FINAL APRIL 1997 TOP TEN

1.  Patrick Houda         54
2.  Jani Lehti            51
3.  Jonathan Braniff      46
4.  Erick Erickson        38
5.  Marc Arsenault        37
6.  John Santore          34
    Mike Taylor           34
8.  Greg Weston           33
9.  Paul Branchaud        23
10. Anthony Boron         20
    Scott Shigemi         20

• GOALTENDER TRIVIA #3.28:
  TWO-POINT QUESTION: For Halloween one year, this N.H.L. goaltender spray painted his mask orange. Name him.
  CORRECT ANSWER: Doug Favell of the Philadelphia Flyers (or rather, his teammates) painted his mask orange for a Halloween prank.
  THREE-POINT QUESTION: This goaltender appeared in his seventieth International Hockey League game this season, setting a league record. Name him.
  CORRECT ANSWER: Frederic Chabot of the Houston Aeros finished the season with 72 games played, an International Hockey League record.
  FIVE-POINT QUESTION: The passing of an era occured last Saturday, as Pittsburgh's Mario Lemieux retired from professional hockey. Many will remember that his last N.H.L. goal was scored that night, against Philadelphia's Garth Snow. Name the goaltender who yielded Lemieux's first N.H.L. goal.
  CORRECT ANSWER: On his first shift, on his first shot, Mario stole the puck from Ray Bourque and beat Boston's Pete Peeters for his first career N.H.L. goal.

• GOALTENDER TRIVIA #3.27:
  TWO-POINT QUESTION: Last week, Martin Brodeur became just the second N.H.L.goaltender to shoot and score a goal in the Stanley Cup playoffs. Name the goaltender who was first.
  CORRECT ANSWER: It was, of course, Philadelphia's Ron Hextall, who scored the first playoff goal-by-a-goaltender in April of 1989, against the Washington Capitals.
  THREE-POINT QUESTION: Among people who have played goal at the National Hockey League level, name the last to win the Patrick Trophy.
  CORRECT ANSWER: Emile Francis was the last former goaltender to win the Patrick Trophy, back in 1982.
  FIVE-POINT QUESTION: When Teemu Selanne broke Mike Bossy's N.H.L. record for goals scored by a rookie, who was the opposing netminder?
  CORRECT ANSWER: Stephane Fiset was the goaltender who yielded a hat-trick to Teemu Selanne, as he broke Mike Bossy's N.H.L. rookie record for goals.

• GOALTENDER TRIVIA #3.26:
  TWO-POINT QUESTION: Last season, this goaltender stopped the first overtime penalty shot in Stanley Cup playoff history. Name him.
  CORRECT ANSWER: When Penguins defenseman Chris Tamer knocked his net off the moorings in the second overtime of the first-round class between Pittsburgh and Washington, goaltender Ken Wregget was the man who stopped the resulting Joe Juneau penalty shot. Petr Nedved scored the game-winner in the fourth overtime.
  THREE-POINT QUESTION: This season, New Jersey's Martin Brodeur earned ten shutouts. Name the last goaltender to record double-digit shutouts in one N.H.L. regular season.
  CORRECT ANSWER: The last goaltender to record double-digit shutouts was the Montreal Canadiens' Ken Dryden, who whitewashed opponents on ten occasions in 1976-77.
  FIVE-POINT QUESTION: Among Calder Trophy-winning goaltenders, name the most recent first-round N.H.L. entry-draft selection.
  CORRECT ANSWER: Martin Brodeur, selected 20th in the 1990 N.H.L. entry draft, was the last first-round pick to win the Calder Trophy. The last before him? Tom Barrasso.

• GOALTENDER TRIVIA #3.25:
  TWO-POINT QUESTION: Name the goaltender who holds the record for most victories in an N.H.L. regular-season.
  CORRECT ANSWER: Bernie Parent, the great Philadelphia Flyers goaltender, recorded an amazing forty-seven victories in the 1973-74 regular season, and went on to capture the Flyers' first Stanley Cup.
  THREE-POINT QUESTION: This current goaltender, who played junior hockey in the town of his original N.H.L. team, received his first two "call-ups" to the big leagues by way of television broadcasts. Name him.
  CORRECT ANSWER: According to Dick Irvin's marvelous book "In the Crease", it was Calgary's own Mike Vernon who received the call-up twice over the television, the second time courtesy "Hockey Night in Canada".
  FIVE-POINT QUESTION: On Halloween 1992, Patrick Roy of the Montreal Canadiens earned his 200th N.H.L. victory. Which opposing goaltender did he defeat to earn this milestone win?
  CORRECT ANSWER: Roy's opposition that night was the New York Rangers, led by number thirty-four, John Vanbiesbrouck.

• GOALTENDER TRIVIA #3.24:
  TWO-POINT QUESTION: Over the course of the current season, Patrick Roy has set the Nordiques/Avalanche franchise record for the most wins by one goaltender in a season. Who held the record previously?
  CORRECT ANSWER: Daniel Bouchard set the Avalanche franchise record with 29 regular-season victories in 1983-84, and Ron Hextall tied it during his season with the Nordiques. Patrick Roy now holds the record, at 37 (and counting).
  THREE-POINT QUESTION: Name the goaltenders of record the last time the St. Louis Blues defeated the Philadelphia Flyers.
  CORRECT ANSWER: What I meant here was, name the goaltenders of record the last time before yesterday (3/30/97) that St. Louis defeated Philadelphia. However, I didn't say that, so I grudgingly accepted Grant Fuhr and Ron Hextall as answers. The goaltenders I was looking for were the netminders in the Halloween 1992 tilt, where Curtis Joseph and the St. Louis Blues defeated Dominic Roussel's Flyers 6-4. Stephane Beauregard also appeared in net for Philadelphia, on the same night that Patrick Roy earned his 200th N.H.L. victory.
  FIVE-POINT QUESTION: This goaltender, who grew up in Ottawa and earned his clever nickname before he even played an N.H.L. game, had an uncle (defenseman), father (defenseman), and brother (forward), who all played in the National Hockey League. Name him.
  CORRECT ANSWER: Gary Smith, whose uncle Roger played for the Philadelphia Quakers, father Des played for the Maroons, Canadiens, Blackhawks, and Bruins, and brother Brian played for the Kings and North Stars, earned the nickname "Suitcase" not for his proficiency at switching N.H.L. teams, but because he was, in essense, the Toronto Maple Leaf farm club emergency goaltender.