FINAL DECEMBER/JANUARY 1998/99 TOP TEN

1.  Bryan McCready          58
2.  Tom Mascioli            56
    Daryl Turner            56
4.  Dave White              52
5.  Mike Taylor             45
6.  Paul Branchaud          30
7.  Ravi Ramkissoonsingh    22
8.  Greg Weston             20
9.  Gary Balentine          18
10. Jakob Halpern           15
GOALTENDER TRIVIA YEAR FIVE WEEK TEN (Answers due 10pm MST 12/12/98):
TWO-POINT QUESTION: Among active goaltenders with a minimum of 100 NHL games, this man holds the lowest career goals-against average. Name him.
CORRECT ANSWER: The Devils' Martin Brodeur was at a remarkable 2.16 GAA at the beginning of the season, easily outdistancing his nearest rivals, Chris Osgood (Detroit, 2.33 GAA) and Dominik Hasek (Buffalo, 2.34).

THREE-POINT QUESTION: Spread over two teams, this NHL goaltender recorded a winless streak of fourteen games (12 losses, 2 ties) last season, the longest of the year. Name him.
CORRECT ANSWER: Mark Fitzpatrick, who split time with both Sunshine State teams last season, had his streak active between November 18 and February 5 of last season.

FIVE-POINT QUESTION: In 1989, this National Hockey League goaltender was credited with a loss, even though he did not allow a goal. Name the goaltender, and summarize the circumstances.
CORRECT ANSWER:This is a great story, and I'm surprised that more people don't know it. With the Edmonton Oilers leading the Los Angeles Kings, 6-5, starting netminder Kelly Hrudey was injured, and replaced by Mario Gosselin. Late in the game, Gosselin was pulled for an extra skater, and the Oilers tallied an empty-net marker. Then, the Kings scored, making the final outcome 7-6. Since Gosselin was the goalie of record when the Oilers' seventh goal was scored, Gosselin "earned" the loss.

BONUS QUESTION: Name the Hall-of-Fame goaltender who played forward until the age of seventeen, when he volunteered to play the net for the Toronto Riverdales.
CORRECT ANSWER: This would be Roy "Shrimp" Worters, who's been appearing here quite often lately. Roy was inducted into the Hall in 1969.

GOALTENDER TRIVIA YEAR FIVE WEEK ELEVEN (Answers due 10pm MST 1/1/99):
TWO-POINT QUESTION: Because this goaltender suffered stomach troubles - caused by the trials and tribulations of netminding - he was nicknamed "Ulcers". Name this great goaltender.
CORRECT ANSWER: Frank "Ulcers" McCool won the Calder Memorial Trophy while with the 1945 Maple Leafs. Sadly, his nerves got to him, and he only played one more season of professional hockey.

THREE-POINT QUESTION: Terry Sawchuk holds the all-time N.H.L. record for regular-season victories, with 447. Who held the record when Sawchuk broke it?
CORRECT ANSWER: Sawchuk broke the record in 1961-62; at the time it was held by Toronto's Harry Lumley, who had 332 (and still does).

FIVE-POINT QUESTION: Name the goaltender who holds the record for most National Hockey League (regular-season) victories with one franchise?
CORRECT ANSWER: Of his 423 NHL victories, Tony Esposito recorded 418 of them with the Chicago Black Hawks.

BONUS QUESTION: This goaltender, now on his third N.H.L. team, has faced the Ottawa Senators ten times in his career, posting an amazing 10-0-0 record against them. Name him.
CORRECT ANSWER: Curtis Joseph, now of the Toronto Maple Leafs.

GOALTENDER TRIVIA YEAR FIVE WEEK TWELVE (Answers due 10pm MST 1/15/99):
TWO-POINT QUESTION: Name the most recent United States goaltender to win an Olympic Ice Hockey gold medal.
CORRECT ANSWER: This was Sarah Tueting and Sarah DeCosta, who, along with the rest of the 1998 U.S. Women's Team, won the gold medal in Nagano. The last males, of course, were Jim Craig and Steve Janaszak (1980).

THREE-POINT QUESTION: On April 27, 1997, this goaltender recorded his first NHL postseason shutout with a 3-0 blanking over the Ottawa Senators. Name him.
CORRECT ANSWER: This would be Buffalo's Steve Shields, who now works with the Sharks of San Jose.

