SAKIC OUT FOR THREE MONTHS
Colorado Avalanche forward Joe Sakic will undergo hernia surgery Friday that will keep him out of action for up to three months.
Sakic has been out since Nov. 30, missing 12 games. His recovery will keep the 38-year-old captain out of action for eight to 12 weeks. Before sitting out against San Jose on Nov. 30, Sakic, who has seven goals and 15 assists in 24 games this season, had played in 232 consecutive games dating to Jan. 6, 2004.
Sakic, in his 19th NHL season, ranks eighth on the NHL's career points list with 1,611. He is 11th in assists (994) and 14th in goals (617).
WORLD HOCKEY JUNIORS ROUNDUP
Kyle Turris, the University of Wisconsin forward, scored two goals for Canada and Steve Mason got the shutout as the Canadians beat the Slovakians at the World Junior Hockey Championships Thursday in Pardubice, Czech Republic.
Julius Hudacek made 32 saves in net for the Slovaks. Hudacek was coming off a 46 stop performance the day before versus Sweden.
The win was the 20th win in a row for Canada, a string that goes back to the championship game loss in 2004. And it leaves the Canadians 2-0 in Pool A after an opening-day 3-0 victory over the host Czechs.
Russia (2-0) stayed unbeaten after a close 5-4 game with Kazakhstan. Alexei Cherepanov, selected in the first round by the New York Rangers in the NHL entry draft in June, scored in his tournament debut after missing the team's first game due to illness.
Viktor Tikhonov, grandson of the legendary Russian national coach of the same name, scored for the second consecutive game. Also, for the second straight game, the Russians trailed after the first period, down 2-0 to Kazakhstan before scoring two quick goals early in the second.
Florida Panthers prospect Michael Frolik scored a natural hat trick in the first period as the host Czechs rebounded from their opening loss to Canada with a 5-2 win over Denmark.
Finland earned its first win of the tournament, 4-3 over Switzerland. Jarkko Malinen's goal was the difference, while Riku Helenius, Tampa Bay Lightning property, made 25 saves for the winners.
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Friday, December 28, 2007
Today in NHL History, Dec 28th
1918: Montreal Canadiens' Georges Vezina became the first NHL goalie to earn an assist, when teammate Newsy Lalonde picked up the puck after a Vezina save, skated the length of the ice, and scored. It came in a 6-3 win over Toronto.
1929: New York Rangers beat Ottawa Senators 3-1, in a Rangers' "home game" played in Atlantic City.
1935: Buzz' Boll scored his first career hat trick (and his only one with Toronto) in the Maple Leafs' 9-3 win over the NY Rangers.
1944: Montreal's Maurice Richard became the first player in NHL history to score eight points in one game. He scored five goals and added three assists when the Canadiens beat Detroit, 9-1.
1946: Montreal's Maurice Richard scored his 9th career hat trick and added an assist, and Toe Blake had two goals and two assists in the Canadiens 8-2 win against the Black Hawks, at the Forum.
1949: Edgar Laprade scored two goals and two assists and Tony Leswick had four assists to lead the Rangers to a 5-2 win against Chicago, in New York. Rangers won the game with four goals within a span of 2:57 during the final five minutes of the game.
1950: Metro Prystai scored two goals and two assists and Gordie Howe had five assists in the Red Wings' 8-1 win against Montreal, at the Olympia.
1958: Detroit's Alex Delvecchio scored a goal and added three assists as the Red Wings won 5-3 over the visiting Boston Bruins.
1960: Hall of Fame defenseman Ray Bourque born in Montreal, Que. Bourque played in the NHL 1979-80 thru 2000-01 with Boston and Colorado.
1962: Red Sullivan replaced Muzz Patrick as coach of the New York Rangers, but Patrick continued as General Manager. Sullivan became the 12th coach in Rangers history.
1967: Gilles Tremblay scored the only hat trick of his NHL career and added an assist to lead the Canadiens to a 6-2 win against the Minnesota North Stars, in Montreal. Also in that game, Jean Beliveau had four assists to move past Maurice Richard into second place on the NHL's all time point scoring list (behind Gordie Howe) with 967 points.
1969: Red Wings' Garry Unger scored three goals (for his second career hat trick) to lead Detroit to a 5-3 win against the Oakland Seals, at the Olympia.....Boston's Bobby Orr scored a goal and added three assists as the Bruins won 5-4, at Philadelphia.
1974: Montreal's Guy Lafleur scored a goal and added three assists as the Canadiens won 7-2 over the Kansas City Scouts at the Forum.
1975: New York Rangers became first team in NHL history to face a touring Soviet hockey squad. The Soviet Army beat the Rangers 7-3 at M.S.G. Phil Esposito had a goal and two assists for New York.
1976: L.A. Kings' Marcel Dionne scored his 200th career NHL goal as Los Angeles lost 8-3 to the North Stars at Minnesota.
1977: Vancouver's Curt Ridley became the first NHL goalie to shut out a touring Soviet team when the Canucks beat Moscow Spartak 2-0. Rick Blight scored both goals for the Canucks.....Kings' Butch Goring played in his 540th NHL game to break Bob Berry's team record of 539 games. Los Angeles lost 4-3 to the Islanders, at the Forum.
1980: St. Louis Blues were outshot 37-18, and got only two shots in the final period but scored on both for a 3-2 win at Vancouver. Mike Liut made 35 saves.
1981: Rookie Tim Hunter became the first Calgary native to play in a game for the Flames. He picked up 7 penalty minutes in his NHL debut, a 7-4 home loss to the Flyers. Hunter & Glen Cochrane had minors in the second and majors in the final period.
1984: Mike Foligno began a team-record 8 game goal scoring streak in the Sabres 4-0 win over the visiting Winnipeg Jets. Tom Barrasso recorded the shutout.
1986: Calgary's Al MacInnis extended his team-record consecutive game assist streak to 9 games in the Flames' 4-1 win at Buffalo. MacInnis scored 16 assists during the 9 game streak, tying the consecutive game assist streak set by Kent Nilsson in 1984.
1989: Blues' Paul MacLean scored his 300th NHL career goal when St. Louis lost 3-2 to the Islanders, at New York.
1990: Daren Puppa made 33 saves for his fourth NHL shutout as Buffalo won 5-0 over the Blackhawks, at the Aud.
1991: Vancouver's Igor Larionov scored his second career hat trick in the second period to lead the Canucks to a 3-2 win over the Sharks, at San Jose.
1992: Winnipeg Jets traded Ed Olczyk to the New York Rangers in exchange for Kris King and Tie Domi.
1993: John MacLean became the NJ Devils all-time scoring leader with a third-period goal in a 4-2 win over the visiting Hartford Whalers. MacLean's goal gave him 258 goals and 263 assists for 521 career points, one more than Kirk Muller.
1995: Mario Lemieux scored a goal and four assists, and Jaromir Jagr and Tomas Sandstrom each had two goals and two assists as Pittsburgh won 9-4 against the Hartford Whalers, at the Civic Arena. Penguins recorded the franchise's 900th win.
1996: Pittsburgh's rookie goalie Patrick Lalime recorded his second shutout in three starts, and improved his lifetime record to 6-0-1, as the Penguins won 2-0 over the visiting Buffalo Sabres. Mario Lemieux had a goal and an assist.
2000: Detroit Red Wings re-acquired veteran Igor Larionov from the Florida Panthers, in exchange for Yan Golbovsky.
2001: Toronto's Mat Sundin scored his 20th goal of the year (for the 12th straight season) and added an assist to give him 900 career NHL points. The milestone came in a 5-4 loss to the Thrashers in Atlanta.....Goaltender Fred Brathwaite recorded his 13th career shutout in the Blues 3-0 win over the visiting Montreal Canadiens.....Atlanta's Ray Ferraro scored to become the 66th player in NHL history to score 400 career goals; the milestone came in a 5-4 Thrashers win over the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs.
2002: Calgary Flames hired Darryl Sutter as their new head coach. Sutter had been out of work since Dec 1, when he was fired by the San Jose Sharks.....Scott Niedermayer became just the 2nd defenseman in NHL history (Brian Leetch) to get 7 regular-season overtime goals, when he scored with 49.5 seconds left in OT as the Devils outshot the visiting Washington Capitals 40-15 for a 2-1 victory.....Rookie Tyler Arnason scored his first career hat trick in the Blackhawks 3-3 tie against the Sharks at San Jose.
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1929: New York Rangers beat Ottawa Senators 3-1, in a Rangers' "home game" played in Atlantic City.
1935: Buzz' Boll scored his first career hat trick (and his only one with Toronto) in the Maple Leafs' 9-3 win over the NY Rangers.
1944: Montreal's Maurice Richard became the first player in NHL history to score eight points in one game. He scored five goals and added three assists when the Canadiens beat Detroit, 9-1.
1946: Montreal's Maurice Richard scored his 9th career hat trick and added an assist, and Toe Blake had two goals and two assists in the Canadiens 8-2 win against the Black Hawks, at the Forum.
1949: Edgar Laprade scored two goals and two assists and Tony Leswick had four assists to lead the Rangers to a 5-2 win against Chicago, in New York. Rangers won the game with four goals within a span of 2:57 during the final five minutes of the game.
1950: Metro Prystai scored two goals and two assists and Gordie Howe had five assists in the Red Wings' 8-1 win against Montreal, at the Olympia.
1958: Detroit's Alex Delvecchio scored a goal and added three assists as the Red Wings won 5-3 over the visiting Boston Bruins.
1960: Hall of Fame defenseman Ray Bourque born in Montreal, Que. Bourque played in the NHL 1979-80 thru 2000-01 with Boston and Colorado.
1962: Red Sullivan replaced Muzz Patrick as coach of the New York Rangers, but Patrick continued as General Manager. Sullivan became the 12th coach in Rangers history.
