Apologies for the delay this week - I had two hockey games of my own in which to participate today, and I just returned from the latter.
I hope that you all had a happy holidays and New Years celebrations!
I'll keep the prelude short this week since you've got a lot of reading to do with last week's answers. I did a lot of additional writing on these because there was (quite frankly) a lot to say. So let's get to them now...
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CORRECT ANSWERS TO GOALTENDER TRIVIA #13.9:
TWO-POINT QUESTION A: It was somewhat of a surprise this past April to see the great
Dominik Hasek struggle in the playoffs, and to ultimately be replaced by
Chris Osgood. Prior to Osgood, name the last goaltender to replace Hasek in a Stanley Cup playoff game.
CORRECT ANSWER: On May 7, 2002, Hasek was pulled after allowing five St. Louis goals on sixteen shots in an eventual 6-1 Blues victory. Current Blue
Manny Legace finished out the game for the Red Wings, who went on to win the Stanley Cup (as they did in 2008).
Prior to this, you have to go all the way back to 1999 (
Dwayne Roloson) to find a playoff sub for Hasek.
TWO-POINT QUESTION B: The venerable combination of
Glenn Hall and
Jacques Plante patrolled the nets of St. Louis for nearly two seasons after general manager Scotty Bowman pulled the latter goaltender out of retirement. The Plante signing was made necessary when another Blues goaltender had to choose between playing in the National Hockey League and keeping his firefighter's pension. Name him.
CORRECT ANSWER: One of the more underrated goaltenders of the 1960s (although certainly not by Europeans),
Seth Martin passed on NHL fame and returned to his hometown of Trail, British Columbia in 1968.
THREE-POINT QUESTION A: When
Simeon Varlamov replaced Brett Leonhardt on the Washington bench this past Friday, the Capitals became the most recent National Hockey League club to dress three goaltenders in the same game. The Capitals franchise is also the most recent NHL club to not only dress, but play three goaltenders in the same game. Name the goaltenders involved.
CORRECT ANSWER: I asked this question from a different angle a few years ago, and it's always been one of my favourites. On May 16, 1995, the Washington Capitals had a chance to close out their conference quarterfinal series against Pittsburgh, but starter
Jim Carey had trouble with the Penguin offense.
Olaf Kolzig replaced him, but was forced from the nets due to torn cartilage in his right knee.
Carey returned, and in the meantime
Byron Dafoe began to dress in the Capital dressing room. At some point during the second intermission, Carey was himself "injured" and Dafoe played the final period. For all of these machinations, Washington still lost the game by a 7-1 margin, and would fall to the Penguins in seven games.
THREE-POINT QUESTION B: There is a small fraternity of men who have tended goal in both the National Hockey League and the World Hockey Association. Name the goaltender who is barely in this group, having played exactly one game in each league.
CORRECT ANSWER: One of my favourite hockey names,
Ted Ouimet played in one game for the St. Louis Blues in 1968-69 (allowing just two goals but still losing). Six seasons later, Ted saw action with the New England Whalers, allowing three goals in a single period. The last I heard, Ted was coaching in the Ontario Hockey Association.
FIVE-POINT QUESTION A: Which team(s) hold the single-season National Hockey League record for the greatest number of goaltenders to record a regular season shutout?
CORRECT ANSWER: The 2002-03 St. Louis Blues had five separate goalies with shutouts. In order:
Fred Brathwaite (October 30),
Tom Barrasso (November 16),
Brent Johnson (December 14),
Chris Osgood (December 28) and
Curtis Sanford (March 1).
Reinhard Divis and
Cody Rudkowsky also played for the Blues this season but didn't get in on the fun.
FIVE-POINT QUESTION B: Counting backwards from today, which National Hockey League franchise has gone the longest without having one of their drafted goaltenders appear in one of their own games?
CORRECT ANSWER: On November 18, 2006,
Mikael Tellqvist and the Toronto Maple Leafs fell to New Jersey by a 2-1 margin. Since that date, Toronto has relied on otherwise-acquired talent to man the Maple Leaf nets, including
Andrew Raycroft,
Jean-Sebastien Aubin,
Vesa Toskala,
Scott Clemmensen and
Curtis Joseph.
On December 22nd, and after the asking of this question, Toronto draftee
Justin Pogge played - and played well - for the Leafs. If I were to ask the question today, the correct answer would be Tellqvist's current team, the Phoenix Coyotes.
The Florida Panthers present an interesting question - as stated, they are not the answer to the question. However,
Alex Auld is the reason that they aren't the answer, and although he was drafted by the Panthers, he spent five seasons in the Vancouver organization before returning to Florida to play a game. A fun game for when you have time - other than Auld, who's the last Florida draftee to play in net for Florida?
PICTORAL QUESTION A: Name the following goaltender:
CORRECT ANSWER: In a classic Patrick Division showdown, this is the New York Rangers'
John Vanbiesbrouck holding down the fort against Craig Laughlin and the Washington Capitals.
PICTORAL QUESTION B: Name the following goaltender:
CORRECT ANSWER: At the end of the 1972-73 season,
Jacques Plante played ten games for the Boston Bruins, wearing the mask which is now more associated with his protege (and fellow Bruin alum),
Bernie Parent.
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Tom and Roger hold down the fort with perfect scores after three sets of trivia!
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DECEMBER 2008/JANUARY 2009 TOP TEN:
1. Tom Mascioli 45
Roger Maynard 45
3. Kevin Cameron 35
Bryan McCready 35
Mike Pieters 35
6. Kevin Belobaba 27
7. Mark Calandra 25
Ken Ellis 25
9. David Walters 22
10. Brocklr 20[/font]
The asterisk on the five-point question to come is because it would be difficult to ensure with 100 percent certainty that a pair of goaltenders haven't both scored in the same game at any significant level. If you *know* of this happening prior to this season, I would love to hear from you - and I speak on behalf of hockey historians worldwide.
Speaking of which, thanks to Mike Taylor for bringing this event to my attention in the first place!
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GOALTENDER TRIVIA YEAR THIRTEEN WEEK TEN (Answers due 10pm MST 01/10/09):
TWO-POINT QUESTION: The logo on this goaltender's iconic mask - which he has worn in every National Hockey League campaign until the current one - is similar but not identical to his club's logo, because he initially did not know if he would make the team in his rookie year or be demoted to the American Hockey League. Name him.
THREE-POINT QUESTION: Name the Hall-of-Fame goaltender who also holds the American Hockey League's record for the longest shutout streak in regular season play.
FIVE-POINT QUESTION: This season in the Canadian Hockey League, two goaltenders scored goals on the same evening - the first time that this has happened in the same league at the professional, collegiate or major junior level(*). Name the netminders.
PICTORAL QUESTION: Name the following goaltender:
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Good luck!
Doug
http://hockeygoalies.org
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