How To Top The Guy In Your Crowd Who Thinks He Knows Everything About Hockey

Frank Becerra Jr./The Journal News

Every hockey fan worth his weight in pucks knows someone who thinks he knows everything there is to know about the ice game.Here's one way to put that alleged genius in his place: Ask him the following question:

NAME THE SIX NHL GOALIES WHO ALSO DOUBLED AS TEAM CAPTAINS?

Guaranteed, one out of 100 will know the answer and that one de luxe wiseman isthe one and only author-Rangers fan George Grimm of the Garden State. (Shhh, keep this to yourself, please: Grimm gave me the answers.)

The answers:

1. John Ross Roach, Toronto St. Patricks, 1924-25; later to be Rangers goalie.

2. George Hainsworth, Montreal Canadiens, 1932-33.

3. Roy Worters, New York Americans, 1932-33. 

4. Alex Connell, Ottawa Senators, 1932-33. 

5. Charlie Gardiner, Chicago Black Hawks, 1933-34.

6. Bill Durnan, Montreal Canadiens, 1947-48.

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