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
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).
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)
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.
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.
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.