Trivia Competition Archives (November 2003)

NOVEMBER 2003 TOP TEN

1.  Tom Mascioli            73
2.  Bryan McCready          70
3.  Jason Kurylo            68
4.  Neil Robinson           58
5.  Marie Armstrong         50
6.  John Santore            48
7.  Ville Makela            43
8.  Gilles Carmel           42
9.  Doug Simmons            40
10. Jim Shaarda             37

GOALTENDER TRIVIA YEAR NINE WEEK FOUR (Answers due 10pm MST 11/07/03):
TWO-POINT QUESTION: This netminder recently broke the National Hockey League record for most appearances without playing for more than one franchise. Name him.
CORRECT ANSWER: Until this past month, the New York Rangers' Mike Richter held this mark with 666 regular-season games for his club. On October 11, Martin Brodeur eclipsed Richter and threatens to run away with this mark (the closest active goaltender is Kolzig with the Capitals, and he's been subjected to more trade rumours than I can count). Of course, if you count postseason appearances, Marty broke this record some time ago (well, some time last season at least).

THREE-POINT QUESTION: Name the only Hart Trophy-winning goaltender never to have won a Vezina Trophy in his career.
CORRECT ANSWER: Back in 1950, Chuck Rayner of the New York Rangers took home the Hart Trophy as league Most Valuable Player, despite a 28-30-11 record and 2.62 goals-against average. Truly, I have very little doubt that Rayner *was* the best 'tender of the year, but at the time the Vezina Trophy was awarded to the goaltender(s) on the team surrendering the fewest goal, and Montreal's Bill Durnan took it home in 1950 (his sixth). On the teams Rayner was on, he never really had a shot at the award.

FIVE-POINT QUESTION: Give the phrase that Ed Giacomin wanted to put on his Detroit Red Wings goal mask before it was nixed by the National Hockey League offices.
CORRECT ANSWER: "Spark with Eddie" was intended to be part of an endorsement contract with Champion Spark Plugs, but the league put the kibosh on the agreement before it ever took flight. Instead, Giacomin sported a Wings mask which had red "sparks" over each eye hole (truthfully, they looked like they could be "Red Wings").

BONUS QUESTION: Which National Hockey League goaltender holds the record for most goals allowed in a single regular season?
CORRECT ANSWER: There's really a New York Rangers flavour in this week's trivia questions, although it wasn't intended. Ken McAuley of the 1943-44 wartime Rangers surrendered an amazing 310 goals in just fifty games, a record that probably won't be beaten for some time. McAuley survived two shellshocked campaigns in the New York cage before being replaced by the aforementioned Chuck Rayner.

PICTORIAL QUESTION: Identify the goaltender in the following picture:

CORRECT ANSWER: Mike Vernon, winner of the Hap Emms Memorial Trophy (pictured) as Most Valuable Player of the 1983 Memorial Cup. Under the rules of the time, the Western Hockey League allowed its Memorial Cup representative to choose any goaltender in the league, and Portland chose Vernon (who had already played for them in the previous year's tournament). Unfortunately, this was a contentious issue as it was the first year two Western Hockey League teams were in the tournament, and Lethbridge (the regular season champion whose highly-regarded netminder, Ken Wregget, was injured in the WHL championships) also wanted Vernon. Vernon was allowed to choose, leaving the Hurricanes with Seattle's Dave Ross - Lethbridge ended up being the first team eliminated, and Portland became the first United States-based team to win the Memorial Cup.

GOALTENDER TRIVIA YEAR NINE WEEK FIVE (Answers due 10pm MST 11/14/03):
TWO-POINT QUESTION: Name the most recent goaltender to be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.
CORRECT ANSWER: Grant Fuhr, who earned most of his big-game reputation with the 1980s Edmonton Oilers, was elected this past June and inducted earlier this very month. Fuhr won five Cups (four as a starter) in the National Hockey League.

THREE-POINT QUESTION: Name the goaltenders involved in the only Olympic gold-medal game shootout.
CORRECT ANSWER: Of course, this was Sweden's Tommy Salo and Canada's Corey Hirsch. Peter Forsberg scored the gold medal-winning goal past Hirsch, which the country of Sweden immortalized on a postage stamp.

FIVE-POINT QUESTION: Name the netminder who holds the National Hockey League record for most victories in his rookie (Calder Trophy-eligible) season.
CORRECT ANSWER: Detroit's Terry Sawchuk, who won a then-NHL record forty-four games for the 1950-51 Red Wings, capturing the Calder. Ed Belfour of the Chicago Blackhawks fell one win short, with a still-impressive forty-three.

BONUS QUESTION: Name the first National Hockey League goaltender to face two penalty shots in one game (also the first to give up two penalty shot goals in one game!)
CORRECT ANSWER: Yes, apparently I am occasionally repeating past questions - although it's not intentional. It's just a question of time before the volume of past questions is large enough that I can't remember them all. Anyhow, it was Detroit's Gilles Gilbert, who surrendered penalty shot goals to the Canucks' Thomas Gradin and Ivan Hlinka in a 4-4 tie.

