Fun Trivia : Ron Tugnutt

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Ron Tugnutt

Despite being a regular goaltender in the regular season, Ron Tugnutt was not the same quality during the playoffs. Had Tugnutt ever led his team past the first round of the playoffs?

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Yes. Ron Tugnutt played in six playoff series', between 1992 and 2000. The first playoff action Tugnutt ever saw occurred in the 1991-92 season as a member of the Edmonton Oilers. Despite making it to the western conference final, Tugnutt played only two games as a backup goaltender to Bill Ranford. Tugnutt replaced Ranford in an 8-5 defeat against Los Angeles, and then Tugnutt replaced Ranford in a 4-0 loss against Vancouver. Tugnutt's next playoff action came during the 1993-94 season. He played one game for Montreal as a backup to Patrick Roy. In that one game, he let in five goals on 25 shots. The quarterfinal series eventually went to a seventh game in which the Canadiens were defeated by the Bruins. Tugnutt saw playoff action again in the 1996-97 season. He played all seven games of the quarterfinal against the Buffalo Sabres. Tugnutt won three games and posted a 1.98 goals against average, one shutout and a 0.917% save percentage. The Sabres won the seventh game, however, and knocked out the Senators from the first round. Tugnutt played two games in the 1998 playoffs. In the second round, Ron Tugnutt replaced Damian Rhodes in a 4-1 loss to Washington and then Tugnutt started and suffered a 6-1 defeat to Washington. His save percentage was in the mid seventy-percentile range so Damian Rhodes played the rest of the games. The Senators were defeated in five games. Tugnutt then played another two games in the 1999 playoffs. He and Damian Rhodes split the goaltending duties of the first round, against the Buffalo Sabres. Both men suffered two losses, thus the Ottawa Senators were swept in the first round. Ron Tugnutt played in the 2000 playoffs as a Pittsburgh Penguin. He defeated the Washington Capitals in five games as the starting goaltender. After being up two games to none in the semifinals against Philadelphia, the Penguins lost four consecutive games to lose the series in six games. After that, Tugnutt never played a playoff game again. Overall, Tugnutt played 25 playoff games posting a 9-13 record with 56 goals against, a 2.27 goals against average, three shutouts and a 0.919% save percentage.



On November 19, 1993, as a member of the Anaheim Mighty Ducks, Ron Tugnutt broke a team record, formerly held by Guy Hebert. Two days later, Tugnutt broke his own team record. What was this record?

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Most saves in a game. Guy Hebert formerly established an Anaheim record for most saves in a game. On October 19, 1993, Hebert stopped 40 of 42 shots in a win against the New York Rangers. After Tugnutt was brought in, he broke the record twice consecutively. The first was on November 19, 1993, one month after Hebert accomplished it. Ron Tugnutt stopped 44 of 47 shots against in a 6-3 win in Vancouver against the Canucks. Two days later, Tugnutt broke that record when he stopped 46 of 48 shots in a 4-2 victory against the Edmonton Oilers. Before the Anaheim Mighty Ducks merely became the Ducks, Tugnutt's Mighty Duck record was not broken.



After playing his best season ever during the 1998-99 campaign, Ron Tugnutt was in the final voting for one of the NHLs awards. Which trophy did he come close to winning?

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Vezina Trophy. Ron Tugnutt was a long-time backup for multiple solid hockey organizations, until he became a clear cut starter during the 1998-99 season with Ottawa. He finished the year with 43 games played, 22 wins, 10 losses, 8 ties, an impressive 1.79 goals against average, an even more impressive 0.925% save percentage, and three shutouts. He fell into fifth place in Vezina Trophy voting that year. Tugnutt received thirteen votes that year, taking him into fifth place. He was also a finalist for the Vezina Trophy during the 1990-91 campaign, but he fell into tenth in Vezina voting.



Ron Tugnutt was a respectable goaltender with an uncanny talent for stopping the puck. He had an average save percentage of 0.895% when he retired. Had he recorded two consecutive shutouts three times throughout his career?

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Yes. Tugnutt's skill was average between the pipes, and his shutout abilities were equally as average. It took him 136 games to record his first shutout! He never managed to record more than two consecutive shutouts, but he did manage to record two consecutive shutouts three times, throughout his career. The first two were on April 2 and 3, 1997, against the Buffalo Sabres and the Washington Capitals. Tugnutt posted a 2-0 shutout against Buffalo and then followed it up with a 4-0 victory against Washington. The next time he recorded two consecutive shutouts were on March 14 and 16, 2001. The first was in a 3-0 victory over Calgary and the second was a 3-0 victory against Atlanta. The final time he compiled two consecutive shutouts was on March 9 and 11, 2001. The first was a 3-0 victory over San Jose and the second was a 2-0 victory against Columbus. In the end, Ron Tugnutt finished his career with 26 shutouts.



Despite being called Ron Tugnutt, Mr. Tugnutt actually had a much longer name that had to be cut down so it could become simply Ron Tugnutt. What was his full birth name?

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Ronald Frederick Bradley Tugnutt. Ronald Frederick Bradley Tugnutt was the birth-name of Ron Tugnutt. He chose to shorten his name [for good reason]. Many NHL players actually shorten up, or spell their names differently so people can pronounce, or memorise them easier. Examples, other than Tugnutt, include Evgeni Nabokov (originally Yevgeni Nabokov), Nils Ekman (originally Nisse Ekman), and Andrew Raycroft (originally Andrew Joseph Ernest Raycroft).