NHL's Golden Goalies Trivia Quiz

Answer: Martin Brodeur

Brodeur spent the vast majority of his career with the New Jersey Devils, but did have a tiny stint as a fill-in goalie with the St. Louis Blues. Among his records include 125 shutouts and 691 wins.

Answer: Curtis Joseph

Despite being considered among the game's greats, CuJo never won a Vezina or Hart trophy, and was never chosen as a first or second team all-star.

Answer: Evgeni Nabokov

Nabokov was only drafted because Time Burke, the San Jose scout who suggested him, was in Russia scouting a different goalie. He suggested drafting Nabokov simply because of who his father was. He went from being a last minute thought to the team's all time leader in virtually every goaltending category.

Answer: Ed Giacomin

Ed's older brother, Rollie, was the one requested by the Washington Presidents but he was happy with his job that he had in Sudbury, so without telling John O'Flaherty, the team's boss, he sent his kid brother.

Answer: Ed Belfour

Ed Belfour's nickname the "eagle" that he infamously had on his masks comes from his admiration of the bird, due to its confidence, independence, vision, and leadership.

Answer: Miika Kiprusoff

Buried behind Evgeny Nabokov as San Jose's starter and struggling on the losing end of his fight with Vesa Toskala as their backup, Kiprusoff was a 27 year old goalie with no good prospects. Calgary tossed San Jose a 2nd round pick and was rewarded with a starting goalie who produced a GAA of 1.69 and a .933 save percentage Being a first team all star and winning a Vezina cemented his status as Calgary's best ever goalie.

Answer: Pelle Lindbergh

By the age of 26, Lindbergh played against Wayne Gretzky in the Stanley Cup finals, won a Vezina trophy, and even finished third in Hart trophy voting. Unfortunately his love of hockey was only matched by his love of fast cars. After securing a six year contract on the back of a 10 game winning streak, his team went out to celebrate. With a blood alcohol level of 0.24 (the legal limit was 0.10) he crashed his Porsche into a concrete wall in front of a school with two of his friends on board. They survived... he didn't.

Answer: Tomas Vokoun

Vokoun was a right catching goalie who was claimed in the 1998 expansion draft, and became consistently reliable goalie. Although he never got any real hardware, he finished in the top 10 Vezina voting three straight seasons, ranked fourth in games played and shutouts, sixth in wins, and fifth in save % among goalie who played at least 250 games (compared to other goalies in the same time period). During he years as Florida's starter, he posted an overall save % of .923.

This is actually all the more impressive when you factor in he was diagnosed with OCD which caused him to have obsessive and constant negative thoughts.

He couldn't put his mind to rest after games or shake off personal problems. Add the fact his career ended after suffering blood clots that his him in 2006 and then in 2014.

The clots were the result of scar tissue from where a catheter was inserted after hot coffee was spilled on him when he was 10 months old. He quietly retired as a member of the 300 win club with far less recognition then he deserved.

Answer: Charlie Gardiner

"Smiling Charlie" played for a dreadful Blackhawks team. In his second season with the team the leading scorer had only 13 points in 38 games, and the team scored 33 in the 44 game season. They actually won seven games in that season, thanks to Gardiner.

In all he won a Stanley Cup, two Vezinas, and was a four time first or second team all star. He also pushed through collapsing in a game due to chronic tonsil infection and the resulting intense throat pain, pain in his kidneys, black spots, and uremic convulsions.

This didn't stop him. His team won the Cup despite his pain and fatigue. After the final game, he collapsed. He again collapsed a few months later and went into a coma. He died from a brain hemorrhage brought on by the tonsil infection.

Answer: Tim Thomas

Despite not having the longevity of some other all star goalies, Thomas made his mark. In his Cup winning year, he posted a .938 save percentage which is the highest ever by a goalie playing more then 40 games in a season. He's also won the Vezina and Conn Smythe trophy, and has a career .920 save percentage which places him fourth best among all goalies playing at least 200 games (the others being Dominik Hasek, Tuukka Rask, and Ken Dryden). Thomas retired shortly afterwards and no one knows what he has done since or where he is. Rumors are he settled in Colorado, but his agent said he got a birthday card for his child from Thomas postmarked from Idaho.