NHL Goalie: Garth Snow Trivia Quiz

Answer: United States of America

Garth was born in Wrentham, Massachussets in 1969. He started his hockey career at an early age, blocking shots from opposing teams and his friends alike. As a result, he was drafted at the young age of 18.

Answer: Quebec Nordiques

Garth played considerably well in the high school, and college leagues before being drafted. With his low draft number, Garth was forced to wait more than six years to get his first break in the NHL.

Answer: Yes

Among his sixteen career shutouts, Garth Snow recorded two consecutive shutouts only once in his career. Those occurred December 14 and December 19 of 1996 in a 4-0 victory over the Whalers, and a 5-0 victory over the Islanders.

Answer: New York Rangers

In his career, Garth played on a total of five NHL teams; the Quebec Nordiques, the Philadelphia Flyers, the Vancouver Canucks, the Pittsburgh Penguins, and the New York Islanders. In his career, he posted a 135-147-43 record amassing 16 shutouts in the process, and a respectable 2.80 goals against average.

Answer: True

Garth Snow was a fighter, and he occassionally did fight other goalies. He fought twice, against regular players in his career the first being on December 15, 2000. Snow left his goal crease and attacked Peter Worrell of the Florida Panthers. He was suspended for two games without pay.

The second incident occurred on February 19, 2004. Garth joined in a fight to help one of his ambushed teammates. He was ejected from that game. He also fought against goalie Steve Shields of the Buffalo Sabres, and Steve Passmore of the Edmonton Oilers.

Answer: Mike Dunham

Mike Dunham got married during the 2003-04 season. Garth Snow and he continued to be friends after the festivities were over, despite their New York Rangers-Islanders rivalry. Dunham has played for New Jersey, Nashville, New York Rangers, Atlanta, and the New York Islanders in his career.

Answer: Sean Burke

Apart from the trade for Burke, the only other trade that Snow was a part of was when the Nordiques moved to Colorado. The newly renamed Avalanche traded him to the Philadelphia Flyers for two draft picks, one in the third round and one for the sixth. Sean Burke was a fluctuating goaltender in the NHL.

He had played for the New Jersey Devils, the Hartford Whalers, the Vancovuer Canucks, the Carolina Hurricanes, the Philadelphia Flyers, the Florida Panthers, the Phoenix Coyotes, the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Los Angeles Kings. That is a grand total of nine teams since his first game in the 1987-88 season.

Answer: Stanley Cup final

In the 1996-97 season, as a backup for the Philadelphia Flyers, Snow backstopped the team in twelve of their twenty games, with Ron Hextall covering the last eight. The Flyers defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins in the first round, the Buffalo Sabres in the next, and the New York Rangers in the conference finals. The Flyers were finally defeated by the Detroit Red Wings in the final.

Answer: Vincent Lecavalier

The first penalty shot that Garth faced was on December 26, 1998, against Owen Nolan of the San Jose Sharks. The second he faced was on February 25, 2003, against Toronto's Mats Sundin. The third one he stopped was on December 10, 2003, against Patrik Elias of the New Jersey Devils.

The fourth that he stopped was on Peter Schaefer of the Ottawa Senators on December 30, 2005. The only goal he conceded on the penalty shot was on January 2, 2006 against Vincent Lecavalier of the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Answer: 15 years

Garth Snow was the backup to DiPietro in the 03-04 and 05-06 season. Snow apparently liked Rick's play so much that he signed him to a contract that extends to the year 2021. DiPietro was the first goalie ever drafted first overall, in the 1998 entry draft.