1967: Gilles Tremblay scored the only hat trick of his NHL career and added an assist to lead the Canadiens to a 6-2 win against the Minnesota North Stars, in Montreal. Also in that game, Jean Beliveau had four assists to move past Maurice Richard into second place on the NHL's all time point scoring list (behind Gordie Howe) with 967 points.
1969: Red Wings' Garry Unger scored three goals (for his second career hat trick) to lead Detroit to a 5-3 win against the Oakland Seals, at the Olympia.....Boston's Bobby Orr scored a goal and added three assists as the Bruins won 5-4, at Philadelphia.
1974: Montreal's Guy Lafleur scored a goal and added three assists as the Canadiens won 7-2 over the Kansas City Scouts at the Forum.
1975: New York Rangers became first team in NHL history to face a touring Soviet hockey squad. The Soviet Army beat the Rangers 7-3 at M.S.G. Phil Esposito had a goal and two assists for New York.
1976: L.A. Kings' Marcel Dionne scored his 200th career NHL goal as Los Angeles lost 8-3 to the North Stars at Minnesota.
1977: Vancouver's Curt Ridley became the first NHL goalie to shut out a touring Soviet team when the Canucks beat Moscow Spartak 2-0. Rick Blight scored both goals for the Canucks.....Kings' Butch Goring played in his 540th NHL game to break Bob Berry's team record of 539 games. Los Angeles lost 4-3 to the Islanders, at the Forum.
1980: St. Louis Blues were outshot 37-18, and got only two shots in the final period but scored on both for a 3-2 win at Vancouver. Mike Liut made 35 saves.
1981: Rookie Tim Hunter became the first Calgary native to play in a game for the Flames. He picked up 7 penalty minutes in his NHL debut, a 7-4 home loss to the Flyers. Hunter & Glen Cochrane had minors in the second and majors in the final period.
1984: Mike Foligno began a team-record 8 game goal scoring streak in the Sabres 4-0 win over the visiting Winnipeg Jets. Tom Barrasso recorded the shutout.
1986: Calgary's Al MacInnis extended his team-record consecutive game assist streak to 9 games in the Flames' 4-1 win at Buffalo. MacInnis scored 16 assists during the 9 game streak, tying the consecutive game assist streak set by Kent Nilsson in 1984.
1989: Blues' Paul MacLean scored his 300th NHL career goal when St. Louis lost 3-2 to the Islanders, at New York.
1990: Daren Puppa made 33 saves for his fourth NHL shutout as Buffalo won 5-0 over the Blackhawks, at the Aud.
1991: Vancouver's Igor Larionov scored his second career hat trick in the second period to lead the Canucks to a 3-2 win over the Sharks, at San Jose.
1992: Winnipeg Jets traded Ed Olczyk to the New York Rangers in exchange for Kris King and Tie Domi.
1993: John MacLean became the NJ Devils all-time scoring leader with a third-period goal in a 4-2 win over the visiting Hartford Whalers. MacLean's goal gave him 258 goals and 263 assists for 521 career points, one more than Kirk Muller.
1995: Mario Lemieux scored a goal and four assists, and Jaromir Jagr and Tomas Sandstrom each had two goals and two assists as Pittsburgh won 9-4 against the Hartford Whalers, at the Civic Arena. Penguins recorded the franchise's 900th win.
1996: Pittsburgh's rookie goalie Patrick Lalime recorded his second shutout in three starts, and improved his lifetime record to 6-0-1, as the Penguins won 2-0 over the visiting Buffalo Sabres. Mario Lemieux had a goal and an assist.
2000: Detroit Red Wings re-acquired veteran Igor Larionov from the Florida Panthers, in exchange for Yan Golbovsky.
2001: Toronto's Mat Sundin scored his 20th goal of the year (for the 12th straight season) and added an assist to give him 900 career NHL points. The milestone came in a 5-4 loss to the Thrashers in Atlanta.....Goaltender Fred Brathwaite recorded his 13th career shutout in the Blues 3-0 win over the visiting Montreal Canadiens.....Atlanta's Ray Ferraro scored to become the 66th player in NHL history to score 400 career goals; the milestone came in a 5-4 Thrashers win over the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs.
2002: Calgary Flames hired Darryl Sutter as their new head coach. Sutter had been out of work since Dec 1, when he was fired by the San Jose Sharks.....Scott Niedermayer became just the 2nd defenseman in NHL history (Brian Leetch) to get 7 regular-season overtime goals, when he scored with 49.5 seconds left in OT as the Devils outshot the visiting Washington Capitals 40-15 for a 2-1 victory.....Rookie Tyler Arnason scored his first career hat trick in the Blackhawks 3-3 tie against the Sharks at San Jose.
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Thursday, December 27, 2007
December 27th
TOSKALA, DiPIETRO HURT
Mike Comrie scored with nine seconds left in overtime as the New York Islanders topped the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-3 in a game where both clubs resorted to using their backup goaltenders.
Andrew Raycroft stopped 24 shots in his first appearance in net in more than a month, after it was announced before the game that Vesa Toskala was day to day with a groin pull. Toskala had started the club's last 12 games, helping spearhead a turnaround after Toronto's poor start to the season. Raycroft hadn't played since allowing two goals on his first seven shots on Nov. 24, as the Leafs were drubbed 5-1 by Phoenix
The Islanders had their own unusual goaltending situation play out as Rick DiPietro left after making seven saves and earning an assist in the first period.
Wade Dubielewicz stopped 21 of 22 shots in relief of DiPietro, who suffered a knee injury during warmups. The backup was tested most severely in overtime, when Toronto put sustained pressure on a power play but could not score.
DiPietro won't make the trip to Ottawa for Thursday night's game against the Senators.
CAPS DROP INTERIM TAG FROM BOUDREAU
The Washington Capitals named Bruce Boudreau their full-time head coach Wednesday. Boudreau assumed the coaching duties Nov. 22 after Glen Hanlon was fired. The Capitals have posted a 7-5-3 record under the 52-year-old.
Boudreau coached more than 1,000 games in the minor leagues and never was an assistant coach in the NHL before joining the Capitals. He played in parts of eight NHL seasons with Toronto and Chicago.
MSG SETTLES CHEERLEADER LAWSUIT
Madison Square Garden has settled a lawsuit with a former New York Rangers cheerleader who sued for sexual discrimination, avoiding the potential of another embarrassing trial.
Courtney Prince, who was fired in January 2004, later claimed MSG failed to properly protect the dozen skating cheerleaders from being touched inappropriately when they went into the crowd at games and required them to be glamorous and to wear padded bras, fake eyelashes and hairpieces.
A statement released on her behalf said: "We resolved this matter with no admission of wrongdoing on the part of any party, and I will have no further comment."
Terms of the settlement were not disclosed.
Madison Square Garden refused to settle with former Knicks team executive Anucha Browne Sanders when she accused coach Isiah Thomas and MSG of sexual harassment.
Instead, she was awarded $11.6 million in October after a trial that embarrassed the organization and the NBA.
MSG eventually settled for $11.5 million shortly before both sides were to return to court for the punitive phase.
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Mike Comrie scored with nine seconds left in overtime as the New York Islanders topped the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-3 in a game where both clubs resorted to using their backup goaltenders.
Andrew Raycroft stopped 24 shots in his first appearance in net in more than a month, after it was announced before the game that Vesa Toskala was day to day with a groin pull. Toskala had started the club's last 12 games, helping spearhead a turnaround after Toronto's poor start to the season. Raycroft hadn't played since allowing two goals on his first seven shots on Nov. 24, as the Leafs were drubbed 5-1 by Phoenix
The Islanders had their own unusual goaltending situation play out as Rick DiPietro left after making seven saves and earning an assist in the first period.
Wade Dubielewicz stopped 21 of 22 shots in relief of DiPietro, who suffered a knee injury during warmups. The backup was tested most severely in overtime, when Toronto put sustained pressure on a power play but could not score.
DiPietro won't make the trip to Ottawa for Thursday night's game against the Senators.
CAPS DROP INTERIM TAG FROM BOUDREAU
The Washington Capitals named Bruce Boudreau their full-time head coach Wednesday. Boudreau assumed the coaching duties Nov. 22 after Glen Hanlon was fired. The Capitals have posted a 7-5-3 record under the 52-year-old.
Boudreau coached more than 1,000 games in the minor leagues and never was an assistant coach in the NHL before joining the Capitals. He played in parts of eight NHL seasons with Toronto and Chicago.
MSG SETTLES CHEERLEADER LAWSUIT
Madison Square Garden has settled a lawsuit with a former New York Rangers cheerleader who sued for sexual discrimination, avoiding the potential of another embarrassing trial.
Courtney Prince, who was fired in January 2004, later claimed MSG failed to properly protect the dozen skating cheerleaders from being touched inappropriately when they went into the crowd at games and required them to be glamorous and to wear padded bras, fake eyelashes and hairpieces.
A statement released on her behalf said: "We resolved this matter with no admission of wrongdoing on the part of any party, and I will have no further comment."
Terms of the settlement were not disclosed.
Madison Square Garden refused to settle with former Knicks team executive Anucha Browne Sanders when she accused coach Isiah Thomas and MSG of sexual harassment.
Instead, she was awarded $11.6 million in October after a trial that embarrassed the organization and the NBA.
MSG eventually settled for $11.5 million shortly before both sides were to return to court for the punitive phase.
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Today in NHL History, Dec 27th
1897: In the only Stanley Cup challenge of the season, the defending champion Montreal Victorias turned back the Ottawa Capitals 15-2 to retain their champion status.
1919: Ottawa Senators became the first team in NHL history to open a season with two straight shutouts, when Clint Benedict got the 5th of his career, in a 2-0 win over the Canadiens, in Montreal.....Playing in his second game, Toronto's Babe Dye scored his first career NHL goal, in a 7-4 win over Quebec.
1924: Montreal Canadiens played the Maroons for the first time at the Forum and tied 1-1 after 20 minutes of overtime.
