APRIL 1996 FINAL TOP TEN

Paul Branchaud       47
Jonathan Braniff     39
Cameron Thin         39
John Santore         36
Mark Hunt            31
Stephan Sevensma     31
Mark Benvenga        30
Bill Clare           28
Norm Szcyrek         28
Tom Frost            27
  • April 1, 1996 (Answers due 10pm MST 04/05/96):
    ONE-POINT QUESTION: This goaltender is the current N.H.L. active leader in regular-season shutouts.
    CORRECT ANSWER: Patrick Roy (36), with 30 shutouts, leads Ed Belfour by one.
    INCORRECT ANSWERS: Ed Belfour 4, Jim Carey 4, Belfour/Roy tie 3, Grant Fuhr 2, Andy Moog 2, Ron Hextall, John Vanbiesbrouck.

    TWO-POINT QUESTION: Name the two current N.H.L. goaltenders who met in Lillehammer for the Olympic gold medal.
    CORRECT ANSWER: Corey Hirsch (Canada) and Tommy Salo (Sweden) (31) met in the first-ever gold-medal game decided with a shootout (ugh - shootouts)
    INCORRECT ANSWERS: Hirsch/Soderstrom 6, Hirsch/Snow 3, Burke/Irbe 2, Burke/LeBlanc, Burke/Soderstrom, Hasek/Trefilov, Kidd/Salo, Legace/Soderstrom, Moog/Soderstrom, Salo/Storr.

    FIVE-POINT QUESTION: This goaltender was drafted 261th overall by Calgary, making him the lowest-selected draft choice ever to play with the Flames.
    CORRECT ANSWER: Andrei Trefilov (31), now with the Sabres.
    BONUS TO: Liam Maguire, Jonathan Braniff, and Marc Arsenault, who pointed out that Pavel Torgayev was drafted 279th overall by the Flames, and is looking pretty good on the Flames currently.
    INCORRECT ANSWERS: Mike Vernon 4, Jason Muzzatti 3, Rick Wamsley 2, Marc D'Amour, Dominik Hasek, Nicolai Khabibulin, Trevor Kidd, Rick Tabaracci.

  • April 8, 1996 (Answers due 10pm MDT 04/12/96):
    ONE-POINT QUESTION: These two goaltenders acted in tandem for the most recent U.S. Olympic Ice Hockey team. Name the one who has played in the greatest number of N.H.L. games.
    CORRECT ANSWER: Of the two 1994 U.S. Olympic team goaltenders, Garth Snow (32) (Flyers) has played the larger number of N.H.L. games. Mike Dunham (Devils) is the other.
    INCORRECT ANSWERS: Jim Carey, Mike Dunham, Glenn Hall, Guy Hebert, Ray LeBlanc, Jamie Storr.

    TWO-POINT QUESTION: This goaltender spent nearly two decades as a top-flight netminder, and later ascended into Los Angeles Kings management.
    CORRECT ANSWER: Rogatien Vachon (42) spent most of his two-decade career with the Kings, and joined the management staff shortly after, even filling in as coach for a short while.
    INCORRECT ANSWERS: Don Edwards, Grant Fuhr, Kelly Hrudey, Sam McMasters, Jacques Plante.

    FIVE-POINT QUESTION: The Patrick brothers hired this man, who later sired one of the N.H.L.'s top scorers, to be their goaltender on the Victoria Aristocrats.
    CORRECT ANSWER: Bert Lindsay (8), father of scoring great Ted Lindsay, starred in goal for the Victoria squad.
    INCORRECT ANSWERS: Lorne Chabot, Tony Esposito, Norm Fowler, Emile Francis, Frank Frederickson, Percy Jackson, Mario Lemieux Sr., George Mahovlich, Clint Malarchuk, Augie Morenz, Chuck Rayner, Walk Tzachuk.

  • April 15, 1996 (Answers due 10pm MDT 04/19/96):
    ONE-POINT QUESTION: Markuss Mattson of the Kings was perhaps best known for ending the record scoring streak of this individual.
    CORRECT ANSWER: It was none other than the Great One, Wayne Gretzky (25), who had his 51-game point streak broken on January 28, 1984 by Markus Mattson
    INCORRECT ANSWERS: Mike Bossy, Gordie Howe, Mario Lemieum, Bryan Trottier.

