Okay, who's ready for a little trivia?
Goaltender Trivia is back for its eleventh season today, and I hope
you'll come along for the ride. I've got a good stockpile of
questions; I've even got a good number of simpler questions so
that I don't end up having to use a toughie on the two-pointer some
week.
On that note, I'm *always* looking for ideas. Even if you think that
they wouldn't work, drop me a line and maybe we can work together
to turn them into something great!
The Goaltender Home Page (http://hockeygoalies.org) currently
contains game logs for every NHL game since 1985-86, every AHL
game since 2003-04, and every Olympics, World Championships event
and Canada/World Cup that I can get my hands on. 1984-85 is about
half done at the time; I'm pretty excited about that season because
I'm a big Pelle Lindbergh fan and that was his magnum opus.
If you've got access to complete sets of box scores for anything
I might be able to use (especially the 1992 Olympics) I'd love to
hear from you. Also, if there's anything on the site that you'd like
to see, I'd be happy to help.
I'm planning on distributing GT in four ways this season - on my
website, through the GT mailing list (email norrisdt.RemoveThis@colorado.edu
to subscribe), on the Usenet groups rec.sport.hockey and
rec.games.trivia, and on HFBoards (http://hfboards.com).
One request - PLEASE do not post your answers publically. It's not
fair to others who would like a fair shot at playing the game. I'll
take answer submissions both through e-mail and through private
messages on HFBoards (although I'd prefer e-mail just to keep
things straight in my mind).
Most important request: HAVE FUN! This isn't brain science, and it
sure as heck isn't rocket surgery. It's just a bunch of folks having
a good time celebrating the sport of hockey.
Just as a reminder, I usually respond to all answer submissions on
the weekend following the deadline (and not before). On the face of
it, it's to prevent cheating, but really it's so that I can take care
of it all at once.
Okay, let's get things going!
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GOALTENDER TRIVIA YEAR ELEVEN WEEK ONE (Answers due
10pm MDT 10/15/06):
TWO-POINT QUESTION: This goaltender currently holds the National
Hockey League record for the longest contract (in years), breaking the
mark held by his teammate. Name him.
THREE-POINT QUESTION: On October 5, Mike Dunham became the
most recent goaltender to have played for all three current New York
area teams (the Rangers, the Devils, and the Islanders). Name the
other.
FIVE-POINT QUESTION: For a very brief time in 2006-07, this goaltender
was tied for the National Hockey League scoring lead. Name him.
PICTORAL QUESTION: Name the following goaltender:
http://hockeygoalies.org/trivia/pictures/year11week01.jpg
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Good luck!
Doug
http://hockeygoalies.org