1. Bryan McCready 73 2. Lou Ford 69 3. Daryl Turner 58 4. Greg Weston 57 5. Tom Mascioli 42 6. Mike Taylor 30 7. Eric Hansen 29 8. Gary Balentine 28 9. Brett Wilmotte 18 10. Mark Benvenga 14
THREE-POINT QUESTION: When asked which active National Hockey
League netminder has the greatest chance of eventually breaking his mark
for regular-season victories, whom did Patrick Roy name?
CORRECT ANSWER: New Jersey's Martin
Brodeur, who currently has 249 victories at the young age of
twenty-eight, is the only person I've heard Roy mention by name.
FIVE-POINT QUESTION: To get 448 National Hockey League victories,
you have to get the first one first. In Roy's first win, who received the
loss?
CORRECT ANSWER: Winnipeg's Bryan Hayward, who later formed a
very effective tandem with Roy in Montreal, fell to him in this February 23,
1985 contest.
BONUS QUESTION: In Roy's first NHL win, he was inserted into a tie
game for the third period. Name the goaltender that Roy replaced in his
team's net.
CORRECT ANSWER: With the game tied at four after two frames,
Lemaire pulled starter Doug Soetaert to give his Canadiens a jump. Enter Roy,
who faced only two shots en route to an eventual 6-4 victory.
TWO-POINT QUESTION: Name the last goaltender to capture the Calder
Trophy as the National Hockey League's top rookie.
CORRECT ANSWER: In 1994, the New Jersey Devils'
Martin Brodeur, who went 27-11-8 with a
2.40 goals-against average and 91.5% save percentage, took home the crown.
Washington's Jim Carey was a runner-up the
following season.
THREE-POINT QUESTION: This Montreal Maroons' goaltender was
enjoying a solid first year when the great Howie Morenz collided with
him, ending his season prematurely. Name him.
CORRECT ANSWER: Norm Smith fell victim to the great Morenz early in the
1931-32 season. Later in his career, Smith was the victor in the longest
National Hockey League contest ever played.
FIVE-POINT QUESTION: In 1969, this man became the first goaltender
for an expansion team to be named a Calder Trophy finalist. Name him.
CORRECT ANSWER: With Terry Sawchuk
and Wayne Rutledge in the Kings' net, Gerry Desjardins expected to spend the
season at AHL Springfield. However, Rutledge suffered a serious groin injury,
and Desjardins play sixty games for the Los Angeles club, finishing third in
Calder Trophy voting to eventual winner Danny Grant.
BONUS QUESTION: When traded during the 1969 offseason, this
goaltender was discouraged to find himself behind two future
Hall-of-Famers. However, he managed to play in thirty games over his
inaugural campaign, leading the National Hockey League in goals-against
average. Name him.
CORRECT ANSWER: Ernie Wakely, who took advantage of the icetime provided
by the oft-injured Glenn Hall and
Jacques Plante.
TWO-POINT QUESTION: Name the National Hockey League goaltender who holds
the longest active (NHL) regular-season winning streak (as of today).
CORRECT ANSWER: Is there a Goaltender Trivia jinx?
Brent Johnson, the number-two goaltender
for the St. Louis Blues, brought a 7-0 record into Tuesday night's game
against the Canucks, and - of course - he was defeated. My deepest apologies
to Mr. Johnson, although being a Vancouver fan, I'm not too upset.
THREE-POINT QUESTION: In the 1954 Stanley Cup Finals, the Cup-winning
goal was scored in overtime of Game Seven, when a future Hall-of-Fame
defensemen deflected the puck past his own goaltender. Name the victimized
goalie.
CORRECT ANSWER: When the Wings' Tony Leswick floated a shot in from the
blue line, all-world blueliner Doug Harvey attempted to catch/knock down
the puck. The puck went off of his thumb and past a very surprised Gerry
McNeil, winning the Cup for the Red Wings.
FIVE-POINT QUESTION: Name the trainer who, in 1962, constructed
Terry Sawchuk's first goal mask.
CORRECT ANSWER: Wings' trainer Ross "Lefty" Wilson actually built the
mask in 1960, but Sawchuk rejected it because he couldn't see very well
using it. For the 1962-63 season, though, Sawchuk asked Wilson to find
the mask, which he wore until his death in 1970. Wilson also made masks
for many of the other NHL goaltenders of the era.
BONUS QUESTION: Name the last goaltender to go undefeated, winning all
of his team's games, in the Stanley Cup playoffs.
CORRECT ANSWER: In 1960, Montreal's
Jacques Plante went 8-0, as the Montreal
Canadiens swept through the playoffs, taking the Cup in a four-game sweep of
the Toronto Maple Leafs. Bryan McCready points out that
Gump Worsley nearly did the deed with his
11-0 mark in 1968; Rogie Vachon took the
other win, and the lone loss, for the Canadiens in those playoffs.
TWO-POINT QUESTION: Dallas goaltender
Ed Belfour's five shutouts in the month of
November have given him a total of fifty-five for his career. Which goaltender
is the active leader in National Hockey League shutouts?
CORRECT ANSWER: Belfour, of course, who now has fifty-five. The Avs'
Patrick Roy is second with an even fifty. Even
including postseason action, Belfour leads by one.
THREE-POINT QUESTION: Belfour still
has a chance at the National Hockey League record for shutouts in one calendar
month. Who currently shares this record?
CORRECT ANSWER: In December of 1997, the Sabres'
Dominik Hasek tied a 68-year-old mark set by
Hall-of-Famer George Hainsworth when he
recorded a very impressive six shutouts for the month. Of course, Hainsworth
did it in consecutive months (January and February of 1929). On the
other hand, the rules were very different back in the days of yore, but
the National Hockey League recognizes the mark.
FIVE-POINT QUESTION: In 1936, the Toronto Maple Leafs purchased a
goaltender from the Detroit Red Wings for the price of $8,000 - a large
amount at the time, but nearly everyone would agree that it was worth it
in the long run. Name the goaltender.
CORRECT ANSWER: Future Hall-of-Famer
Walter "Turk" Broda, who won five Stanley Cups
with the Leafs. Some sources (including "Total Hockey")
say that Broda was purchased for the lesser amount of $7,500, but - by
random chance - the first two sources I picked up used $8,000 as the
price.
BONUS QUESTION: It took the National Hockey League's expansion Kansas
City Scouts nearly a full month to get their first league victory. Which KC
goaltender earned it?
CORRECT ANSWER: This one threw a lot of folks. On November 3, 1974, the
Scouts played their expansion brother, the Washington Capitals, and eked
out a 5-4 victory. Since Michel Plasse had played the night before,
the game was played (and won) by Peter McDuffe. I'd be willing to bet that
McDuffe's career win total (11) is the lowest amongst goaltenders winning
their franchise's first NHL game.