1927: Montreal Canadiens goalie George Hainsworth and Alex Connell dueled to a 0-0 scoreless tie, in a game played at Ottawa. It was the 12th scoreless tie in NHL history and the first for the Montreal Canadiens.
1932: Boston goalie Tiny Thompson made 32 saves for his 32nd career shutout in the Bruins' 1-0 win over the Montreal Canadiens.
1938: Woody Dumart scored twice and added two assists in the Bruins' 8-2 win against Toronto.
1942: Montreal Canadiens defeated Boston 4-2 in Montreal, but lost rookie Maurice Richard, who suffered a broken leg just above the right ankle. His leg broke when he toppled after a check from Bruins' Jack Crawford.
1958: Kevin Constantine born in International Falls, Minnesota. Constantine coached beginning in 1993-94 with San Jose, Pittsburgh, and New Jersey.....Chicago announced Rudy Pilous would take over as the team's new head coach. Pilous signed a contract Jan. 8, 1959, and took over for Tommy Ivan, who remained as the Black Hawks' General Manager.
1959: Boston's Bronco Horvath began an NHL-record 22 game point-scoring streak in the Bruins' 6-1 loss at Chicago.....Canadiens' Henri Richard scored his 100th career NHL goal and added an assist as Montreal won 3-1 at Detroit.
1962: Andy Bathgate had a goal and four assists as the Rangers beat Boston 9-3 at MSG. The game was held up for 20 minutes in the final period when Bruin goalie Ed Johnston needed stitches after being hit on the nose with a puck.
1966: Detroit Red Wings ended their team-record 14 game road losing streak with a 4-4 tie at Boston.
1967: Pittsburgh Penguins' rookie Les Binkley and Seals' rookie goalie Gary Smith recorded the first 0-0 tie in Penguins' history, in a game against Oakland at the Civic Arena. It was the third career shutout for Binkley and the 1st for Gary Smith.
1969: Rookie goaltender Tony Esposito recorded his seventh shutout of the season (and the 9th of his career) as the Black Hawks won 3-0 over the Penguins at Pittsburgh. Esposito finished the 1969-70 season with 15 shutouts, an NHL record for rookies.
1972: Garry Unger scored twice and added three assists as the Blues won 5-3, at Chicago.
1974: Oakland Seals' rookie Charlie Simmer scored the first goal of his NHL career, and added an assist in his first career NHL game, a 5-2 win over the visiting Boston Bruins.....Brad Park had two assists to tie Harry Howell's Ranger record for most career points by a defenseman (345) as New York won 9-5 over Buffalo, at MSG. Howell picked up his points in 17 seasons, Park only in seven seasons.
1979: The first NHL game was played at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit. St. Louis Blues won 3-2 over the Red Wings, with Bernie Federko scoring a goal and two assists.
1980: Guy Lafleur picked up four assists as the Canadiens won 7-4 over the Capitals, at the Forum.
1981: Playing in his 197th career game, Wayne Gretzky scored four goals for his 10th career hat trick and added an assist, to give him 400 career NHL points. Also in his 38th game of the season, Gretzky recorded the fastest 100 points in NHL history. The milestone's came in a 10-3 Oilers' win over the Kings in Edmonton. Gretzky later improved his record with 100 points in 34 games.
1982: Philadelphia's Bobby Clarke scored the 5th (and final) hat trick of his NHL career and added two assists, leading the Flyers past the Red Wings, 8-4 at Detroit.
1986: John Ogrodnick scored a goal and added three assists, and Steve Yzerman picked up four assists as the Red Wings tied 5-5 at Toronto.....Reed Larson became the first American born player in NHL history to score 600 career points. The Boston defenseman set the new mark with an assist in a 2-1 overtime loss to the Kings.
1989: Mario Lemieux scored twice and added three assists in a 7-4 Penguins' win against the Rangers at the Civic Arena, to extend his scoring streak to 26 games.....Jimmy Carson scored his 7th career hat trick with three power play goals in the third period (for his first three goal game with Detroit), in the Red Wings' 7-7 tie at Toronto. Red Wings had trailed 7-3 after two periods.....Wayne Gretzky was honored as The Associated Press Male Athlete of the Decade. He received 307 votes by panel of sportswriters and broadcasters. Second was NFL's Joe Montana with 85 votes and Magic Johnson finished third with 59 votes.
1990: Edmonton Oilers recorded their 500th all time NHL victory, 4-1 over the Flames, in Edmonton. The win gave the Oilers a lifetime record of 500-295-120, for a winning percentage of .612, the best of any NHL team.
1992: Rookie Alexei Kovalev's third goal of the game with 36 seconds left ended a four-goal rally in the final seven minutes and gave the Rangers a 6-5 win over Boston in New York. It was Kovalev's first NHL hat trick.....Vancouver's Petr Nedved extended his team-record point scoring streak to 15 straight games in the Canucks' 5-2 win over the visiting Montreal Canadiens. Nedved scored 15 goals, 9 assists for a total of 24 points during the 15 game streak.
1993: Guy Carbonneau scored a hat trick and added an assist and Benoit Brunet picked up 4 assists to lead the Canadiens to a 5-2 win at St. Louis. It was Carbonneau's second career hat trick, and it came 10 years after his first hat trick.
1995: Calgary goalie Trevor Kidd, playing in his 100th NHL game, recorded his fourth career shutout as the Flames won 4-0 over the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs. It was the first shutout by the Flames over Toronto in 18 years.
1996: Brian Leetch picked up two assists to become the highest scoring defenseman in NY Rangers' history, passing Ron Greschner (who scored 610 points) as the Rangers won 3-2 over the visiting Anaheim Mighty Ducks.
1997: Radek Dvorak's two goals triggered a five-goal outburst in the second period, and John Vanbiesbrouck became the second U.S. born goalie to record 300 NHL victories, as Florida won 6-2 over the Islanders, at Long Island.
1999: Joe Sakic picked up an assist for his 1,000th career point as the Avalanche won 5-1 against the visiting St. Louis Blues. Sakic became the 56th NHL player to score 1,000 points, and just the 14th to do so with one franchise.....Flyers' Mark Recchi scored his 350th career NHL goal as Philadelphia won 5-1 at Calgary.
2000: Mario Lemieux returned from a 3-1/2 year layoff, and picked up a point on his first shift, finishing the night with with a goal and two assists in the Penguins 5-0 win against the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs. Garth Snow got the shutout.....Edmonton's Doug Weight scored his 600th career NHL point, with an assist in a 3-2 Oilers' loss at Colorado.
2001: Brendan Shanahan scored his 20th goal of the season for the 14th time in his NHL career, in the Red Wings 5-1 win over the visiting Columbus Blue Jackets.
2002: Ron Tugnutt recorded his 22nd career shutout (and his first with Dallas) in the Stars 4-0 win against the Panthers at Florida.
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1919: Ottawa Senators became the first team in NHL history to open a season with two straight shutouts, when Clint Benedict got the 5th of his career, in a 2-0 win over the Canadiens, in Montreal.....Playing in his second game, Toronto's Babe Dye scored his first career NHL goal, in a 7-4 win over Quebec.
1924: Montreal Canadiens played the Maroons for the first time at the Forum and tied 1-1 after 20 minutes of overtime.
1927: Montreal Canadiens goalie George Hainsworth and Alex Connell dueled to a 0-0 scoreless tie, in a game played at Ottawa. It was the 12th scoreless tie in NHL history and the first for the Montreal Canadiens.
1932: Boston goalie Tiny Thompson made 32 saves for his 32nd career shutout in the Bruins' 1-0 win over the Montreal Canadiens.
1938: Woody Dumart scored twice and added two assists in the Bruins' 8-2 win against Toronto.
1942: Montreal Canadiens defeated Boston 4-2 in Montreal, but lost rookie Maurice Richard, who suffered a broken leg just above the right ankle. His leg broke when he toppled after a check from Bruins' Jack Crawford.
1958: Kevin Constantine born in International Falls, Minnesota. Constantine coached beginning in 1993-94 with San Jose, Pittsburgh, and New Jersey.....Chicago announced Rudy Pilous would take over as the team's new head coach. Pilous signed a contract Jan. 8, 1959, and took over for Tommy Ivan, who remained as the Black Hawks' General Manager.
1959: Boston's Bronco Horvath began an NHL-record 22 game point-scoring streak in the Bruins' 6-1 loss at Chicago.....Canadiens' Henri Richard scored his 100th career NHL goal and added an assist as Montreal won 3-1 at Detroit.
1962: Andy Bathgate had a goal and four assists as the Rangers beat Boston 9-3 at MSG. The game was held up for 20 minutes in the final period when Bruin goalie Ed Johnston needed stitches after being hit on the nose with a puck.
1966: Detroit Red Wings ended their team-record 14 game road losing streak with a 4-4 tie at Boston.
1967: Pittsburgh Penguins' rookie Les Binkley and Seals' rookie goalie Gary Smith recorded the first 0-0 tie in Penguins' history, in a game against Oakland at the Civic Arena. It was the third career shutout for Binkley and the 1st for Gary Smith.
1969: Rookie goaltender Tony Esposito recorded his seventh shutout of the season (and the 9th of his career) as the Black Hawks won 3-0 over the Penguins at Pittsburgh. Esposito finished the 1969-70 season with 15 shutouts, an NHL record for rookies.
1972: Garry Unger scored twice and added three assists as the Blues won 5-3, at Chicago.
1974: Oakland Seals' rookie Charlie Simmer scored the first goal of his NHL career, and added an assist in his first career NHL game, a 5-2 win over the visiting Boston Bruins.....Brad Park had two assists to tie Harry Howell's Ranger record for most career points by a defenseman (345) as New York won 9-5 over Buffalo, at MSG. Howell picked up his points in 17 seasons, Park only in seven seasons.
1979: The first NHL game was played at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit. St. Louis Blues won 3-2 over the Red Wings, with Bernie Federko scoring a goal and two assists.
1980: Guy Lafleur picked up four assists as the Canadiens won 7-4 over the Capitals, at the Forum.
