Today in NHL History, Dec 13th

1931: Cecil "Tiny" Thompson became the first goaltender in Boston Bruins history to get 20 career shutouts; the milestone came in a 3-0 win at Chicago.

1933: Former NHL defenseman Doug Mohns born in Capreol, Ont. Mohns played in the NHL 1953-54 through 1974-75 with Boston, Chicago, Minnesota, Atlanta and Washington.

1934: Cooney Weiland scored his only hat trick with Detroit as the Red Wings beat the Eagles, 11-2 at St. Louis.

1942: Montreal's Toe Blake scored his third career hat trick and added an assist in the Canadiens' 7-3 win against the Rangers, at New York.

1953: Hall of Famer Bob Gainey born in Peterborough, Ont. Gainey played in the NHL 1973-74 through 1988-89 with Montreal.

1956: Montreal's Jean Beliveau scored his 4th career hat trick and added an assist in the Canadiens' 6-2 win against the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs.

1958: Detroit's Gordie Howe beat Montreal netminder Jacques Plante for his 400th career NHL goal, to give the Red Wings a 2-2 tie at the Forum. Howe became the first player in franchise history (and the second player in the NHL) to reach the 400 mark.

1964: Jean Beliveau became just the second player in Montreal Canadiens history to score 800 points, when he picked up an assist in his 710th game, a 5-4 win at Boston.

1970: Goaltender Bruce Gamble recorded his 20th career shutout, and Norm Ullman scored two goals and added an assist as the Toronto Maple Leafs won 4-0, at Buffalo.

1972: Atlanta's rookie goaltender Daniel Bouchard recorded his 1st NHL career shutout and Curt Bennett scored twice in the Flames' 2-0 win over Detroit.

1973: Red Berenson scored a goal and added three assists to lead the Red Wings to a 7-3 win over the Blues at the Olympia.

1978: Rookie goaltender Greg Millen recorded his first NHL career shutout to lead the Penguins to a 3-0 win over St. Louis at the Civic Arena. The win extended the Pens' unbeaten streak to 8 straight games (5-0-3).

1980: Pittsburgh's Rick Kehoe became the second player in franchise history to score 200 goals as a member of the Penguins. The milestone came in a 6-5 loss against the visiting Philadelphia Flyers. Also in that game, Paul Gardner became the first Penguins player to score four goals in a game, It was Gardner's third career hat trick - his first with Pittsburgh.

1981: Quebec Nordiques' Real Cloutier, Jacques Richard and Marc Tardif combined for three goals within a span of 1:03, during a 4-4 tie against the Sabres, at Buffalo.

1983: Islanders' Butch Goring scored four goals (for his 14th and final career hat trick) in the New York Islanders' 8-5 win against the visiting Edmonton Oilers.

1985: Edmonton's Wayne Gretzky scored twice and added two assists to give him 1,200 career points in career game #504, as the Oilers won 6-3 against the Jets, at Winnipeg.

1986: Quebec's Brent Ashton scored his 5th career hat trick and added two assists in the Nordiques' 7-0 win over the visiting Buffalo Sabres. Clint Malarchuk recorded his 5th career shutout.

1987: Calgary's Joe Nieuwendyk became the first NHL rookie since Cully Wilson (Toronto 1919-20) to score four goals twice in his first season, in a 7-1 Flames in at Buffalo.

1989: Los Angeles' Wayne Gretzky extended his team-record consecutive game assist streak to 17 straight, in the Kings' 5-2 win over the Whalers at Hartford. Gretzky scored 35 assists during the 17 game streak.

1990: Pittsburgh's Bryan Trottier recorded three assists as the Penguins started a 6 game winning streak with a 9-5 win over New Jersey.

1991: Mario Lemieux had three assists in a 4-3 Penguins' win at New Jersey.

1992: Manon Rheaume became the first woman to appear in a pro hockey game when the Salt Lake Golden Eagles beat the Atlanta Knights 4-1 in an IHL game in Atlanta. Rheaume stopped three of four shots in her 5:49 stint in the second period....After 67 years and 535 games against Montreal, the New York Rangers finally hit double figures, in a 10-5 win over the visiting Montreal Canadiens. New York rookie Alexei Kovalev scored a goal and added three assists to lead the scoring.

1993: Ottawa Senators ended their team-record 11 game home losing streak with a 5-2 win over the visiting Los Angeles Kings.

1995: Detroit's Paul Coffey became the first NHL defenseman to get 1,000 career assists as the Red Wings won 3-1 over the visiting Chicago Blackhawks. Coffey joined Gretzky, Gordie Howe and Marcel Dionne as the only NHL players with 1,000 assists.....Second year player Paul Kariya scored twice to become the Mighty Ducks' all-time leading goal scorer, in a 6-3 win over the Penguins, in Anaheim. Kariya's 41st career goal broke the team record of 40 set by Bob Corkum. Kariya also had 2 assists.

1997: Vancouver's Gino Odjick became the 5th NHL player to accumulate 2,000 career penalty minutes with one team, in the Canucks 5-2 loss to Colorado. Odjick joined Boston's Terry O'Reilly, Mtl's Chris Nilan, NJ's Ken Daneyko and Buffalo's Rob Ray.....Mike Keenan coached in his 900th NHL game as the Canucks lost 5-2 against the visiting Colorado Avalanche.

2001: Patrick Lalime became the Ottawa Senators all-time leader in career shutouts, with his 14th as a member of the team, a 6-0 win against Phoenix. Lalime broke the mark of 13 held by Ron Tugnutt. Martin Havlat a hat trick for the Sens.

2002: Sergei Gonchar became the 5th defenseman in Washington Capitals history to get 200 career assists; the milestone came in a 4-3 win over the Coyotes at Phoenix.

2003: Mats Sundin became the 5th player to get 400 assists as a member of the Maple Leafs, and Mikael Renberg scored two goals and an assist in a 3-1 win against the visiting New York Rangers.


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