"Review of Literature Found in my Basement" Volume 1: "Hockey Now!", Part 1: Masked Marvels

Hockey Now! by Mike Leonetti with photography by Dan Hamilton. 1999, Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books Ltd.

1. Masked Marvels! - Top goalies
2. Rearguards! - Defensemen who are on the ice in all key situations
3. Blueline Attack! - Defenders who can lead the offense
4. Power Forwards! - Players willing to use their size and strength to get the puck
5. Play Makers! - softest hands in hockey
6. Snipers! - pure goal scorers
7. Hit Men! - players who change the course of a game with a crunching checkk
8. Young Guns! - new players with star potential

Can you guess the players that lead the league in each category 13 years ago?

The first chapter, Masked Marvels, looks at the 11 best goaltenders as of 1999 and is reviewed below.



Masked Marvels

• Barrasso
• Belfour
• Brodeur
• Dafoe
• Fuhr
• Hasek
• Joseph
• Osgood
• Richter
• Roy
• Tugnutt

MASKED MARVELS!

• Tom Barrasso, Penguins
• Stanley Cups 1991, 1992
• Calder Trophy, 1984
• Vezina Trophy, 1984
• At the time, he held record for most goalie assists - 48
• Eddie Belfour, Stars
• Stanley Cup 1999
• Calder Trophy, 1991
• Two-time Vezina
• Four-time Jennings
• Record: most consecutive playoff wins by a goalie - 11 in 1992
• Dominik Hasek, Sabres
• led NHL in save% 5 years in a row
• 5 Vezina Trophies
• Gold Medal in 1998 (Czechs)
• Lester B. Pearson Award 1997, 1998
• Won the Hart Trophy in 1997, 35 years after the last goalie to win it, Jacques Plante
• Grant Fuhr, Blues
• 5 Stanley Cups (Edmonton)
• Vezina Trophy 1988
• Record: Most assists by goalie in one season - 14 in 1983-84
• Patrick Roy, Avs
• 3 Vezinas
• 2 Conn Smythes
• 3 Cups
• Ron Tugnutt, Pens
• Once made 70 games in one game - Nordiques 3, Bruins 3 on March 21, 1993
• Curtis Joseph, Leafs
• University of Wisconsin alum
• Mike Richter, Rangers
• Stanley Cup 1994
• MVP of All Star Game in 1993-94
• Martin Brodeur, Devils
• Stanley Cup 1995 
• Calder Trophy 1994
• Jennings 1997, 1998
• Record: 3rd goalie to have a GAA of under 2.00 two seasons in a row (Sawchuk, Lumley)
• Byron Dafoe, Bruins
• 10 shutouts in 1998-99, tied record of goalies with 10 or more shutouts in one season (Bernie Parent, Ken Dryden, Tony Esposito, Martin Brodeur, Dominik Hasek)
• Chris Osgood, Red Wings
• Stanley Cup 1997, 1998
• Jennings 1996 (with Vernon)

What info is now irrelevant or needs to be updated? All of Brodeur's stats, for one.

Who would you put in this category today?

1. Tim Thomas
2. Pekka Rinne
3. Henrik Lundqvist
4. Ondrej Pavelec
5. Brian Elliot
6. Ryan Miller
7. Mikka Kiprusoff 
8. Jonathan Quick
9. Martin Brodeur
10. Carey Price
11. Tuukka Rask (yes I know I am a Bruins biased person).