OCTOBER 1995 TOP TEN:

John Santore            41 points
Pete Hibbard            26 points
Paul Branchaud          24 points
Liam Maguire            21 points
Mark Benvenga           20 points
Greg Weston             18 points
Corby Gilmore           17 points
Mark McDonald           15 points
Craig Bowman            14 points
Tony Goulart            13 points

OCTOBER 1995 TRIVIA QUESTIONS

  • October 2, 1995 (Answers due 10pm MDT October 6, 1995):
    ONE-POINT QUESTION: This goaltender was the first in N.H.L. history to capture both Rookie of the Month and Player of the Month.
    CORRECT ANSWER: Jim Carey, Washington Capitals (6 answers)
    INCORRECT ANSWERS: Martin Brodeur (3), Tom Barrasso (2), Ken Dryden (1), Ron Hextall (1), Blaine Lacher (1), Felix Potvin (1)

    TWO-POINT QUESTION: Name the active leader in all-time regular season losses.
    CORRECT ANSWER:Don Beaupre, Ottawa Senators (246 losses) (9 answers)
    INCORRECT ANSWERS:Grant Fuhr (1), Kelly Hrudey (1), Mike Liut (1), Ron Low (1), Andy Moog (1), Ken Wregget (1)

    FIVE-POINT QUESTION: On December 16, 1965, this goaltender came out of retirement to lead the Junior Canadiens to a 2-1 victory over the Soviet Union.
    CORRECT ANSWER: Jacques Plante, who later came out of retirement again and played for three more teams (4 answers)
    INCORRECT ANSWERS: Turk Broda (1), Ken Dryden (1), Bill Durnan (1), Glenn Hall (1), Harry Lumley (1), Mike Vernon (1), Gump Worsley (1).


  • October 9, 1995 (Answers due 10pm MDT October 13, 1995):
    ONE-POINT QUESTION: Arturo Gonzales wrote (in the magazine "Modern Man") of this goaltender: "Crouched in the cage with the sun-white glare of hockey rink flood-lights carving his artificial 'face' into deeply shadowed eye sockets...(he) looks like something out of a Hollywood horror movie." Name this goaltender.
    CORRECT ANSWER: Jacques Plante. (8)
    INCORRECT ANSWERS: Gerry Cheevers (14), Tony Esposito (4), Brian Hayward (1), Kelly Hrudey (2), Gilles Gratton (1), Arturs Irbe (1), Blaine Lacher (2), Terry Sawchuk (1), Billy Smith (1), Rogatien Vachon (1)

    TWO-POINT QUESTION: With 45, this goaltender holds the all-time record for shutouts in the American Hockey League.
    CORRECT ANSWER: Johnny Bower, Cleveland, Providence. (6)
    INCORRECT ANSWERS: Tom Barrasso (1), Baz Bastien (1), Dan Bouchard (1), Jacques Caron (1), Gerry Cheevers (1), Roger Crozier (1), Larry Dyck (1), Ed Giacomin (1), Glenn Hall (1), Corey Hirsch (1), Rick Knickle (1), Ray LeBlanc (1), Rejean Lemelin (1), David Littman (1), Gil Mayer (1), Andy Moog (1), Bobby Perreault (1), Marcel Paille (1), Michel Plasse (1), Terry Sawchuk (1), Ron Tugnutt (1)

    FIVE-POINT QUESTION: Name all seven active N.H.L. goaltenders who hold their current franchise's all-time record for wins.
    CORRECT ANSWER: Guy Hebert (Anaheim) (34), John Vanbiesbrouck (Florida) (38), Chris Terreri (New Jersey) (10), Tom Barrasso (Pittsburgh) (25), Arturs Irbe (San Jose) (38), Daren Puppa (Tampa Bay) (35), Kirk McLean (Vancouver) (28).
    INCORRECT ANSWERS: Don Beaupre (12), Ed Belfour (4), Craig Billington (2), Martin Brodeur (1), Sean Burke (2), Stephane Fiset (5), Dominik Hasek (1), Ron Hextall (8), Kelly Hrudey (7), Andy Moog (6), Bill Ranford (6), Patrick Roy (8), Peter Sidorkiewicz (1)


  • October 16, 1995 (Answers due 10pm MDT October 20, 1995):
    ONE-POINT QUESTION: Of all goaltenders not to earn an N.H.L. victory last season (94-95), name the one who logged the greatest number of N.H.L. minutes.
    CORRECT ANSWER: Kay Whitmore (26), by logging 558 minutes for the Vancouver Canucks in 1994-95, was the "most active" goaltender not to win a game, losing six and tying two.
    INCORRECT ANSWERS: Jeff Hackett (2), Craig Billington, Fred Brathwaite, Grant Fuhr, Curtis Joseph, Olaf Kolzig, Darrin Madeley, Eldon Reddick, Jeff Reese, Patrick Roy, Tommy Salo, Robb Stauber, Jimmy Waite.