1981: Playing in his 197th career game, Wayne Gretzky scored four goals for his 10th career hat trick and added an assist, to give him 400 career NHL points. Also in his 38th game of the season, Gretzky recorded the fastest 100 points in NHL history. The milestone's came in a 10-3 Oilers' win over the Kings in Edmonton. Gretzky later improved his record with 100 points in 34 games.
1982: Philadelphia's Bobby Clarke scored the 5th (and final) hat trick of his NHL career and added two assists, leading the Flyers past the Red Wings, 8-4 at Detroit.
1986: John Ogrodnick scored a goal and added three assists, and Steve Yzerman picked up four assists as the Red Wings tied 5-5 at Toronto.....Reed Larson became the first American born player in NHL history to score 600 career points. The Boston defenseman set the new mark with an assist in a 2-1 overtime loss to the Kings.
1989: Mario Lemieux scored twice and added three assists in a 7-4 Penguins' win against the Rangers at the Civic Arena, to extend his scoring streak to 26 games.....Jimmy Carson scored his 7th career hat trick with three power play goals in the third period (for his first three goal game with Detroit), in the Red Wings' 7-7 tie at Toronto. Red Wings had trailed 7-3 after two periods.....Wayne Gretzky was honored as The Associated Press Male Athlete of the Decade. He received 307 votes by panel of sportswriters and broadcasters. Second was NFL's Joe Montana with 85 votes and Magic Johnson finished third with 59 votes.
1990: Edmonton Oilers recorded their 500th all time NHL victory, 4-1 over the Flames, in Edmonton. The win gave the Oilers a lifetime record of 500-295-120, for a winning percentage of .612, the best of any NHL team.
1992: Rookie Alexei Kovalev's third goal of the game with 36 seconds left ended a four-goal rally in the final seven minutes and gave the Rangers a 6-5 win over Boston in New York. It was Kovalev's first NHL hat trick.....Vancouver's Petr Nedved extended his team-record point scoring streak to 15 straight games in the Canucks' 5-2 win over the visiting Montreal Canadiens. Nedved scored 15 goals, 9 assists for a total of 24 points during the 15 game streak.
1993: Guy Carbonneau scored a hat trick and added an assist and Benoit Brunet picked up 4 assists to lead the Canadiens to a 5-2 win at St. Louis. It was Carbonneau's second career hat trick, and it came 10 years after his first hat trick.
1995: Calgary goalie Trevor Kidd, playing in his 100th NHL game, recorded his fourth career shutout as the Flames won 4-0 over the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs. It was the first shutout by the Flames over Toronto in 18 years.
1996: Brian Leetch picked up two assists to become the highest scoring defenseman in NY Rangers' history, passing Ron Greschner (who scored 610 points) as the Rangers won 3-2 over the visiting Anaheim Mighty Ducks.
1997: Radek Dvorak's two goals triggered a five-goal outburst in the second period, and John Vanbiesbrouck became the second U.S. born goalie to record 300 NHL victories, as Florida won 6-2 over the Islanders, at Long Island.
1999: Joe Sakic picked up an assist for his 1,000th career point as the Avalanche won 5-1 against the visiting St. Louis Blues. Sakic became the 56th NHL player to score 1,000 points, and just the 14th to do so with one franchise.....Flyers' Mark Recchi scored his 350th career NHL goal as Philadelphia won 5-1 at Calgary.
2000: Mario Lemieux returned from a 3-1/2 year layoff, and picked up a point on his first shift, finishing the night with with a goal and two assists in the Penguins 5-0 win against the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs. Garth Snow got the shutout.....Edmonton's Doug Weight scored his 600th career NHL point, with an assist in a 3-2 Oilers' loss at Colorado.
2001: Brendan Shanahan scored his 20th goal of the season for the 14th time in his NHL career, in the Red Wings 5-1 win over the visiting Columbus Blue Jackets.
2002: Ron Tugnutt recorded his 22nd career shutout (and his first with Dallas) in the Stars 4-0 win against the Panthers at Florida.
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Wednesday, December 26, 2007
December 26th
GABORIK, LEHTONEN AND ARNOTT NAMED NHL 'THREE STARS' OF THE WEEK
Minnesota Wild right wing Marian Gaborik, Atlanta Thrashers goaltender Kari Lehtonen and Nashville Predators center Jason Arnott have been named the NHL's 'Three Stars' for the week ending December 23.
FIRST STAR -- MARIAN GABORIK, RW, MINNESOTA WILD
Gaborik led all NHL scorers with eight points (six goals, two assists) as the Wild won two of three games for the week. He recorded points in all three games, including a five-goal, six-point performance in a 6-3 victory over the New York Rangers Dec. 20. Gaborik scored one goal in the opening period and two in each of the second and third, becoming the first player to tally five times in one game since Detroit's Sergei Fedorov in a 5-4 overtime victory over Washington on Dec. 26, 1996 and the first to do in regulation time since Pittsburgh's Mario Lemieux in an 8-4 victory over St. Louis on March 26, 1996. Gaborik also recorded a goal in a 3-2 victory over the Nashville Predators Dec. 18 and had an assist in a 4-1 loss to the Detroit Red Wings Dec. 22.
SECOND STAR -- KARI LEHTONEN, G, ATLANTA THRASHERS
Lehtonen posted a record of 4-0-0, a 1.96 goals-against average and .935 save percentage as the Thrashers (18-17-1, 37 points) posted four wins for the week. He recorded 32 saves in a 6-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning Dec. 18, made 28 saves in a 3-2 win over the Ottawa Senators Dec. 20 and stopped 37 of 39 shots and both shootout attempts in a 3-2 victory over the Montreal Canadiens Dec. 22. He finished the week by making 18 saves in a 3-2 overtime victory over the St. Louis Blues Dec. 23. Lehtonen has posted a 6-6-0 record with a 3.20 goals-against average, .903 save percentage and one shutout in 14 appearances this season.
THIRD STAR -- JASON ARNOTT, C, NASHVILLE PREDATORS
Arnott ranked second among NHL scorers with eight points (four goals, four assists) in four games. He recorded one goal and one assist in a 3-2 loss to the Minnesota Wild Dec. 18, notched one assist in a 5-2 loss to the Chicago Blackhawks Dec. 19 and recorded three goals, including the game-winner, and one assist in a 4-3 victory over the Los Angeles Kings Dec. 22. Arnott finished the week recording one assist in a 3-1 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets Dec. 23. Arnott leads the Predators in scoring with 29 points (12-17--29) in 33 games.
SHARKS FORWARD CHARGED WITH DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE
San Jose Sharks forward Ryane Clowe was arrested early Monday on suspicion of drunken driving.
Clowe, who has been out of the Sharks lineup for two months after undergoing knee surgery, was stopped by police in suburban Los Gatos, Calif., for a minor traffic violation. Authorities said the 25-year-old player failed a field sobriety test and was booked into the Santa Clara County jail.
"I am embarrassed by what happened, but take full responsibility for this regrettable mistake," Clowe said. "For situations like I faced last evening, our team has a very clear alternative transportation policy in place.
"I failed to follow it, and for that I am deeply sorry."
Clowe, who was released later Monday, is the second Sharks player in two seasons to be arrested on suspicion of drunken driving despite a specific team policy to prevent it. The first was forward Mark Bell, now with the Toronto Maple Leafs.
The San Jose organization guarantees reimbursement for a taxi or car service to any Sharks player or staff member who needs transportation.
"While we are extremely disappointed by his error in judgment, Ryane has stepped up and acknowledged that he made a serious mistake and is preparing to take responsibility for his actions," Sharks general manager Doug Wilson said.
In Bell's case, he was arrested over the Labour Day weekend last year after driving his rented car into a pickup truck at a stop sign in Milpitas, a town in the San Jose foothills.
The driver of the pickup required stitches to close a gash in his head.
Bell, who was traded to the Leafs last summer, pleaded no contest to drunken-driving charges last September and was sentenced to six months in jail. He will begin serving his time after the NHL season ends.
Clowe, who's in his second full season with the Sharks, had three goals and three assists in 11 games this season before tearing several ligaments in his knee during a game against Columbus on Oct. 27. He earned a regular job in San Jose last season with career highs of 16 goals, 18 assists and 78 penalty minutes in just 58 games, and had begun travelling with the Sharks again in recent weeks, but the team had no timetable for his return.
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Minnesota Wild right wing Marian Gaborik, Atlanta Thrashers goaltender Kari Lehtonen and Nashville Predators center Jason Arnott have been named the NHL's 'Three Stars' for the week ending December 23.
FIRST STAR -- MARIAN GABORIK, RW, MINNESOTA WILD
Gaborik led all NHL scorers with eight points (six goals, two assists) as the Wild won two of three games for the week. He recorded points in all three games, including a five-goal, six-point performance in a 6-3 victory over the New York Rangers Dec. 20. Gaborik scored one goal in the opening period and two in each of the second and third, becoming the first player to tally five times in one game since Detroit's Sergei Fedorov in a 5-4 overtime victory over Washington on Dec. 26, 1996 and the first to do in regulation time since Pittsburgh's Mario Lemieux in an 8-4 victory over St. Louis on March 26, 1996. Gaborik also recorded a goal in a 3-2 victory over the Nashville Predators Dec. 18 and had an assist in a 4-1 loss to the Detroit Red Wings Dec. 22.
SECOND STAR -- KARI LEHTONEN, G, ATLANTA THRASHERS
Lehtonen posted a record of 4-0-0, a 1.96 goals-against average and .935 save percentage as the Thrashers (18-17-1, 37 points) posted four wins for the week. He recorded 32 saves in a 6-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning Dec. 18, made 28 saves in a 3-2 win over the Ottawa Senators Dec. 20 and stopped 37 of 39 shots and both shootout attempts in a 3-2 victory over the Montreal Canadiens Dec. 22. He finished the week by making 18 saves in a 3-2 overtime victory over the St. Louis Blues Dec. 23. Lehtonen has posted a 6-6-0 record with a 3.20 goals-against average, .903 save percentage and one shutout in 14 appearances this season.
