1. Liam Maguire 67
2. Mike Pieters 47
3. Paul Branchaud 45
4. Marc Arsenault 33
5. Jonathan Braniff 30
6. Mike Taylor 29
Cameron Thin 29
8. Gene Dupras 28
9. John Santore 24
10. Scott Shigemi 22
THREE-POINT QUESTION: In their four-year history as the Toronto AHL
franchise, the St. John's Maple Leafs have seen four of their goaltenders
"graduate" to the N.H.L. (for example, Don Beaupre would not count because he
played in the N.H.L. before playing at St. John's, but Felix Potvin would
count.) Name them.
CORRECT ANSWER: The four N.H.L. graduates of the St. John's franchise
were Felix Potvin, Damian Rhodes, Marcel Cousineau, and Bruce Racine.
FIVE-POINT QUESTION: This goaltender has the dubious honour of allowing
the most goals in a single Stanley Cup playoff game. Name him, and the number
of goals he allowed.
CORRECT ANSWER: Dawson City's Albert Forrest yielded twenty-three goals
to the Ottawa Silver Seven in the deciding game of the 1905 Cup Finals.
Liam pointed out that Forrest is also the youngest player to compete for the
Stanley Cup, and he is correct - Forrest was seventeen at the time.
THREE-POINT QUESTION: On December 17th, the Boston Bruins defeated the
Penguins in Pittsburgh for the first time in nearly seven years, ending a
string of thirteen games without a victory. Name both goaltenders in that
1990 contest.
CORRECT ANSWER: The last time the Bruins won in Pittsburgh, it was
Rejean Lemelin in net for Boston, with Wendell Young of the Pens getting
saddled with the loss.
FIVE-POINT QUESTION: Name the goaltender who yielded the first goal in
World Hockey Association history, to Alberta's Ron Anderson.
CORRECT ANSWER: The goaltender who yielded the very first World Hockey
Association goal was none other than the "narrow-chested bird watcher"
himself, the Ottawa Nationals' very own Les Binkley.
THREE-POINT QUESTION: Pittsburgh's Patrick Lalime is well on is way to
setting a new N.H.L. record, that being the longest unbeaten streak to begin
an N.H.L. career. Who holds the record, and how long was his streak?
CORRECT ANSWER: Both Ken Dryden of the Montreal Canadiens (12 wins, 2
ties), and Ross Brooks of the Boston Bruins (11 wins, 3 ties) shared the
N.H.L. post-expansion record for a goaltender's undefeated streak to begin a
career, with fourteen games apiece. Of course, as you all know, Patrick
Lalime (13-0-2) now holds the record, at fifteen games and counting - most
likely having a chance to extend that Tuesday night versus the Flames.
FIVE-POINT QUESTION: In January of 1990, Wayne Gretzky called this young
netminder "the best young goalie to come into the league since Grant Fuhr."
Although having a decent career since, he hasn't really lived up to "The Great
One"'s lofty expectations. Name him.
CORRECT ANSWER: It was Mark Fitzpatrick, who then went on to experience
medical and personal problems the likes of which I hope to never see. Gretzky
seems to have this way of making goaltenders disappear by complimenting them -
right, Jamie Storr?
THREE-POINT QUESTION: Since the beginning of the modern All-Star game,
there has only been one shutout in its history. Name the goaltender(s) who
had the honour.
CORRECT ANSWER: The only shutout in modern All-Star history occurred in
1967, when the Montreal Canadiens, backstopped by Charlie Hodge and Gary
Bauman, defeated the All-Stars three to nothing.
FIVE-POINT QUESTION: Yesterday (12/15), the St. Louis Blues suffered an
8-0 drubbing by the Vancouver Canucks, their worst shutout loss in over 22 years.
Name both goaltenders involved in this 1974 contest.
CORRECT ANSWER: Ah, yes. The five-pointer. The problem here (for me,
anyways) was that the Blues were shut out twice, both by large margins of
victory, in a span of fifteen days. If you answered the correct goaltender
combination for either game, I gave the five points to you. On March 6, 1974,
Gilles Gilbert and the Boston Bruins shut down the Blues, 8-0. John Davidson
was the unlucky netminder there. Fifteen days later, Gilbert's Bruins did it
again (7-0), this time with Wayne Stephenson and Jim Watt in net for the Blues.
On another trivial note, this game was Jim Watt's only career N.H.L. appearance,
yielding two goals in a scant twenty minutes.
THREE-POINT QUESTION: Last week, Patrick Roy recorded his fifth shutout of
the season for the Colorado Avalanche, breaking (in just over 1/4 of a season) the
Quebec/Colorado franchise record for shutouts in one season. Who, before Roy,
held this record?
CORRECT ANSWER: It was Clint "Scar" Malarchuk, perhaps better known for
another incident, who had four shutouts in the 1985-86 Nordiques' season.
FIVE-POINT QUESTION: Over the past few years, you may have noticed that
goaltenders have fared pretty well in postseason penalty shots. Name the last
goaltender to yield an N.H.L. postseason penalty-shot goal.
CORRECT ANSWER: The Rangers' John Vanbiesbrouck gave up a penalty-shot goal
to Pittsburgh's Jaromir Jagr, on May 11, 1992.
THREE-POINT QUESTION: Name the goaltender who was in net for the Boston
Bruins' first Stanley Cup Championship.
CORRECT ANSWER: Cecil "Tiny" Thompson led the Boston Bruins to a Stanley
Cup championship over the Rangers way back in 1929.
FIVE-POINT QUESTION: Before the 1967 Stanley Cup Final, Punch Imlach
described the contest by saying "There's no way the Habs can win this series with a
Junior B goaltender." Who was the "Junior B" goaltender in question?
CORRECT ANSWER: Rogatien (you know him as "Rogie") Vachon was the Junior B
goaltender in question, but he was more than the Leafs bargained for, as les
Habitants took Toronto to a stiff six-game contest in the last Stanley Cup
match before the 1967 expansion.