1. Lou Ford 47
2. Tom Mascioli 45
3. Ryan Angus 42
Justin Deonarine 42
5. Bryan McCready 38
6. Alex Wagner 35
7. Jason Kurylo 34
8. Glenn Black 27
Chris Polehoykie 27
David Zetterman 27
GOALTENDER TRIVIA YEAR TEN WEEK ONE (Answers due 10pm MDT 11/18/05):
TWO-POINT QUESTION: Recently, a goaltender became the first National Hockey
League netminder to face two penalty shots from the same player in the same
game. Name this goaltender.
CORRECT ANSWER: One of the side-effects of the rigid officiating this season
has been an increase in penalty shots. On November 9, 2005, Carolina's Erik
Cole was given the opportunity to try two penalty shots on Buffalo's Martin
Biron. Cole scored on the first, but was stopped by Biron on the second.
Unfortunately for Biron and the Sabres, the Hurricanes won anyhow, 5-3.
THREE-POINT QUESTION: In October, Detroit's Manny Legace set a National
Hockey League record with ten victories in a single calendar month. Three
goaltenders previously shared the mark - name at least one (one bonus point
per additional correct answer will be awarded).
CORRECT ANSWER: It was a long lockout for me, although only one person
mentioned the flaw in my question (perhaps most people were too polite).
The two "major news sources" which I happened to read on the subject stated
that Legace set a record for victories in a calendar month; what Legace
actually did was set the record for victories in October. Expect another
question on this topic in the future.
Anyhow, three goaltenders had previously tallied nine victories in October -
Kirk McLean, who set the mark on October 29, 1991, and
Felix Potvin and
Dominic Roussel, who both tied the record in 1993.
FIVE-POINT QUESTION: A few years ago, one of my questions dealth with the
brother combo of Patrick and Stephane Roy, who were drafted 51st overall in
consecutive National Hockey League entry drafts. Surprisingly, they are
not unique in this regard. Other than the Roys, name the brother combination
(one goaltender, one position player) who were drafted in the same position
(1st, 2nd, 3rd, et cetera) of consecutive NHL drafts.
CORECT ANSWER: In 1969, the New York Rangers selected defenseman Gord Smith
with the fifty-ninth overall selection. One year later, the Los Angeles Kings
drafted goaltender Billy Smith, again with the
fifty-ninth selection. Billy
eventually made it all the way to the Hockey Hall of Fame, but Gord carved out
a decent career for himself as well, spending the vast majority with the
moribund Washington Capitals of the late 1970s.
PICTORAL QUESTION: Name the following goaltender:
CORRECT ANSWER: This is hard-luck goaltender
Jeff Hackett in his final
professional season with the Philadelphia Flyers. Jeff had to retire in
February of 2004, nearly a full month after his final NHL game, as he was
still suffering aftereffect of vertigo. This is one of my favourite
Hackett photos, as he's wearing the mask which pays tribute to great
former Flyer netminders!
TWO-POINT QUESTION: In the storied history of the Montreal Canadiens, winning
the Stanley Cup is almost expected. Among goaltenders who have not won a Cup
with the club, name the one with the most experience in the Montreal net (games
played).
CORRECT ANSWER: Given the quantity of Cup wins in the Canadiens' storied
history, most of you probably guessed that it would be a recent netminder.
In this case, you'd be correct - current starter Jose Theodore has 333
regular-season games (and 28 more in the postseason) to his credit, but
no Cup ring yet. Tom Mascioli points out that Wilf Cude, with 220 games,
is second.
THREE-POINT QUESTION: It's rare when it happens, but occasionally teammate
goaltenders will play in the same National Hockey League All-Star Game. Name
the last time this occured.
CORRECT ANSWER: On February 4, 1986, Grant Fuhr and
Andy Moog shared the
Campbell Conference net in the National Hockey League All-Star Game.
The Wales Conference won the game, 4-3 in overtime, although Fuhr was named
the number-one star of the game by posting a shutout over the first half
of the contest.
FIVE-POINT QUESTION: An old maxim states that if you need to use two
goaltenders in a playoff series, your team is in trouble. Having said that,
name the last time a National Hockey League team used *four* goaltenders
in the same playoff series.
CORRECT ANSWER: In 1986, the Winnipeg Jets played the Calgary Flames in the
best-of-five division semifinals, and managed to use four different goalies
in the three-game sweep. Here's how it happened: Dan Bouchard
started Game One for the Jets, but was pulled in favour of Brian Hayward.
Hayward was then pulled for Marc Behrend in Game Two.
Daniel Berthiaume played the entire
way in Game Three, falling in overtime. Of note was that not only did
Berthiaume make his NHL debut in this series, but Bouchard and Behrend both
made their final appearances.
PICTORAL QUESTION: Name the following goaltender:
CORRECT ANSWER: Selected by the Chicago Blackhawks in the first round of
the 2001 entry draft, Adam Munro is currently making his mark with the
Norfolk Admirals of the American Hockey League.
TWO-POINT QUESTION: Name the last goaltender to reach the (regular-season)
400-win plateau in the National Hockey League.
CORRECT ANSWER: On October 27 of this year, Phoenix's
Curtis Joseph
defeated the defending conference champion Calgary Flames in a 3-2 win.
Joseph only had to stop thirteen shots to earn his 400th win, at the age
of 38 years, 5 months, and 29 days.
THREE-POINT QUESTION: Name the most recent netminder to win the Vezina
Trophy and Stanley Cup in the same season.
CORRECT ANSWER: This happened as recently as June of 2003, when New Jersey
goaltender Martin Brodeur won the first of
consecutive Vezina Trophies.
Earlier in the month, Brodeur and Devils defeated the Mighty Ducks of
Anaheim in a grueling seven-game series to earn their third Stanley Cup
in nine seasons.
FIVE-POINT QUESTION: In a single season, name the most recent netminder to
win every game his team played in the Stanley Cup playoffs.
CORRECT ANSWER: You have to go all the way back to 1960 for this one,
as the Montreal Canadiens won their fifth consecutive Stanley Cup
in the minimum number of possible games. Jacques Plante
won all eight for the Habs. It was the final Cup triumph in Plante's storied career.
PICTORAL QUESTION: Name the following goaltender:
CORRECT ANSWER: This is from the World Championships last May (May 5th,
to be precise), in Canada's 3-1 win over the United States. The center
of the photo is a maskless Martin Brodeur
waiting for a stoppage in play.
Others in the picture are Ed Jovanovski and Kris Draper for Canada; Tom
Mascioli and I are both pretty sure that the American is Mark Parrish
(although I'm not 100% positive).