APRIL 2007 TOP TEN

1.  Roger Maynard           85
2.  Tom Mascioli            69
3.  Pete Hibbard            68
4.  Simon Jean              62
5.  Mark Calandra           59
6.  Bryan McCready          57
7.  Kevin Cameron           49
8.  Kevin Belobaba          37
9.  Mike Moore              32
10. Maxime Deslippes        15
GOALTENDER TRIVIA YEAR ELEVEN WEEK TWENTY-ONE (Answers due 10pm MDT 04/07/07):

TWO-POINT QUESTION: Although his team would win go on to win the series, this rookie goaltender was in net when Bobby Orr recorded the first playoff hat trick by a defenseman. Name him.
CORRECT ANSWER: On April 11, 1971, Montreal's Ken Dryden was in net for Orr's hat trick in a 5-2 Boston victory. Of course, Dryden and the Canadiens went on to upset Boston and win the Stanley Cup.

THREE-POINT QUESTION: This goaltender's 1986 goal also tied his league's career record for points by a goaltender. Name him.
CORRECT ANSWER: On January 7, Kingston's Chris Clifford cleared the puck into the vacant Toronto net in a 5-3 Ontario Hockey League victory. Clifford already had ten assists in his career.

FIVE-POINT QUESTION: Before it was retired in honour of the great Rogatien Vachon, name the last Los Angeles King goaltender to wear sweater number thirty.
CORRECT ANSWER: Markus Mattsson, famous more for something else he accomplished in a Kings sweater, wore number thirty for the 1983-84 club before returing to Finland for his final three campaigns. Vachon's number was retired a few years later.

PICTORAL QUESTION: Name the following goaltender:

CORRECT ANSWER: Older brother of New Jersey's rising star Zach, this is Jordan Parise in the 2006 Devils training camp. Here Johnny Oduya helps Parise as he puts an Adrian Foster shot into the corner.

GOALTENDER TRIVIA YEAR ELEVEN WEEK TWENTY-TWO (Answers due 10pm MDT 04/14/07):

TWO-POINT QUESTION: This goaltender recently broke the National Hockey League record for victories in a single regular-season campaign. Name him.
CORRECT ANSWER: With a 3-2 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on April 5th, Martin Brodeur earned his forty-eighth victory of the 2006-07 campaign. The New Jersey goaltender narrowly edged Vancouver's Roberto Luongo in this category; both are considered strong candidates for the Hart Trophy.

THREE-POINT QUESTION: Name the legendary goaltender who started playing the position long before learning how to skate, wearing boots on the ice until the age of eighteen.
CORRECT ANSWER: Georges Vezina, who went on to the be the first great goaltender in the Montreal Canadiens' storied history.

FIVE-POINT QUESTION: The National Hockey League's first all-star game was a benefit game for the injured Ace Bailey. Name the goaltenders who participated in the game.
CORRECT ANSWER: Charlie Gardiner played for the All-Stars, while George Hainsworth was in net for Toronto. The Leafs ultimately prevailed by a 7-3 margin.

PICTORAL QUESTION: Name the following goaltender:

CORRECT ANSWER: Having played for all three franchises local to the New York City area, this is Mike Dunham appearing with the Blueshirts. Dunham played an even one hundred games for the Rangers franchise.

GOALTENDER TRIVIA YEAR ELEVEN WEEK TWENTY-THREE (Answers due 10pm MDT 04/21/07):

TWO-POINT QUESTION: Including this season, name the goaltender who holds the longest active streak of consecutive seasons with at least one appearance in the Stanley Cup playoffs.
CORRECT ANSWER: Appearing in the postseason in each National Hockey League season since 1997, Martin Brodeur has been a springtime fixture in the New Jersey swampland.

FIVE-POINT QUESTION #1: This goaltender is the only player with experience in the National Hockey League as well as the American, International, East Coast, Central, West Coast, United, and Western Professional leagues. Name him.
CORRECT ANSWER: With leagues merging and dissolving, this may be a record never to be broken - Christian Soucy has played in seven North American minor leagues. Aside from his cup of coffee with the Chicago Blackhawks, Soucy has tended net for Indianapolis (IHL), Fort Worth (CHL), Jacksonville (ECHL), Kentucky (AHL), Baton Rouge (ECHL), Austin (WPHL), Houston (IHL), Tucson (WCHL), Arkansas (WPHL), Elmira (UHL), Louisville (AHL), and Anchorage (WCHL). To the best of my knowledge, he has retired from active duty.