    TWO-POINT QUESTION: Name the first goaltender to be selected in the 1995 N.H.L. entry draft.
    CORRECT ANSWER: Jean-Sebastien Giguere (32) was the first goaltender chosen in the 1995 N.H.L. entry draft, going #13 overall to Hartford by way of the Rangers.
    INCORRECT ANSWERS: Martin Biron (4), Brian Boucher (2), Dan Cloutier, Eric Fichaud, Someone French, Mike Jones, Jamie Storr.

    FIVE-POINT QUESTION: Of the players remaining in the Major League Baseball playoffs (as of Monday, 10/16/95), name the one who was a three-time all-state goaltender in Illinois high school ice hockey.
    CORRECT ANSWER: Dan Wilson (12), the catcher for the American League West champion Seattle Mariners.
    INCORRECT ANSWERS: Tom Glavine (12), Orel Hershiser (2), Greg Maddux (2), Steve Avery, Tim Belcher, Jay Buhner, Seattle Mariners, Tino Martinez, Jeff Nelson, Eric Plunk, Bill Risley, Doug Strange, Jim Thome, Chris Widger.


  • October 23, 1995:
    ONE-POINT QUESTION: Name the goaltender who allowed, chronologically, the first goal of the 1995-96 N.H.L. season.
    CORRECT ANSWER: Stephane Fiset, Colorado Avalanche (25). In game #1 between Detroit and Colorado (10/6), Fiset yielded the first goal of the 1995-96 season, to Dino Ciccarelli (power play) at 1:37 of the first period.
    INCORRECT ANSWERS: Mike Vernon (8), Chris Osgood (2), Patrick Roy, Jocelyn Thibault.

    TWO-POINT QUESTION: This N.H.L. goaltender's father was a goaltender for the 1972 Canadian Olympic hockey team.
    CORRECT ANSWER: My correct answer here was New Jersey's Martin Brodeur (16), whose father Denis, according to Stan Fischler's highly-erratic book "Goalies", was the goaltender for the 1972 Canadian Olympic team. However, Canada did not even compete at the 1972 Winter Olympics. Four people pointed this out, and received a bonus point.
    ADDENDUM: It was discovered (in January 1996) later that Denis Brodeur played for the 1956 Canadian Olympic team.
    INCORRECT ANSWERS: Corey Hirsch (3), Jean-Claude Bergeron, Richard Brodeur (no relation), Stephane Fiset, Ron Hextall, Kirk McLean, Jamie Storr, Mike Vernon.

    FIVE-POINT QUESTION: By punching the Madison Square Garden goal judge during an N.H.L. game, this goaltender unknowingly drew the ire of New York City gangsters, posing a serious threat to his life.
    CORRECT ANSWER: Alex Connell (6). In 1932, in a game between the Detroit Falcons and the New York Americans, Falcon goaltender Connell punched the Madison Square Garden goal judge during a melee, resulting from the goal judge's erroneous call. Turns out that the goal judge was the right-hand man of Americans owner (and New York city bootlegger) Bill Dwyer. Oops. :-)
    INCORRECT ANSWERS: Turk Broda (4), Dave Kerr (2), Terry Sawchuk (2), Billy Smith (2), Gump Worsley (2), Emile Francis, Ed Giacomin, Glenn Hall, Glenn Healy, Ron Hextall, Al Rollins, Rogatien Vachon.


  • October 30, 1995 (Answers due 10pm MST November 3, 1995):
    ONE-POINT QUESTION: This 1970's goaltender made an impressive statement with his Greg Harrison-designed lion mask.
    CORRECT ANSWER: The Greg Harrison-designed lion mask was worn by none other than Gilles Gratton (17), for the New York Rangers in 1976-77. Gratton's astrological sign was Leo.
    INCORRECT ANSWERS:Gerry Cheevers (2), Richard Brodeur, Roger Crozier, Doug Favell, Gilles Gilbert, Trevor Kidd, Ron Low, Gary Simmons, Rogatien Vachon.

    TWO-POINT QUESTION: This goaltender enjoyed a resurgance of sorts when he switched from his regular leg pads to a prototype set of synthetic leg pads, designed by inventor Jim Lowson.
    CORRECT ANSWER: In 1986-87, Rejean Lemelin (19) switched from his regular pads to a set of synthetic ones ("Aeroflex"), weighing one-third as much as his old pads. Although others did have their careers improved and/or extended by the new pads, Lemelin is credited as being the first.
    INCORRECT ANSWERS: Pete Peeters (5), Tom Barrasso (2), Grant Fuhr (2), Ron Hextall, Greg Millen, Jacques Plante, Daren Puppa, Ken Wregget.

    FIVE-POINT QUESTION: This netminder was so worried about the state of his eyes that he avoided movie theaters almost entirely, and wore sunglasses while reading.
    CORRECT ANSWER: Davey Kerr (4), the last goaltender (before Mike Richter) to win a Stanley Cup for the Blueshirts, believed that, as the most important assets to a goaltender, the eyes should be protected as much as possible.
    INCORRECT ANSWERS: Jacques Plante (4), Turk Broda (3), Glenn Hall (3), Tony Esposito (2), Bernie Parent (2), Terry Sawchuk (2), Clint Benedict, Roger Crozier, Dave Dryden, Grant Fuhr, Jim Palmateer.