FIVE-POINT QUESTION: Amongst goaltenders who have never led (or shared the lead) in National Hockey League (regular-season) victories, name the one who has the greatest number of career NHL wins?
CORRECT ANSWER: Andy Moog, who retired last summer after eighteen seasons and 372 victories, never led the league in any one season, even in 1992-93, when he went 37-14-3 for the Bruins.

BONUS QUESTION: Fred Brathwaite was in net Friday night when the Calgary Flames blanked the Dallas Stars, 1-0. This was Brathwaite's first National Hockey League victory since April 13, 1995, nearly four years. Who holds the record for the longest period between N.H.L. (regular- season) victories?
CORRECT ANSWER: Ben Grant, the journeyman goaltender who had last won a game with the New York Americans in 1933-34, finally won again after the Toronto Maple Leafs signed him as a war-time replacement for Turk Broda. Winning in 1943-44, his streak lasted ten seasons.

GOALTENDER TRIVIA YEAR FIVE WEEK THIRTEEN (Answers due 10pm MST 1/22/99):
TWO-POINT QUESTION: After two seasons as a backup, this 1994 Olympic goaltender has become the star player on the Nashville Predators. Name him.
CORRECT ANSWER: This would be Mike Dunham, former star goaltender at the University of Maine.

THREE-POINT QUESTION: Name the Hall-of-Fame goaltender, selected in an N.H.L. expansion draft, who later went on to become an expansion team's first goaltending coach.
CORRECT ANSWER: Billy "The Axeman" Smith, who was drafted by the New York Islanders in the 1972 expansion, and coached the Florida Panthers' goaltenders immediately upon the Miami expansion.

FIVE-POINT QUESTION: This netminder was a winner in his first National Hockey League contest, although he yielded six goals in the December 8, 1983 contest. Name this active goaltender.
CORRECT ANSWER: Ken Wregget, then with Toronto, currently with the Calgary Flames. Since Wregget is injured, some of you may not consider him "active", but you can bet that the Calgary accountants do. Seriously, though, Ken's one of my favourites, and I'm sure he'll recover both his physical health and his high level of play.

BONUS QUESTION: The number of his goaltending idol, 34 became this current National Hockey League goaltender's number during his career in junior hockey, and remains as such to this day. Name him.
CORRECT ANSWER: Would all the readers of Goalies' World please stand up? This was Boston's Byron Dafoe, who has idolized John Vanbiesbrouck for the longest time. If you don't subscribe to GW, check them out (www.goaliesworld.com), and tell them Doug sent you - truly a great publications for those who care about goaltenders.

GOALTENDER TRIVIA YEAR FIVE WEEK FOURTEEN (Answers due 10pm MST 01/29/99):
TWO-POINT QUESTION: Name the winning goaltender in this season's National Hockey League All-Star Game (no fair peeking!)
CORRECT ANSWER: In net for the second period, the North American team's Ron Tugnutt garnered the victory. Arturs Irbe was saddled with the loss.

THREE-POINT QUESTION: With fifteen wins, this goaltender posted a National Hockey League 23-game undefeated streak, dating from October 21, 1981, through January 13, 1982. Name him.
CORRECT ANSWER: In the midst of his inaugural campaign, Edmonton's Grant Fuhr set this mark, finishing the season at 28-5-14. The Oilers would lose to Los Angeles in the first round of the playoffs, but rebounded to make Cup finals appearances a regularity in the 1980s.

FIVE-POINT QUESTION: The first goal in the Edmonton Oilers' National Hockey League history was scored by defenseman Kevin Lowe. Name the opposing goaltender.
CORRECT ANSWER: Leave it to me to find something bad about Black Hawks' Tony Esposito's 1979-80 season; Espo gave up the goal to Lowe, on October 10, 1979. "Tony-O" recovered, however, recording six shutouts and playing in the 1980 NHL All-Star Game.

BONUS QUESTION: In 1981, this former National Hockey League goaltender stepped behind the Washington Capitals' bench for one game after Gary Green was dismissed. Name him.
CORRECT ANSWER: Roger Crozier, the Conn Smythe-winning goalie of 1964, managed a loss in Green's stead. With a 1-13 record at the time, the Caps then hired Brian Murray, who led Washington out of the dregs and back to respectable mediocrity.