FIVE-POINT QUESTION #2: Fresh from junior hockey, John Vanbiesbrouck made his National Hockey League debut against the Colorado Rockies. Name his backup on that evening, who never appeared in net during an NHL game.
CORRECT ANSWER: Lake Placid native Rick Strack sat the bench for Vanbiesbrouck's debut. Strack was inducted into the SUNY-Plattsburgh sports hall of fame in 1993.

PICTORAL QUESTION: Name the following goaltender:

CORRECT ANSWER: Jamie McLennan, in his four-game stint with the 2004 New York Rangers. After Jussi Markkanen was dealt back to Edmonton, the Rangers needed a partner to team with Mike Dunham, and McLennan was brought in from Calgary.

GOALTENDER TRIVIA YEAR ELEVEN WEEK TWENTY-FOUR(Answers due 10pm MDT 04/28/07):

TWO-POINT QUESTION: With one more postseason shutout, this goaltender will tie the National Hockey League career record. Name him.
CORRECT ANSWER: The New Jersey Devils' Martin Brodeur currently has twenty-two blankings in the postseason, recording his most recent on April 20 against Tampa Bay.

THREE-POINT QUESTION ONE: In Dallas' first-round series against Vancouver this spring, Marty Turco has blanked the Canucks on three separate occasions. Prior to this season, name the last time a National Hockey League goaltender has recorded three (or more) shutouts in a single series.
CORRECT ANSWER: On April 16, 2004, Toronto's Ed Belfour stopped twenty-one shots in a 2-0 victory over the Ottawa Senators. Two days earlier, Tampa Bay's Nikolai Khabibulin also turned the trick.

THREE-POINT QUESTION TWO: Prior to Martin Brodeur, name the last goaltender to start a playoff game for the New Jersey Devils.
CORRECT ANSWER: On May 11, 1994, Chris Terreri stopped thirty-eight shots in a 5-3 victory over the Boston Bruins, closing out New Jersey's conference semifinal series. Brodeur was back in the net for the famous conference final series against the rival Rangers.

FIVE-POINT QUESTION: Name the goaltender who, upon his call-up to the National Hockey League, famously told his general manager that "your hunt for a goaltender is over".
CORRECT ANSWER: Mike Palmateer, who was somewhat correct with his claim. Unfortunately, a troublesome ankle ultimately led to Toronto's next hunt for a goaltender.

PICTORAL QUESTION: Name the following goaltender:

CORRECT ANSWER: Perhaps the next great Montreal Canadiens goaltender, this is Carey Price, the fifth-overall selection in the 2005 entry draft.

GOALTENDER TRIVIA YEAR ELEVEN WEEK TWENTY-FIVE (Answers due 10pm MDT 05/05/07):

TWO-POINT QUESTION: This National Hockey League goaltender was victorious in his first eight postseason overtime contests before finally falling on Friday night. Name him.
CORRECT ANSWER: Jean-Sebastien Giguere of the Anaheim Ducks was perfect in Stanley Cup overtimes (including seven-for-seven in the team's 2003 run) before Jeff Cowan finally bested him last week.

THREE-POINT QUESTION: This National Hockey League goaltender made the outrageous claim that the goal nets in three league cities were smaller than regulation size. Ultimately, he was proven correct. Name him.
CORRECT ANSWER: Jacques Plante, one of the league's more eccentric goaltenders, was the man who made this claim. It turned out that in Chicago, Boston and New York, the crossbar was not welded above the posts, but was aligned with the top, thereby shortening the height of the net by two inches.

FIVE-POINT QUESTION ONE: In this spring's playoffs, Marty Turco of the Dallas Stars registered three shutouts in a single series only to lose the series. Prior to Turco, name the last time this has happened in the National Hockey League.In the 1950 Stanley Cup semifinals between Toronto and Detroit, the Maple Leafs' Turk Broda blanked the Red Wings three times. Unfortunately, his club could not best Harry Lumley for a fourth time, and Detroit advanced.

FIVE-POINT QUESTION TWO: Under the tutelage of Warren Strelow, four goaltenders in the San Jose system were named to their league's (postseason) all-star teams in the same season. Name the year and the four goaltenders.
CORRECT ANSWER: In 2000-01, Evgeni Nabokov (NHL), Miikka Kiprusoff (AHL), Johan Hedberg (IHL) and Terry Friesen (WCHL) all were named league all-stars.

PICTORAL QUESTION: Name the following goaltender:

CORRECT ANSWER: Playing for the United States in the 2006 IIHF World Championships, this is current Florida goaltender Craig Anderson recording a 3-0 shutout of Denmark. Anderson had nineteen saves in the triumph.