THIRD STAR -- JASON ARNOTT, C, NASHVILLE PREDATORS
Arnott ranked second among NHL scorers with eight points (four goals, four assists) in four games. He recorded one goal and one assist in a 3-2 loss to the Minnesota Wild Dec. 18, notched one assist in a 5-2 loss to the Chicago Blackhawks Dec. 19 and recorded three goals, including the game-winner, and one assist in a 4-3 victory over the Los Angeles Kings Dec. 22. Arnott finished the week recording one assist in a 3-1 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets Dec. 23. Arnott leads the Predators in scoring with 29 points (12-17--29) in 33 games.
SHARKS FORWARD CHARGED WITH DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE
San Jose Sharks forward Ryane Clowe was arrested early Monday on suspicion of drunken driving.
Clowe, who has been out of the Sharks lineup for two months after undergoing knee surgery, was stopped by police in suburban Los Gatos, Calif., for a minor traffic violation. Authorities said the 25-year-old player failed a field sobriety test and was booked into the Santa Clara County jail.
"I am embarrassed by what happened, but take full responsibility for this regrettable mistake," Clowe said. "For situations like I faced last evening, our team has a very clear alternative transportation policy in place.
"I failed to follow it, and for that I am deeply sorry."
Clowe, who was released later Monday, is the second Sharks player in two seasons to be arrested on suspicion of drunken driving despite a specific team policy to prevent it. The first was forward Mark Bell, now with the Toronto Maple Leafs.
The San Jose organization guarantees reimbursement for a taxi or car service to any Sharks player or staff member who needs transportation.
"While we are extremely disappointed by his error in judgment, Ryane has stepped up and acknowledged that he made a serious mistake and is preparing to take responsibility for his actions," Sharks general manager Doug Wilson said.
In Bell's case, he was arrested over the Labour Day weekend last year after driving his rented car into a pickup truck at a stop sign in Milpitas, a town in the San Jose foothills.
The driver of the pickup required stitches to close a gash in his head.
Bell, who was traded to the Leafs last summer, pleaded no contest to drunken-driving charges last September and was sentenced to six months in jail. He will begin serving his time after the NHL season ends.
Clowe, who's in his second full season with the Sharks, had three goals and three assists in 11 games this season before tearing several ligaments in his knee during a game against Columbus on Oct. 27. He earned a regular job in San Jose last season with career highs of 16 goals, 18 assists and 78 penalty minutes in just 58 games, and had begun travelling with the Sharks again in recent weeks, but the team had no timetable for his return.
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Today in NHL History, Dec 26th
1917: Toronto Arena's defenseman Harry Cameron scored four goals to lead his team to a 7-5 win over Montreal.
1925: New York Americans and Pittsburgh Pirates set an NHL record with 141 shots in the Americans 3-1 win. New York held the shot edge, 73-68. Roy Worters made 70 saves for Pittsburgh, and Jake Forbes had 67 for NY.
1926: Ottawa goalie Alex Connell and Maroons' Clint Benedict dueled to a 0-0 scoreless tie, in a game played at Montreal. It was just the fourth scoreless tie in NHL history, the 27th career shutout for Connell and the 31st for Benedict.
1935: Toronto goaltender George Hainsworth recorded his 90th career shutout to lead the Maple Leafs to a 2-0 win over the Canadiens, at Montreal.
1951: Goaltender Chuck Rayner recorded his 23rd career shutout to lead the Rangers to a 1-0 win over the visiting Detroit Red Wings. It was the first loss for Detroit away from home in the 1951-52 season.....Former NHL right winger Mark Heaslip born in Duluth, Minn. Heaslip played in the NHL 1976-77 through 1978-79 with the New York Rangers and Los Angeles.
1959: Montreal's Marcel Bonin scored a hat trick and added two assists, and Jean Beliveau had two goals and two assists as the Canadiens won 9-2 against Chicago, at the Forum.
1962: Toronto's Frank Mahovlich scored a goal and added three assists as the Maple Leafs won 5-4 over the visiting Detroit Red Wings.
1964: Goaltender Ed Johnston recorded his 8th career shutout, Dean Prentice scored twice and Tom Williams picked up two assists as the Bruins won 2-0 over the Rangers at New York.
1965: Goaltender Roger Crozier recorded his 11th career shutout, and Alex Delvecchio scored the only goal at 19:04 of the third period in the Red Wings' 1-0 win over the visiting Montreal Canadiens.
1968: St. Louis goalie Jacques Plante recorded his 350th NHL career victory in the Blues' 3-2 victory over the visiting Pittsburgh Penguins.
1970: Andre Boudrias became the first Canucks player to score a goal with Vancouver two men short. He scored the goal against Tony Esposito of Chicago. The goal was the 100th in the team's brief history. Chicago won the game 4-2.
1971: Flyers' Serge Bernier set a team record (since broken) with five points (a goal and four assists) in a 6-1 Philadelpha win against Pittsburgh.
1972: Don Tannahill became the first Vancouver rookie to score three goals in a game, in a 4-3 Canucks' win over the Oakland Seals. It came in Vancouver's third season in the NHL.
1976: John Bucyk's 545th career goal moved him past Maurice Richard on the all-time goal list, in the Bruins' 6-3 win over the Cleveland Barons, in Boston Garden. Bucyk's 545 goals put him #4 in NHL history (behind Howe, Hull, and Esposito).....Chicago goaltender Tony Esposito became the 11th goaltender in NHL history to win 250 games, in a 5-3 win over the visiting Colorado Rockies.
1981: Steve Payne scored his 4th career hat trick and added an assist to lead the North Stars to a 6-3 win against St. Louis, in Minnesota.
1982: Calgary's Lanny McDonald scored three times to give him 350 career NHL goals, as the Flames tied 4-4 with the Oilers, at the Saddledome, in Calgary. It was the 13th career hat trick for McDonald.
1984: Minnesota goaltender Don Beaupre recorded his first career NHL shutout as the North Stars won 4-0 over the Winnipeg Jets.....Edmonton's Paul Coffey scored four goals (including his second career hat trick) to lead the Oilers to a 6-5 win over Calgary. Coffey's four goals were the most ever by an Oilers' defenseman.....Mike Bullard scored his third career hat trick and an assist, and rookie Mario Lemieux had two goals and two assists in the Penguins' 6-5 win against the NY Islanders, in Pittsburgh.
1985: Winnipeg's Dale Hawerchuk scored his 200th career NHL goal and added two assists as the Jets lost 6-5 to the visiting Minnesota North Stars.
1986: Hartford Whalers' Doug Jarvis played in his 915th straight game to establish a new NHL record. Jarvis (who started the streak in 1975 with Montreal) broke the mark of 914 set by Garry Unger.....Denis Savard scored two goals and added two assists in his 500th career NHL game, as the Blackhawks extended their home undefeated streak against St. Louis to 7 straight games (6-0-1) with an 8-6 win over the Blues.
1987: Philadelphia Flyers defeated the Capitals 3-2, after trailing 2-0. The win was the Flyers' seventh straight, and extended their undefeated streak to 14 straight games (12-0-2).....New Jersey's Kirk Muller appeared in his 475th game to set a franchise record for most games in a Devils' uniform, breaking the mark held by Mike Kitchen. New Jersey lost 5-3 to the visiting New York Rangers. Also in that game, New Jersey's Aaron Broten scored a goal and had two assists to become the first player to score 300 points as a Devil.
1988: Defenseman Phil Housley scored both goals as the Sabres came from behind to beat the Bruins 2-1.....Playing his first game as a Ranger, on the day he was traded to the team, Carey Wilson had three assists as the Rangers beat the Devils, 5-1 at MSG. Also, Tomas Sandstrom had two goals and an assist in the game for New York.
1989: Adam Oates picked up four assists as St. Louis won 8-3 over the visiting Chicago Blackhawks.....The Islanders won 5-4 over the Soviet Wings in an exhibition game at Nassau Coliseum in Long Island.....Hall of Famer Doug Harvey passed away at the age of 65. During his NHL career spanning 20 seasons (Mtl, NYR, Detroit & St. Louis) Harvey won 6 Stanley Cups, 7 Norris Trophies and was a first or second team All-Star in 11 consecutive seasons.
1990: Jeff Brown scored a goal and added three assists as the Blues tied 6-6 at Chicago, to extend their unbeaten streak to 9 games (6-0-3).
1991: Washington led the Rangers 6-1 in the first period, but the Rangers came back to beat the Capitals 8-6 in one of their biggest comebacks in team history. The victory gave the Rangers a seven game winning streak.....Joey Mullen scored four goals for the second consecutive game, and added two assists to lead the Penguins to a 12-1 win over Toronto, in Pittsburgh. Mario Lemieux had 2 goals and 5 assists in the game. Kevin Stevens had 2 goals and 4 assists. Also in that game, Pittsburgh's Larry Murphy became just the 10th defenseman in NHL history to score 700 career points.
1992: Jeff Hackett established Shark records for most shots faced (59) & most saves (57) in a game, and most shots faced (22) and most saves (21) in a period as the Sharks beat the Kings 7-2 at the Cow Palace to end their 13 game losing streak.
1993: Rangers' Mike Gartner scored twice and added an assist to become the sixth player in NHL history to score 600 career goals. The milestone came when New York won 8-3 over the visiting New Jersey Devils.
1995: Pittsburgh's Ron Francis became the 24th player in NHL history to hit the 1,200 career point mark, when he had a goal and two assists in the Penguins' 6-3 win over the Sabres.....Detroit's Scotty Bowman coached his 1,606th NHL game, tying the NHL record set by Al Arbour as the Red Wings won 3-2 over the Blues at Joe Louis Arena.
1996: Detroit's Sergei Fedorov became the first player in NHL history to score all five goals in his team's victory, when he netted the game winner at 2:39 of OT in a 5-4 victory over the visiting Washington Capitals.