    TWO-POINT QUESTION: This Toronto Maple Leaf nearly took off Curtis Joseph's head with a slapshot in the 1993 N.H.L. playoffs. In fact, his shot did take off Joseph's mask, causing one of the lasting memories of the playoffs.
    CORRECT ANSWER: Leaf captain (at the time) Wendel Clark (21) was the man whose slapshot nearly took off goaltender Curtis Joseph's head.
    INCORRECT ANSWERS: Doug Gilmour 6, Dave Andreychuk 2, Glenn Anderson, Dave Ellett, Mike Foligno, Todd Gill, Brett Hull, Al Iafrate.

    FIVE-POINT QUESTION: Name the player whose errant stick led to Bernie Parent's early retirement from professional hockey.
    CORRECT ANSWER: On February 17, 1979, in a game against the New York Rangers, Philadelphia Flyer defenceman Jimmy Watson's (11) stick nicked Bernie Parent in the eye, ending the career of the future Hall-of-Famer.
    INCORRECT ANSWERS: Phil Esposito 4, Bobby Clarke, Bob Dailey, Butch Goring, Vic Hatfield, Ed Johnstone, Pete Mahlovich, Dave Maloney, Don Maloney, Bob Nystrom, Jean Ratelle, Dave Rolfe, Ulf Samuelsson, Jim Shoenfeld, Mario Tremblay.

  • April 22, 1996:
    ONE-POINT QUESTION: The Vancouver Canucks acquired this netminder for a straight exchange of fifth-round draft choices. Less than two seasons later, he had led them to the Stanley Cup Final. Name him.
    CORRECT ANSWER: It was "King" Richard Brodeur (22) who was acquired by the Canucks from the New York Islanders in 1980. Two short years later, he faced those same Islanders in the 1982 Stanley Cup Final.
    INCORRECT ANSWERS: Kirk McLean 12, Kay Whitmore.

    TWO-POINT QUESTION: Name the goaltender who was in net when the Vancouver Canucks won their first playoff series in franchise history.
    CORRECT ANSWER: It took the Canucks twelve long years to win a playoff series, but when it finally came (1982 vs. Calgary), they went all the way with Richard Brodeur (14) between the pipes.
    INCORRECT ANSWERS: Gary Smith 5, Glen Hanlon 3, Kirk McLean 2, Mike Liut, Cesare Maniago.

    FIVE-POINT QUESTION: Name the goaltender who was in net when the Philadlephia Flyers won their first playoff series in franchise history.
    CORRECT ANSWER: Many people assume that Bernie Parent was the first Flyer goaltender to win a playoff series. However, Parent was in the W.H.A. when Doug Favell (13) led the Flyers to a series victory over the North Stars (1973).
    INCORRECT ANSWERS: Bernie Parent 12, Bob Froese, Gary Inness, Ed Johnston, Pelle Lindbergh.

  • April 29, 1996:(Answers due 10pm MDT 5/03/96):
    ONE-POINT QUESTION (Cameron Thin): Name the goaltender who led his team to a Stanley Cup just two months before an untimely death just after a brain operation.
    CORRECT ANSWER: Charlie Gardiner (11), who led the Chicago Blackhawks to the Stanley Cup in April, died at the age of 28 on June 13, 1934.
    INCORRECT ANSWERS: Terry Sawchuk 5, Charlie Conacher, Bill Durnan, Ed Johnston, Jacques Plante.

    TWO-POINT QUESTION (Corby Gilmore): Name the career leader in N.H.L. games played by a European-trained goaltender.
    CORRECT ANSWER: It was just this season that Sabres goaltender Dominik Hasek (13) overtook Sharks goaltender Arturs Irbe in games played by a European-trained goaltender.
    INCORRECT ANSWER: Pelle Lindbergh 5, Peter Sidorkiewicz 2, Ken Dryden, Arturs Irbe.

    FIVE-POINT QUESTION (Paul Branchaud): This goaltender has 4 Stanley Cups and 4 Vezina trophies to his name. He is most notable for the fact that he only ever played 20 minutes of playoff hockey when his team(s) won the Stanley Cup.
    CORRECT ANSWER: In was Michel "Bunny" Larocque, who shared the Vezina (with Ken Dryden) for three consecutive seasons (1977,1978,1979) and later shared the award (with Richard Sevigny and Denis Herron) in 1981.
    INCORRECT ANSWERS: Andy Moog 2, Glenn Resch 2, Terry Sawchuk, Billy Smith.