OCTOBER 2007 TOP TEN

1. Roger Maynard           60
2. Mark Calandra           55
   Simon Jean              55
   Tom Mascioli            55
5. Kevin Cameron           50
6. Bryan McCready          45
   PittPenguin44           45
8. Gary Burrows            41
9. Pete Hibbard            37
   Brett Wilmotte          37
GOALTENDER TRIVIA YEAR TWELVE WEEK ONE (Answers due 10pm MDT 10/13/07):

TWO-POINT QUESTION: As of today, name the National Hockey League goaltender who is the highest paid in the league (based on 2007-08 salary cap hit).
CORRECT ANSWER: Nikolai Khabibulin of the Chicago Blackhawks is currently earning 6.75 million for the 2007-08 season. And, as of now, Roberto Luongo of Vancouver has matched him.

THREE-POINT QUESTION: In the long history of the National Hockey League, every franchise has at least one victory in team history. However, one franchise has exactly that - one victory in team history. Name the goaltender who earned that victory.
CORRECT ANSWER: Bert Lindsay of the Montreal Wanderers, who earned a 10-9 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs. You surely know Bert's son, Hall of Famer Ted Lindsay. The Wanderers, who won seven Stanley Cups in pre-NHL days, only played four games before their home rink burned down early in 1918.

FIVE-POINT QUESTION: Prior to Jonathan Bernier, name the last National Hockey League goaltender to start a season-opening game while still a teenager.
CORRECT ANSWER: On October 10, 2003, Marc-Andre Fleury and the Pittsburgh Penguins squared off against Los Angeles. Less than two months prior to his nineteenth birthday, Fleury's squad was outshot by a 48-11 margin, but the brave youngster held firm in an eventual 3-0 loss.

PICTORAL QUESTION: Name the following goaltender:

CORRECT ANSWER: Gilles Meloche got his big National Hockey League break when Chicago traded him to the California Golden Seals in late October of 1971. One of the more underappreciated netminders of his era, Meloche finally got his due when he helped propel the Minnesota North Stars to the 1981 Stanley Cup Final.

GOALTENDER TRIVIA YEAR TWELVE WEEK TWO (Answers due 10pm MDT 10/20/07):

TWO-POINT QUESTION: Which goaltender allowed the first goal of the 2007-08 National Hockey League regular season?
CORRECT ANSWER: On September 29, 2007, at 8:35 of the first period, Mike Cammalleri put a power-play marker past Ilya Bryzgalov to give Los Angeles an early lead. The Kings would take the win, in London, by a 4-1 margin.

THREE-POINT QUESTION: The Los Angeles Kings and Anaheim Ducks squared off last month in London, England to start the 2007-08 campaign. Name the first goaltender to win a regular-season National Hockey League game on non-North American soil.
CORRECT ANSWER: In advance of the 1998 Olympics, the National Hockey League opened their 1997-98 campaign in Tokyo. On October 3, 1997, Vancouver's Kirk McLean outdueled Anaheim's Guy Hebert in a 3-2 contest.

FIVE-POINT QUESTION: Name the Montreal sports editor who was largely responsible for persuading hockey teams to begin using goal nets.
CORRECT ANSWER: William A. Hewitt, who in 1899 persuaded some of the Montreal-area teams to use the nets. Although some goaltenders were not fans of the movement-limiting netting, it curtailed the large number of controversial goal calls. Hewitt's son is the well-known broadcaster Foster Hewitt.

PICTORAL QUESTION: Name the following goaltender:

CORRECT ANSWER: Don Simmons, who spent his first five big league seasons with the Bruins, including reasonably successful playoff runs in his first two years.

GOALTENDER TRIVIA YEAR TWELVE WEEK THREE (Answers due 10pm MDT 10/27/07):

TWO-POINT QUESTION: Name the National Hockey League goaltender who, in April of 2006, was named one of People Magazine's "World's 100 Most Beautiful People".
CORRECT ANSWER: New York Rangers' sensation Henrik Lundqvist. The 25-year-old Swede currently sports a 1.90 goals-against average and 92.8% save percentage while playing in all ten of the Rangers' 2007-08 contests.

THREE-POINT QUESTION: This goaltender was forced to leave a Stanley Cup playoff game because his goal mask had been thrown into the crowd during an altercation, and he did not have a spare. Name him.
CORRECT ANSWER: On April 8, 1971, Vic Hadfield of the New York Rangers pulled off Bernie Parent's goalmask while the latter was tangled with counterpart Ed Giacomin. After a search for the mask proved fruitless, Parent was replaced by Jacques Plante.

FIVE-POINT QUESTION: Called by some the first true butterfly goaltender in hockey history, this goaltender may also be the heaviest to have his name inscribed on the Stanley Cup. Name him.
CORRECT ANSWER: You will find Billy Nicholson's name on the Stanley Cup with the 1901-02 and 1902-03 Montreal AAA squads. What you won't find inscribed on the Cup is that Nicholson topped the scales at somewhere between 250 and 300 pounds! Probably the first goaltender to drop to the ice to stop shots, the writers of "Ultimate Hockey" (among others) anointed him as the first true butterfly goaltender.

PICTORAL QUESTION: Name the following goaltender:

CORRECT ANSWER: Curt Ridley, who performed admirably as Cesare Maniago's backup with the late 1970's Vancouver Canucks.

GOALTENDER TRIVIA YEAR TWELVE WEEK FOUR (Answers due 10pm MDT 11/3/07):

TWO-POINT QUESTION: The top goaltender selected in his draft class, this young netminder has finally come into his own this season with twice as many shutouts as any other National Hockey League goalie. Name him.
CORRECT ANSWER: Taken eighth overall in 2001 (two picks ahead of Dan Blackburn), Columbus' Pascal Leclaire now has four shutouts in his first eight games. Plagued by injuries through his pro career, hopefully he can keep this hot streak going.

THREE-POINT QUESTION: Name the only member of the Pittsburgh Penguins would not allow the producers of the 1995 Jean-Claude Van Damme film "Sudden Death" to use his name for one of the players.
CORRECT ANSWER: Goaltender "Brad Tolliver" was a Tom Barrasso clone - right down to the equipment and sweater number. Tolliver was played by then-recently retired Penguin Jay Caufield.

FIVE-POINT QUESTION: Legendary coach Scotty Bowman named his son Stanley after his first Cup triumph with the 1973 Canadiens. Although he joked that his son's full name is Stanley Cup Bowman, the middle name was taken from the name of a National Hockey League goaltender. Name the goaltender.
CORRECT ANSWER: The goaltender who helped Bowman get to his first three Cup Finals, Glenn Hall was nearly two years older than Bowman himself.

PICTORAL QUESTION: Name the following goaltender:

CORRECT ANSWER: The fifth-overall choice in the 2005 entry draft, the heralded Carey Price led the Hamilton Bulldogs to the Calder Cup last spring and made his National Hockey League debut last month.