1998: Chicago's Doug Gilmour scored a goal to give him 1,200 career NHL points. The milestone came in a 3-2 loss to the visiting Philadelphia Flyers. Gilmour became the 27th player in NHL history to score 1200 career points.....Miroslav Satan scored twice, and Dominik Hasek recorded his second consecutive shutout (his 7th of the season and the 40th of his career) as Buffalo won 2-0 at New Jersey.....Rangers' Kevin Stevens scored his 300th career NHL goal and Petr Nedved added two goals and two assists in the second period as New York won 6-3 against the Hurricanes, at Carolina.
1999: Rookie Scott Gomez scored his first career hat trick in the Devils 3-3 tie against the Rangers, at New York. The win improved the Devils' unbeaten streak against the Rangers to 16 games (11-0-5).
2000: San Jose rookie Evgeni Nabokov became the first goaltender to win 20 games in the 2001 season as the Sharks won 2-1 against the Kings at Los Angeles. The crowd of 18,460 was the largest ever to see a hockey game in California.....Nashville's Scott Walker scored his first career hat trick and added an assist in the Predators' 5-2 win against the visiting Colorado Avalanche.
2001: Colorado's Patrick Roy became the first goaltender in NHL history to record 500 career wins, and picked up his 59th career shutout, in a 2-0 Avalanche victory at Dallas.....Ottawa's Radek Bonk became the Ottawa Senators' all-time leader in games played, when he appeared in his 506th career game with the team, a 3-2 loss to the Boston Bruins. Bonk broke the record of 505 set by Alexei Yashin.....Edmonton Oilers won their 500th all-time home game, when they beat the visiting Calgary Flames 3-2.
2002: Daniel Alfredsson became the Ottawa Senators all-time leader in career assists, when he picked up the 274th of his career (along with a goal) in a 3-2 win at Buffalo. Alfredsson broke the record of 273 held by Alexei Yashin.
2003: Vancouver Canucks became the 15th team in league history to win 1,000 NHL games, when Dan Cloutier recorded his 12th career shutout in a 2-0 win over the Flames at Calgary.....Patrick Marleau scored twice in a 29-second span near the end of the second period, rookie Jonathan Cheechoo added two goals and Evgeni Nabokov recorded his 20th career shutout in the Sharks 5-0 win against the visiting Los Angeles Kings.
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1925: New York Americans and Pittsburgh Pirates set an NHL record with 141 shots in the Americans 3-1 win. New York held the shot edge, 73-68. Roy Worters made 70 saves for Pittsburgh, and Jake Forbes had 67 for NY.
1926: Ottawa goalie Alex Connell and Maroons' Clint Benedict dueled to a 0-0 scoreless tie, in a game played at Montreal. It was just the fourth scoreless tie in NHL history, the 27th career shutout for Connell and the 31st for Benedict.
1935: Toronto goaltender George Hainsworth recorded his 90th career shutout to lead the Maple Leafs to a 2-0 win over the Canadiens, at Montreal.
1951: Goaltender Chuck Rayner recorded his 23rd career shutout to lead the Rangers to a 1-0 win over the visiting Detroit Red Wings. It was the first loss for Detroit away from home in the 1951-52 season.....Former NHL right winger Mark Heaslip born in Duluth, Minn. Heaslip played in the NHL 1976-77 through 1978-79 with the New York Rangers and Los Angeles.
1959: Montreal's Marcel Bonin scored a hat trick and added two assists, and Jean Beliveau had two goals and two assists as the Canadiens won 9-2 against Chicago, at the Forum.
1962: Toronto's Frank Mahovlich scored a goal and added three assists as the Maple Leafs won 5-4 over the visiting Detroit Red Wings.
1964: Goaltender Ed Johnston recorded his 8th career shutout, Dean Prentice scored twice and Tom Williams picked up two assists as the Bruins won 2-0 over the Rangers at New York.
1965: Goaltender Roger Crozier recorded his 11th career shutout, and Alex Delvecchio scored the only goal at 19:04 of the third period in the Red Wings' 1-0 win over the visiting Montreal Canadiens.
1968: St. Louis goalie Jacques Plante recorded his 350th NHL career victory in the Blues' 3-2 victory over the visiting Pittsburgh Penguins.
1970: Andre Boudrias became the first Canucks player to score a goal with Vancouver two men short. He scored the goal against Tony Esposito of Chicago. The goal was the 100th in the team's brief history. Chicago won the game 4-2.
1971: Flyers' Serge Bernier set a team record (since broken) with five points (a goal and four assists) in a 6-1 Philadelpha win against Pittsburgh.
1972: Don Tannahill became the first Vancouver rookie to score three goals in a game, in a 4-3 Canucks' win over the Oakland Seals. It came in Vancouver's third season in the NHL.
1976: John Bucyk's 545th career goal moved him past Maurice Richard on the all-time goal list, in the Bruins' 6-3 win over the Cleveland Barons, in Boston Garden. Bucyk's 545 goals put him #4 in NHL history (behind Howe, Hull, and Esposito).....Chicago goaltender Tony Esposito became the 11th goaltender in NHL history to win 250 games, in a 5-3 win over the visiting Colorado Rockies.
1981: Steve Payne scored his 4th career hat trick and added an assist to lead the North Stars to a 6-3 win against St. Louis, in Minnesota.
1982: Calgary's Lanny McDonald scored three times to give him 350 career NHL goals, as the Flames tied 4-4 with the Oilers, at the Saddledome, in Calgary. It was the 13th career hat trick for McDonald.
1984: Minnesota goaltender Don Beaupre recorded his first career NHL shutout as the North Stars won 4-0 over the Winnipeg Jets.....Edmonton's Paul Coffey scored four goals (including his second career hat trick) to lead the Oilers to a 6-5 win over Calgary. Coffey's four goals were the most ever by an Oilers' defenseman.....Mike Bullard scored his third career hat trick and an assist, and rookie Mario Lemieux had two goals and two assists in the Penguins' 6-5 win against the NY Islanders, in Pittsburgh.
1985: Winnipeg's Dale Hawerchuk scored his 200th career NHL goal and added two assists as the Jets lost 6-5 to the visiting Minnesota North Stars.
1986: Hartford Whalers' Doug Jarvis played in his 915th straight game to establish a new NHL record. Jarvis (who started the streak in 1975 with Montreal) broke the mark of 914 set by Garry Unger.....Denis Savard scored two goals and added two assists in his 500th career NHL game, as the Blackhawks extended their home undefeated streak against St. Louis to 7 straight games (6-0-1) with an 8-6 win over the Blues.
1987: Philadelphia Flyers defeated the Capitals 3-2, after trailing 2-0. The win was the Flyers' seventh straight, and extended their undefeated streak to 14 straight games (12-0-2).....New Jersey's Kirk Muller appeared in his 475th game to set a franchise record for most games in a Devils' uniform, breaking the mark held by Mike Kitchen. New Jersey lost 5-3 to the visiting New York Rangers. Also in that game, New Jersey's Aaron Broten scored a goal and had two assists to become the first player to score 300 points as a Devil.
1988: Defenseman Phil Housley scored both goals as the Sabres came from behind to beat the Bruins 2-1.....Playing his first game as a Ranger, on the day he was traded to the team, Carey Wilson had three assists as the Rangers beat the Devils, 5-1 at MSG. Also, Tomas Sandstrom had two goals and an assist in the game for New York.
1989: Adam Oates picked up four assists as St. Louis won 8-3 over the visiting Chicago Blackhawks.....The Islanders won 5-4 over the Soviet Wings in an exhibition game at Nassau Coliseum in Long Island.....Hall of Famer Doug Harvey passed away at the age of 65. During his NHL career spanning 20 seasons (Mtl, NYR, Detroit & St. Louis) Harvey won 6 Stanley Cups, 7 Norris Trophies and was a first or second team All-Star in 11 consecutive seasons.
1990: Jeff Brown scored a goal and added three assists as the Blues tied 6-6 at Chicago, to extend their unbeaten streak to 9 games (6-0-3).
1991: Washington led the Rangers 6-1 in the first period, but the Rangers came back to beat the Capitals 8-6 in one of their biggest comebacks in team history. The victory gave the Rangers a seven game winning streak.....Joey Mullen scored four goals for the second consecutive game, and added two assists to lead the Penguins to a 12-1 win over Toronto, in Pittsburgh. Mario Lemieux had 2 goals and 5 assists in the game. Kevin Stevens had 2 goals and 4 assists. Also in that game, Pittsburgh's Larry Murphy became just the 10th defenseman in NHL history to score 700 career points.
1992: Jeff Hackett established Shark records for most shots faced (59) & most saves (57) in a game, and most shots faced (22) and most saves (21) in a period as the Sharks beat the Kings 7-2 at the Cow Palace to end their 13 game losing streak.
1993: Rangers' Mike Gartner scored twice and added an assist to become the sixth player in NHL history to score 600 career goals. The milestone came when New York won 8-3 over the visiting New Jersey Devils.
1995: Pittsburgh's Ron Francis became the 24th player in NHL history to hit the 1,200 career point mark, when he had a goal and two assists in the Penguins' 6-3 win over the Sabres.....Detroit's Scotty Bowman coached his 1,606th NHL game, tying the NHL record set by Al Arbour as the Red Wings won 3-2 over the Blues at Joe Louis Arena.
1996: Detroit's Sergei Fedorov became the first player in NHL history to score all five goals in his team's victory, when he netted the game winner at 2:39 of OT in a 5-4 victory over the visiting Washington Capitals.
1998: Chicago's Doug Gilmour scored a goal to give him 1,200 career NHL points. The milestone came in a 3-2 loss to the visiting Philadelphia Flyers. Gilmour became the 27th player in NHL history to score 1200 career points.....Miroslav Satan scored twice, and Dominik Hasek recorded his second consecutive shutout (his 7th of the season and the 40th of his career) as Buffalo won 2-0 at New Jersey.....Rangers' Kevin Stevens scored his 300th career NHL goal and Petr Nedved added two goals and two assists in the second period as New York won 6-3 against the Hurricanes, at Carolina.
