Today in NHL History, December 4th

1890: Hall of Famer Jack Darragh born in Ottawa, Ontario. Darragh played in the NHL 1917-18 through 1923-24 with Ottawa.

1909: The Montreal Canadiens, the "Club de Hockey Canadien" was founded by J. Ambrose O'Brien, an Ottawa businessman and Jack Laviolette.

1926: Chicago Black Hawks picked up their first ever road victory, a 5-3 win over the Canadiens at Montreal. The win came after a loss and tie in their first two road games.

1932: New York Americans' Ron Martin scored a goal eight seconds after the opening faceoff, to set a team record for fastest goal from the start of a game. New York won 4-2 over the visiting Montreal Canadiens.

1938: Goaltender Tiny Thompson recorded his 75th NHL career shutout (and his first with Detroit) in the Red Wings' 1-0 win over the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs. Thompson became the third goaltender in NHL history to record 75 career shutouts.....Boston's Frankie Brimsek recorded his first career shutout, a 5-0 Bruins' win at Chicago. It came in Brimsek's second NHL game, and was the first of six shutouts in the next seven games for the rookie goalie.

1941: Chicago's Doug Bentley scored his first NHL hat trick in the Black Hawks' 9-2 win against the visiting Montreal Canadiens.

1943: Bill Durnan extended his NHL record for the longest unbeaten streak by a rookie goalie to 14 straight games (12-0-2) with an 8-2 Candiens win against the Red Wings, in Montreal. Durnan's record stood until Patrick Lalime broke it in 1996-97.....Gerry Heffernan scored four goals (the only hat trick of his NHL career) and added an assist to lead the Canadiens to an 8-2 win against the visiting Detroit Red Wings.

1948: Detroit's Gordie Howe suffered torn cartilage in his right knee in a Red Wings' 3-2 win at Boston. The injury forced him to miss next 20 games, the longest period of inactivity in his NHL career.

1954: Toronto goalie Harry Lumley recorded his 58th career shutout to lead the Maple Leafs to a 1-0 win over the visiting Detroit Red Wings.

1957: Montreal Canadiens' goalie Jacques Plante and Maple Leafs' Ed Chadwick dueled to a 0-0 scoreless tie, in a game played at Toronto. It was the 29th career shutout for Plante, the 10th for Chadwick.

1958: Montreal rookie Ralph Backstrom scored twice in the first period to lead the Canadiens to a 2-2 tie against Toronto, at the Forum.

1965: Stan Mikita scored three goals for his 6th career hat trick as Chicago beat the Bruins 10-1, at Boston.

1968: Detroit's Gordie Howe became the first player in NHL history to score 700 goals, as the Red Wings beat the Penguins 7-2 at Pittsburgh.....Eddie Joyal scored his first career NHL hat trick as the Kings beat Philadelphia 3-1 at the Forum.

1970: Goaltender Bernie Parent led the Flyers to a 4-0 shutout over the Seals, at Oakland. It was Parent's 11th career shutout.

1974: Chicago defenseman Bill White scored a goal and added three assists to lead the Black Hawks to a 7-3 win over the Kansas City Scouts, at Chicago Stadium.....Los Angeles Kings outshot Minnesota 51-16, and beat the North Stars, 4-1 at the Forum.

1976: New York's Nick Fotiu scored his first NHL goal in an 11-4 Rangers win over the North Stars at Minnesota.

1978: Kings' center Marcel Dionne scored his 20th goal of the season, in the Kings' 23rd game of the season (a team record for fastest 20 goals). It came in the Kings' 10-2 win over the Capitals at Forum.

1981: Washington's Dennis Maruk scored four goals and added two assists in the Capitals 7-3 win over the visiting Winnipeg Jets. It was the 10th hat trick of Maruk's NHL career.

1982: Goalies Denis Herron and Flyers' Pelle Lindbergh led their teams to a 0-0 scoreless tie in Pittsburgh. It was the 139th scoreless tie in NHL history. It was also Herron's 8th career shutout, and the second for Lindbergh.

1983: Chicago defenseman Bill White scored a goal and added three assists to lead the Black Hawks to a 7-3 win over the Kansas City Scouts, at Chicago Stadium.

1985: Toronto goalie Don Edwards recorded his 200th NHL career victory in the Maple Leafs' 10-7 victory over the visiting Devils. Edwards became the 27th goaltender in the NHL to get 200 wins.

1986: Philadelphia Flyers goalie Ron Hextall took a shot on goal during the Flyers 2-1 loss to the Hartford Whalers. A year later, Hextall became the first goalie in NHL history to shoot and score a goal.....Ray Bourque scored twice (and became just the second Bruins player to get a game winner at 19:59 of the 3rd period) and added an assist as the Bruins won 3-2 against the Quebec Nordiques, in Boston.

1987: im Higgins scored the only hat trick of his NHL career and Greg Stefan made 19 saves for his 5th (and final) career shutout in the Red Wings' 12-0 win against Chicago. Steve Yzerman had two goals and two assists in the game.

1988: Edmonton's Jimmy Carson became just the third player in NHL history to score six career hat tricks before age 21, when he scored three times (and added an assist) in a 10-6 Oilers' win over the visiting New York Rangers.

1990: Detroit's Bryan Murray became the 18th man in NHL history to coach 700 games, as the Red Wings lost 5-4 to Boston.

1991: Kirk McLean got his 8th career shutout with 45 saves as the Canucks won 3-0 at Montreal. It was the Canucks first shutout over Montreal, and came in Vancouver's 21st NHL season. Greg Adams led the scoring with his 3rd career hat trick.

1993: Jaromir Jagr scored the winner at 2:04 of overtime, and added 3 assists, and Kevin Stevens had 2 goals and 2 assists to lead the Penguins to a 7-6 win at Hartford. The win gave the Pens a record of 4-0-4 in their previous 8 games.

1996: Jyrki Lumme became the highest goal scoring defenseman in Vancouver history, with his 66th career Canucks goal in a 7-6 OT win at Buffalo. Lumme replaced Doug Lidster, who had 65 goals with Vancouver.

1997: Martin Brodeur became the first goaltender to record 25 shutouts in a New Jersey uniform, as the Devils won 4-0 against the Penguins at Pittsburgh. Brendan Morrison became the 6th Devils player to score a goal in his first NHL game.

1999: Buffalo's veteran defenseman James Patrick played in the 1,000th game of his NHL career, a 1-1 Sabres' tie against the visiting New York Rangers.....Pierre Turgeon began a team-record 12-game assist streak in the Blues 4-2 win against the visiting San Jose Sharks.

2001: Peter Bondra scored his 400th and 401st NHL goals to become the 5th active player to score 400 goals with one team in the Capitals 5-2 win against the visiting New York Rangers.

2002: Dallas' Jason Arnott scored his 4th career hat trick as the Stars improved to 10-0-0-1 at home in regulation, with a 5-1 win over the visiting Montreal Canadiens.


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