PICTORIAL QUESTION: Identify the goaltender in the following picture (click on the image for a closer look):

CORRECT ANSWER: This was George Plimpton again, from the back cover of "Open Net" (first edition). I got so excited after the question two weeks ago that I pulled it out and read it cover-to-cover again. I got mine on eBay, so there's a good place to start looking for this out-of-print masterwork.

GOALTENDER TRIVIA YEAR NINE WEEK SIX (Answers due 10pm MST 11/21/03):
TWO-POINT QUESTION: When this goaltender returned to Canada in 1943, he decided to give junior hockey a chance. Although other teams in his league found it hard to believe that a man who had served in World War Two for two years could still be of junior age, his birth certificate could not be found (and it still hasn't), and he was allowed to finish the season. Name him.
CORRECT ANSWER: This one was supposed to be my easiest one of the week, but so many people missed it that I'm going to check with some other sources. Johnny Bower was the man I was looking for here.

THREE-POINT QUESTION: As of November 16, 2003, name the National Hockey League team whose rostered goaltenders have combined for more career regular-season league victories than any other?
CORRECT ANSWER: The Detroit Red Wings, with Curtis Joseph (381), Dominik Hasek (295) and Manny Legace (55) combining for 731 regular-season victories over their careers.

FIVE-POINT QUESTION: This goaltender was the only player to win a National Hockey League individual trophy as a member of the Colorado Rockies. Name him.
CORRECT ANSWER: In 1982, Glenn "Chico" Resch was named the winner of the Bill Masterson Trophy, awarded to "the player who best exemplifies the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to hockey."

BONUS QUESTION: Just one year after this goaltender was selected in the National Hockey League entry draft, his brother was selected in the exact same draft position (by a different team, however). Name the goaltender.
CORRECT ANSWER: This is one about Patrick Roy that most people don't know. In 1984, Patrick was selected fifty-first overall by the Montreal Canadiens. The following summer, his younger brother Stephane was selected fifty-first overall by the Minnesota North Stars. Stephane didn't fare as well as Patrick in professional hockey (to be fair, few have), although he developed an excellent reputation on the Canadian National Team. In 1996, both Roy brothers played in the same town - Stephane playing for Roller Hockey International's Denver Daredevils.

PICTORIAL QUESTION: Identify the goaltender in the following picture (click on the image for a closer look):

CORRECT ANSWER: This one is actually Kevin Hodson; a lot of people thought that it was Kevin Weekes, although Weekes never wore #30 with the Lightning. This is from Hodson's "unretirement" with the Tampa Bay Lightning last season - it didn't really go as expected, and he re-retired on January 16.

GOALTENDER TRIVIA YEAR NINE WEEK SEVEN (Answers due 10pm MST 11/28/03):
TWO-POINT QUESTION: Name the goaltenders in net for the first outdoor regular season game in National Hockey League history.
CORRECT ANSWER: Jose Theodore of the Montreal Canadiens will forever go down as the first goaltender to win an outdoor regular-season National Hockey League game, played last Saturday on November 22. Ty Conklin took the loss for the Edmonton Oilers. Ancillary information would be that the backup goaltenders were Stephen Valiquette (EDM) and Mathieu Garon (MON).

THREE-POINT QUESTION: According to official National Hockey League records, this goaltender was the shortest Hart Trophy winner in league history. Name him.
CORRECT ANSWER: At a scant 5-foot-3, there was a good reason Roy Worters was referred to as "Shrimp" in his playing days. Roy took home the 1929 Hart Trophy, the first goaltender to do so, posting a 1.15 goals-against average with thirteen shutouts. Readers only familiar with today's hockey would be surprised to know that neither total led the league.

FIVE-POINT QUESTION: Name the youngest goaltender to reach the 300-win (regular season) plateau in National Hockey League history.
CORRECT ANSWER: At 29 years and 224 days, New Jersey's Martin Brodeur defeated the Ottawa Senators, 2-0, for his 300th victory. Terry Sawchuk comes in second in this race, with Patrick Roy third, although I think we can agree that all of them are truly winners (by definition).

BONUS QUESTION: What is the greatest number of goaltenders selected by a single National Hockey League team in a single entry draft year?
CORRECT ANSWER: In 1977, the Montreal Canadiens selected seven goaltenders in the entry draft - in order, Robert Holland, Richard Sevigny, Barry Borrett, Mark Holden, Carey Walker, Jean Belisle and Bob Daly. Three made it to the National Hockey League, and only one - Sevigny - ever won a game for the Canadiens. Lest you feel sorry for les Habitants - who had about a billion picks in this draft - they also selected Rod Langway and Mark Napier.

PICTORIAL QUESTION: Identify the goaltender in the following picture (click on the image for a closer look):

CORRECT ANSWER: This would be Gilles Gilbert, in his first season with the Detroit Red Wings - it was the same mask he wore in his latter days with the Bruins; compare it with the one on his biography page.