1999: Rookie Scott Gomez scored his first career hat trick in the Devils 3-3 tie against the Rangers, at New York. The win improved the Devils' unbeaten streak against the Rangers to 16 games (11-0-5).
2000: San Jose rookie Evgeni Nabokov became the first goaltender to win 20 games in the 2001 season as the Sharks won 2-1 against the Kings at Los Angeles. The crowd of 18,460 was the largest ever to see a hockey game in California.....Nashville's Scott Walker scored his first career hat trick and added an assist in the Predators' 5-2 win against the visiting Colorado Avalanche.
2001: Colorado's Patrick Roy became the first goaltender in NHL history to record 500 career wins, and picked up his 59th career shutout, in a 2-0 Avalanche victory at Dallas.....Ottawa's Radek Bonk became the Ottawa Senators' all-time leader in games played, when he appeared in his 506th career game with the team, a 3-2 loss to the Boston Bruins. Bonk broke the record of 505 set by Alexei Yashin.....Edmonton Oilers won their 500th all-time home game, when they beat the visiting Calgary Flames 3-2.
2002: Daniel Alfredsson became the Ottawa Senators all-time leader in career assists, when he picked up the 274th of his career (along with a goal) in a 3-2 win at Buffalo. Alfredsson broke the record of 273 held by Alexei Yashin.
2003: Vancouver Canucks became the 15th team in league history to win 1,000 NHL games, when Dan Cloutier recorded his 12th career shutout in a 2-0 win over the Flames at Calgary.....Patrick Marleau scored twice in a 29-second span near the end of the second period, rookie Jonathan Cheechoo added two goals and Evgeni Nabokov recorded his 20th career shutout in the Sharks 5-0 win against the visiting Los Angeles Kings.
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Monday, December 24, 2007
Today in NHL History, Dec 24th
1912: Former NHL left winger Herb Cain born in Newmarket, Ont. Cain played in the NHL 1933-34 through 1945-46 with the Montreal Maroons and Boston.
1921: Ottawa's Harry "Punch" Broadbent began an NHL-record 16 game goal scoring streak during a 10-0 Senators win over the visiting Montreal Canadiens.....Future Hall of Famer King Clancy scored his first career NHL goal, in a 10-0 Ottawa Senators' win over Montreal. Clint Benedict recorded the shutout, the 11th of his NHL career.
1929: Former NHL center George "Red" Sullivan born in Peterborough, Ont. Sullivan played in the NHL 1949-50 through 1960-61 with Boston, Chicago and the New York Rangers.
1934: Former NHL center Fred Saskamoose born in Sandy Lake Reserve, Saskatchewan. Saskamoose played in the NHL 1953-54 with Chicago, and was the first native North American to play for the Black Hawks.
1949: Goalies Bill Durnan of Montreal and Chuck Rayner of New York both played superbly as the Canadiens and Rangers battled to a 0-0 scoreless tie at the Forum in Montreal. It was the 31st career shutout for Durnan and the 17th for Rayner.
1950: Nick Mickoski scored four goals and added an assist to lead the Rangers to a 6-1 win over Chicago in New York.
1952: Toronto goaltender Harry Lumley recorded his 33rd career shutout in t
the Maple Leafs' 2-0 win over the visiting Montreal Canadiens.
1955: Montreal Canadiens beat the visiting Red Wings 4-2 to extend their steak of allowing three-or-fewer goals to 25 consecutive games.
1965: Val Fonteyne picked up three assists to lead the Red Wings to a 4-2 win over the visiting New York Rangers.
1966: Toronto's Johnny Bower recorded his 30th career shutout in a 3-0 win over the visiting Boston Bruins.....Phil Goyette had three assists as the Rangers won 4-3, at Montreal.
1969: Mike Walton picked up four assists as the Maple Leafs won 8-1 over the visiting Los Angeles Kings.
1972: Ed Giacomin recorded his 40th career shutout (to tie Dave Kerr's team record) and Pete Stemkowski picked up four assists as the Rangers won 5-0 over the visiting Detroit Red Wings, in the final Chrismas Eve game for both teams.
1987: Kelly Kisio was named the 24th Captain in New York Rangers' history.
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1921: Ottawa's Harry "Punch" Broadbent began an NHL-record 16 game goal scoring streak during a 10-0 Senators win over the visiting Montreal Canadiens.....Future Hall of Famer King Clancy scored his first career NHL goal, in a 10-0 Ottawa Senators' win over Montreal. Clint Benedict recorded the shutout, the 11th of his NHL career.
1929: Former NHL center George "Red" Sullivan born in Peterborough, Ont. Sullivan played in the NHL 1949-50 through 1960-61 with Boston, Chicago and the New York Rangers.
1934: Former NHL center Fred Saskamoose born in Sandy Lake Reserve, Saskatchewan. Saskamoose played in the NHL 1953-54 with Chicago, and was the first native North American to play for the Black Hawks.
1949: Goalies Bill Durnan of Montreal and Chuck Rayner of New York both played superbly as the Canadiens and Rangers battled to a 0-0 scoreless tie at the Forum in Montreal. It was the 31st career shutout for Durnan and the 17th for Rayner.
1950: Nick Mickoski scored four goals and added an assist to lead the Rangers to a 6-1 win over Chicago in New York.
1952: Toronto goaltender Harry Lumley recorded his 33rd career shutout in t
the Maple Leafs' 2-0 win over the visiting Montreal Canadiens.
1955: Montreal Canadiens beat the visiting Red Wings 4-2 to extend their steak of allowing three-or-fewer goals to 25 consecutive games.
1965: Val Fonteyne picked up three assists to lead the Red Wings to a 4-2 win over the visiting New York Rangers.
1966: Toronto's Johnny Bower recorded his 30th career shutout in a 3-0 win over the visiting Boston Bruins.....Phil Goyette had three assists as the Rangers won 4-3, at Montreal.
1969: Mike Walton picked up four assists as the Maple Leafs won 8-1 over the visiting Los Angeles Kings.
1972: Ed Giacomin recorded his 40th career shutout (to tie Dave Kerr's team record) and Pete Stemkowski picked up four assists as the Rangers won 5-0 over the visiting Detroit Red Wings, in the final Chrismas Eve game for both teams.
1987: Kelly Kisio was named the 24th Captain in New York Rangers' history.
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Sunday, December 23, 2007
Today in NHL History, Dec 23rd
1897: Hall of Famer Cy Denneny born in Farran's Point, Ont. Denneny played in the NHL 1917-18 through 1928-29 with Ottawa and Boston.
1916: Hall of Famer Woody Dumart born in Kitchener, Ont. Dumart played in the NHL 1935-36 through 1953-54 with Boston.
1926: Goaltender Jake Forbes recorded his second straight shutout (and the 13th of his career) in the New York Americans' 2-0 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates, in a penalty-free game in New York.
1927: Boston Bruins purchased Ralph "Cooney" Weiland from the Minneapolis Millers of the AHA.
1933: Charlie Conacher scored his 7th career hat trick, and King Clancy picked up four assists as the Toronto Maple Leafs won 8-2 over the visiting Montreal Maroons. Also in that game, Toronto's rookie defenseman Bill "Flash" Hollett scored his first career goal (and added an assist).
1943: Red Wings beat the Rangers 5-3. In the final period N.Y. goalie Ken McAuley was injured and had to leave the game. With no backup on the bench, the Rangers used 17-year-old Harry Lumley, who had played goal for Detroit the night before.
1948: New York Rangers' new coach Lynn Patrick got off to a winning start when New York beat Chicago, 3-2.
1959: Chicago's Tod Sloan scored his 200th career NHL goal, and Glenn Hall recorded his 27th career shutout in the Black Hawks' 3-0 win over the Rangers, at New York.
1967: Boston's Andre Gill became the 11th NHL goaltender to record a shutout in his first career game, as the Bruins won 4-0 over the Rangers, at New York. Gill retired with a career record of 3-2-0, with one shutout and 2.89 GAA.....Pittsburgh rookie Les Binkley made 23 saves (including a stop on the first penalty shot taken by a Penguins' opponent) to earn his second career shutout, as the Penguins beat the Minnesota North Stars 4-0 at the Civic Arena.
1977: Denis Potvin became the first defenseman in NY Islanders history to score 100 goals. The milestone goal (along with two assists) came when New York lost 7-5 at Montreal.
1978: Bryan Trottier set an NHL record with six points in the second period, and finished the night with five goals and three assists in a 9-4 Islanders' win over the Rangers; the Islanders extended their home undefeated streak to 16 games (12-0-4).....Scotty Bowman became the fourth coach in NHL history to win 500 career games, when the Montreal Canadiens beat the Colorado Rockies 3-2 at the Forum.
1979: Philadelphia Flyers extended their NHL record undefeated streak to 30 straight games (21-0-9) with a 4-2 win over Hartford. Rookie Brian Propp led the scoring with two goals, while Pete Peeters extended his undefeated streak to 16 games (12-0-4).....Tony Esposito recorded his 72nd career shutout, and Grant Mulvey scored his third career hat trick in the Black Hawks' 8-0 win against the NY Islanders, in Chicago. The Black Hawks set a team record with 5 power play goals in the game.
1980: Winnipeg Jets beat the Colorado Rockies 5-4 to end their 30 game winless streak (0-23-7). During the streak the Jets went thru three coaches (Tommy McVie, Bill Sutherland, and Mike Smith). Doug Smail led the scoring with a goal and two assists.
1986: Ted Sator became just the third man in NHL history to coach two teams in one season, when he led the Buffalo Sabres to a 2-1 win over Philadelphia. Sator (who had been fired by the NY Rangers one month earlier) took over for Craig Ramsay.....Islanders' Mike Bossy scored at 3:25 of overtime for a 4-3 win over the Penguins. Bossy's 22nd goal of the season and 557th of his career passed Johnny Bucyk (556) into fifth place on the all-time list. Bossy also picked up two assists.
