: Name the most recent goaltender to make their National Hockey League debut in a Stanley Cup playoff game.
CORRECT ANSWER: On April 9, 1989, the Pittsburgh Penguins were on the verge of a sweep, battering New York Ranger goaltenders John Vanbiesbrouck and Bob Froese in the first three games. For Game Four, the Rangers elected to go with untested Mike Richter, who had spent the year with Denver of the IHL. Richter stopped twenty-six shots, but could not stem the tide as the Penguins advanced with a 4-3 win.

PICTORAL QUESTION: Name the following goaltender:

CORRECT ANSWER: Roger Crozier, who was not only the first goaltender to win the Conn Smythe Trophy as the NHL's playoff most valuable player, but the first winner from a team that did not win the Stanley Cup.

GOALTENDER TRIVIA YEAR TEN WEEK TWENTY-TWO (Answers due 10pm MST 04/29/06):

TWO-POINT QUESTION: Who holds the National Hockey League record for the greatest number of playoff appearances with the same franchise?
CORRECT ANSWER: New Jersey's Martin Brodeur has played (as of this writing) 148 games in the Stanley Cup playoffs, all with the Devils. His current record stands at 88 wins and 60 losses, with three Cup titles to his credit.

THREE-POINT QUESTION: Name the first goaltender to record an assist in the Stanley Cup Finals.
CORRECT ANSWER: On May 17, 1979, in Game Three of the Stanley Cup between Montreal and the New York Rangers, Canadiens goaltender Ken Dryden earned an secondary assist on Jacques Lemaire's goal, putting Montreal ahead by a 4-1 score (and completing the longest sentence in Goaltender Trivia history). Steve Shutt had the other assist on the goal.

FIVE-POINT QUESTION: It used to be customary for teams to replace an injured goaltender with someone in attendance. Name the last National Hockey League goaltender to serve in this fashion.
CORRECT ANSWER: On March 29, 1964, in Detroit's semifinal series against the Chicago Black Hawks, Red Wing starter Terry Sawchuk was injured and had to leave the game. Central League goaltender Bob Champoux was found in the stands to replace Sawchuk, but the long delay on the nationally televised game proved to be an embarrassment for the league. In the 1964 offseason, the NHL enacted a rule mandating that teams dress two goaltenders for each game.

PICTORAL QUESTION: Name the following goaltender:

CORRECT ANSWER: Keeping in line with the recent "playoff theme", this is the last goaltender to captain his team to a Stanley Cup, Montreal netminder Bill Durnan. You can also notice Durnan's interesting gloves in this photo.

GOALTENDER TRIVIA YEAR TEN WEEK TWENTY-THREE (Answers due 10pm MST 05/06/06):

TWO-POINT QUESTION: Name the last team to win the Stanley Cup with more than one goaltender earning a postseason victory.
CORRECT ANSWER: In 1991, the Pittsburgh Penguins won their first Cup with Tom Barrasso earning twelve victories and Frank Pietrangelo earning four. Some of you may remember Pietrangelo's Game Seven performance on April 15, when he stopped twenty-seven New Jersey Devil shots in a 4-0 victory.

THREE-POINT QUESTION: Dwayne Roloson and the Edmonton Oilers have two chances to knock off the top-seeded Detroit Red Wings in this year's playoffs. Since the advent of the current conference-based playoff system, name the first goaltender on a eighth-seeded team to eliminiate a top-seeded team in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.
CORRECT ANSWER: This question was more vague than it needed to be, but the answer depends on whether you consider the switch from four to six divisions to be part of the "current" conference-based system. In 1994, Arturs Irbe and the San Jose Sharks knocked off the Detroit Red Wings, while in 1999 Tom Barrasso and the Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the New Jersey Devils.

FIVE-POINT QUESTION: Name the last right-catch goaltender (trapper glove on his right hand) to win the Stanley Cup as a number-one goaltender.
CORRECT ANSWER: It's an all-Barrasso day so far! Tom Barrasso won the 1991 and 1992 Stanley Cups with the Penguins. Prior to that, Grant Fuhr won multiple Cups with Edmonton in the 1980s. As an Avalanche fan, I'm hoping that we can have another this season.

PICTORAL QUESTION: Name the following goaltender:

CORRECT ANSWER: The winner of the 1974 and 1975 Conn Smythe Trophies as postseason most valuable player, this is Philadelphia's Bernie Parent.