1987: Buffalo goalie Tom Barrasso became the third goalie in franchise history to record 100 victories as the Sabres beat the Red Wings 5-2 at Detroit. At 22 years, 9 months old, Barrasso became the youngest goalie to win 100 NHL games
1988: Los Angeles' Wayne Gretzky scored two empty net goals, including the 611th of his NHL career, to pass Bobby Hull into fourth place on all time goals list, as the Kings won 5-2 at Vancouver. Gretzky also added two assists in the game.....Buffalo's Phil Housley picked up his 300th career NHL assist as the Sabres won 5-2 over the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs.
1989: Phil Housley scored a goal and added four assists to lead the Sabres to a 6-5 win over the Nordiques in Quebec City, to extend their unbeaten streak to 5 games (3-0-2).
1992: Penguins' Larry Murphy became the eighth defenseman in NHL history to record 600 career assists. He picked up #600 in a 4-0 Penguins' win at Philadelphia.
1995: Pat Burns picked up his 300th career NHL victory, when Toronto beat the Oilers 6-1. The win improved Burns record to 300-192-79. Also in that game, Toronto's Doug Gilmour picked up two assists for his 1,000th NHL career point. Gilmour became the 44th NHL player to score 1,000 career points.
1996: Joe Sakic scored his 300th NHL goal and added an assist when the Colorado Avalanche began a team-record 12 game undefeated streak (9-0-3), with a 4-3 win over the visiting Calgary Flames.
1997: Montreal's Mark Recchi scored a goal while playing in his 500th consecutive NHL game, a 4-3 loss to the Senators in Ottawa.
1998: Boston Bruins General Manager Harry Sinden and the Gold Medal winning U.S. Olympic Women's Hockey Team were named recipients of the 1999 Lester Patrick Award, for outstanding service to hockey in the United States.....Nashville's rookie goalie Tomas Vokoun made 50 saves in the Predators' 5-3 win against the visiting Detroit Red Wings.
2000: Washington's Ron Wilson picked up his 250th career coaching victory, when the Capitals beat the Florida Panthers 5-3. Also in that game, Olaf Kolzig became the winningest goaltender in Washington Capitals' history, with his 129th victory. Kolzig broke the mark of 128 wins set by Don Beaupre.....Nashville's David Legwand scored the first overtime penalty shot goal in NHL history as the Predators won 3-2 against the Rangers at New York.
2001: Mighty Ducks scored three goals in a 51-second span during the first period, the fastest three in franchise history, and Jean-Sebastien Giguere recorded his 6th career shutout as Anaheim won 4-0 against the Coyotes at Phoenix.
2002: Mario Lemieux scored a goal and added three assists within a span of 6:02 during the final 9 minutes of the third period, to lead the Penguins to a 5-2 win over the visiting Buffalo Sabres.....Al MacInnis became the 4th defenseman in NHL history to score 900 career assists, when he picked up 3 for the St. Louis Blues in a 5-0 win over the visiting Los Angeles Kings. Brent Johnson recorded his 11th career shutout.
2003: Chicago rookie Michael Leighton recorded his second career shutout, as the Blackhawks picked up their 1,300th all-time home victory with a 3-0 win against the visiting St. Louis Blues.
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1916: Hall of Famer Woody Dumart born in Kitchener, Ont. Dumart played in the NHL 1935-36 through 1953-54 with Boston.
1926: Goaltender Jake Forbes recorded his second straight shutout (and the 13th of his career) in the New York Americans' 2-0 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates, in a penalty-free game in New York.
1927: Boston Bruins purchased Ralph "Cooney" Weiland from the Minneapolis Millers of the AHA.
1933: Charlie Conacher scored his 7th career hat trick, and King Clancy picked up four assists as the Toronto Maple Leafs won 8-2 over the visiting Montreal Maroons. Also in that game, Toronto's rookie defenseman Bill "Flash" Hollett scored his first career goal (and added an assist).
1943: Red Wings beat the Rangers 5-3. In the final period N.Y. goalie Ken McAuley was injured and had to leave the game. With no backup on the bench, the Rangers used 17-year-old Harry Lumley, who had played goal for Detroit the night before.
1948: New York Rangers' new coach Lynn Patrick got off to a winning start when New York beat Chicago, 3-2.
1959: Chicago's Tod Sloan scored his 200th career NHL goal, and Glenn Hall recorded his 27th career shutout in the Black Hawks' 3-0 win over the Rangers, at New York.
1967: Boston's Andre Gill became the 11th NHL goaltender to record a shutout in his first career game, as the Bruins won 4-0 over the Rangers, at New York. Gill retired with a career record of 3-2-0, with one shutout and 2.89 GAA.....Pittsburgh rookie Les Binkley made 23 saves (including a stop on the first penalty shot taken by a Penguins' opponent) to earn his second career shutout, as the Penguins beat the Minnesota North Stars 4-0 at the Civic Arena.
1977: Denis Potvin became the first defenseman in NY Islanders history to score 100 goals. The milestone goal (along with two assists) came when New York lost 7-5 at Montreal.
1978: Bryan Trottier set an NHL record with six points in the second period, and finished the night with five goals and three assists in a 9-4 Islanders' win over the Rangers; the Islanders extended their home undefeated streak to 16 games (12-0-4).....Scotty Bowman became the fourth coach in NHL history to win 500 career games, when the Montreal Canadiens beat the Colorado Rockies 3-2 at the Forum.
1979: Philadelphia Flyers extended their NHL record undefeated streak to 30 straight games (21-0-9) with a 4-2 win over Hartford. Rookie Brian Propp led the scoring with two goals, while Pete Peeters extended his undefeated streak to 16 games (12-0-4).....Tony Esposito recorded his 72nd career shutout, and Grant Mulvey scored his third career hat trick in the Black Hawks' 8-0 win against the NY Islanders, in Chicago. The Black Hawks set a team record with 5 power play goals in the game.
1980: Winnipeg Jets beat the Colorado Rockies 5-4 to end their 30 game winless streak (0-23-7). During the streak the Jets went thru three coaches (Tommy McVie, Bill Sutherland, and Mike Smith). Doug Smail led the scoring with a goal and two assists.
1986: Ted Sator became just the third man in NHL history to coach two teams in one season, when he led the Buffalo Sabres to a 2-1 win over Philadelphia. Sator (who had been fired by the NY Rangers one month earlier) took over for Craig Ramsay.....Islanders' Mike Bossy scored at 3:25 of overtime for a 4-3 win over the Penguins. Bossy's 22nd goal of the season and 557th of his career passed Johnny Bucyk (556) into fifth place on the all-time list. Bossy also picked up two assists.
1987: Buffalo goalie Tom Barrasso became the third goalie in franchise history to record 100 victories as the Sabres beat the Red Wings 5-2 at Detroit. At 22 years, 9 months old, Barrasso became the youngest goalie to win 100 NHL games
1988: Los Angeles' Wayne Gretzky scored two empty net goals, including the 611th of his NHL career, to pass Bobby Hull into fourth place on all time goals list, as the Kings won 5-2 at Vancouver. Gretzky also added two assists in the game.....Buffalo's Phil Housley picked up his 300th career NHL assist as the Sabres won 5-2 over the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs.
1989: Phil Housley scored a goal and added four assists to lead the Sabres to a 6-5 win over the Nordiques in Quebec City, to extend their unbeaten streak to 5 games (3-0-2).
1992: Penguins' Larry Murphy became the eighth defenseman in NHL history to record 600 career assists. He picked up #600 in a 4-0 Penguins' win at Philadelphia.
1995: Pat Burns picked up his 300th career NHL victory, when Toronto beat the Oilers 6-1. The win improved Burns record to 300-192-79. Also in that game, Toronto's Doug Gilmour picked up two assists for his 1,000th NHL career point. Gilmour became the 44th NHL player to score 1,000 career points.
1996: Joe Sakic scored his 300th NHL goal and added an assist when the Colorado Avalanche began a team-record 12 game undefeated streak (9-0-3), with a 4-3 win over the visiting Calgary Flames.
1997: Montreal's Mark Recchi scored a goal while playing in his 500th consecutive NHL game, a 4-3 loss to the Senators in Ottawa.
1998: Boston Bruins General Manager Harry Sinden and the Gold Medal winning U.S. Olympic Women's Hockey Team were named recipients of the 1999 Lester Patrick Award, for outstanding service to hockey in the United States.....Nashville's rookie goalie Tomas Vokoun made 50 saves in the Predators' 5-3 win against the visiting Detroit Red Wings.
2000: Washington's Ron Wilson picked up his 250th career coaching victory, when the Capitals beat the Florida Panthers 5-3. Also in that game, Olaf Kolzig became the winningest goaltender in Washington Capitals' history, with his 129th victory. Kolzig broke the mark of 128 wins set by Don Beaupre.....Nashville's David Legwand scored the first overtime penalty shot goal in NHL history as the Predators won 3-2 against the Rangers at New York.
2001: Mighty Ducks scored three goals in a 51-second span during the first period, the fastest three in franchise history, and Jean-Sebastien Giguere recorded his 6th career shutout as Anaheim won 4-0 against the Coyotes at Phoenix.
2002: Mario Lemieux scored a goal and added three assists within a span of 6:02 during the final 9 minutes of the third period, to lead the Penguins to a 5-2 win over the visiting Buffalo Sabres.....Al MacInnis became the 4th defenseman in NHL history to score 900 career assists, when he picked up 3 for the St. Louis Blues in a 5-0 win over the visiting Los Angeles Kings. Brent Johnson recorded his 11th career shutout.
2003: Chicago rookie Michael Leighton recorded his second career shutout, as the Blackhawks picked up their 1,300th all-time home victory with a 3-0 win against the visiting St. Louis Blues.
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