Today in NHL History, Jan 11th

1926: King Clancy scored the game winning goal at 1:15 of the second overtime (after a scoreless 10 minute overtime period), and Alex Connell recorded his 15th career shutout, as the Ottawa Senators beat the Rangers 1-0 in New York.

1927: Bruins' Harry Oliver scored four goals in a 6-3 win over Chicago, at Boston Garden.....Hap Holmes got the 5th shutout of his rookie season to lead the Detroit "Cougars" to a 1-0 win against the New York Americans, at New York.

1931: Chicago's Chuck Gardiner got the second of four straight shutouts as the Black Hawks beat the New York Rangers, 2-0. It was Gardiner's 18th career shutout.

1934: Boston goalie Tiny Thompson and Black Hawks' Chuck Gardiner dueled to a 0-0 scoreless tie, in a game played at Chicago. It was the 42nd career shutout for Thompson and the 38th for Gardiner.

1940: Boston's Herb Cain scored four goals as the Bruins defeated Toronto 5-2.

1941: Dave "Sweeney" Schriner had a goal and three assists, and Turk Broda recorded his 23rd career shutout as the Maple Leafs beat the NY Americans, 9-0 in Toronto. It was the Leafs' second consecutive penalty-free game -- a first in NHL history.

1948: Montreal's captain Toe Blake hit the boards in New York, and suffered a double fracture of his ankle, putting an end to his NHL playing career and the Canadiens' famous "Punch Line". Canadiens lost 3-1 to the Rangers.

1949: Former NHL center Bobby Sheehan born in Weymouth, Mass. Sheehan played in the NHL 1969-70 through 1981-82 with Montreal, Oakland, Chicago, Detroit, the New York Rangers, the Colorado Rockies and Los Angeles.

1953: Gordie Howe scored three goals (his 8th career hat trick) and added an assist as the Red Wings won 5-2 against Toronto, at the Olympia.....Rookie Gump Worsley, filling in for injured Chuck Rayner, recorded his first NHL shutout to lead the Rangers to a 7-0 win over Montreal in New York. Jack Stoddard scored two goals and an assist and Nick Mickoski added a goal and two assists.

1956: Former NHL left winger Warren Young born in Toronto, Ont. Young played in the NHL 1981-82 through 1987-88 with Minnesota, Pittsburgh and Detroit.

1958: Montreal's Marcel Bonin scored a hat trick and added an assist, and Dickie Moore had a goal and four assists as the Canadiens won 9-3 against the NY Rangers, at the Forum.

1967: Black Hawks' Bobby Hull scored his 18th career hat trick and added two assists when Chicago won 6-1 against the visiting Detroit Red Wings.

1970: Bostons' Phil Esposito scored his 5th career hat trick and added an assist in a 6-3 win against the Oakland Seals.

1974: New York Rangers General Manager Emile Francis took over as coach of the team, replacing Larry Popein. It was Francis' third tour of duty as Rangers' coach.

1975: Rookie Pierre Larouche scored two goals and added an assist to lead the Penguins to a 6-3 win against the Oakland Seals. The win extended the Penguins' team-record home unbeaten streak to 6-0-5.

1976: Philadelphia Flyers beat the touring Soviet Army team 4-1 at the Spectrum. Wayne Stephenson was the winning goalie. It was the first win by an NHL team over the Soviet Army team.

1978: Don Lever scored a goal and added three assists to become the second player in Vancouver Canucks' history to score 300 career points, as the Canucks beat St. Louis 6-4.

1979: Los Angeles Kings recalled Charlie Simmer from Springfield of the AHL. Two days later he played his first game with Dave Taylor and Marcel Dionne as a member of what would become the "Triple Crown" line.

1980: Garry Unger scored all four Flames goals in a 4-3 win over the Quebec Nordiques, in Atlanta. It was the 10th (and final) career hat trick.

1981: Edmonton's Wayne Gretzky scored a goal and added four assists, and rookie Jari Kurri recorded his second career hat trick as the Oilers ended their team-record 9 game road losing streak with a 6-3 win against the Nordiques, in Quebec City.

1982: Boston's Terry O'Reilly recorded his 500th career point with a goal in a 5-2 win over Toronto, at Boston Garden. O'Reilly became the eighth player in franchise history to score 500 points as a member of the Bruins.

1983: Edmonton's Pat Hughes set an NHL record for fastest two shorthanded goals (25 seconds) - at 15:18 and 15:43 of the second period in a 7-5 win at St. Louis. Hughes became the first player to break a Gretzky record.

1986: Defenseman Mark Howe scored a goal and added three assists as the Flyers beat the Devils, 8-4 at New Jersey.....Mario Lemieux began a team-record 28 game point scoring streak in the Pittsburgh Penguins' 3-3 tie against the visiting Buffalo Sabres.....L.A.'s Marcel Dionne became the first player in NHL history to get 20 goals in each of his first 15 seasons, when he scored twice (and added an assist) in a 4-4 Kings tie at St. Louis

1987: Wayne Gretzky picked up an assist to reach the 100 point mark in his 42nd game of the season, as the Oilers beat Calgary 5-3, in Edmonton. With his 100th point Gretzky tied Marcel Dionne's NHL record of eight 100+ point seasons.....Tomas Sandstrom scored four goals (his second career hat trick) and added an assist in an 8-3 Rangers' win over Vancouver, at MSG.

1988: Mark Hardy scored a goal, the 53rd of his career, to set a new career record for Kings' defenseman, in a 5-4 win over the North Stars at Minnesota.....Chicago's Denis Savard picked up an assist to reach his 800th career NHL point as the Blackhawks tied 2-2 with the Rangers, at New York.

1990: Pat LaFontaine extended his goal scoring streak to 11 games, and added 5 assists in the Islanders 8-4 win over the Minnesota North Stars. LaFontaine (who had 18 goals during his streak) broke the team record of 10 straight games set by Mike Bossy.

1992: Minnesota's Bobby Smith scored his 350th NHL career goal when the North Stars lost 7-4 to the visiting San Jose Sharks.

1993: Toronto's Doug Gilmour picked up his 500th career assist in a 4-2 Leafs' win over Tampa Bay, at Maple Leaf Gardens.

1994: Goaltender Kelly Hrudey appeared in his 500th NHL game in his 11th season (and sixth with the Kings) as Los Angeles tied 2-2 with the Sharks at San Jose. Tomas Sandstrom scored both goals.....Andrei Trefilov recorded his first NHL shutout (in his fourth career start) to lead the Flames to a 1-0 win against the Quebec Nordiques in Calgary.

1996: Washington's Michal Pivonka scored a career-high six points (2 goals & 4 assists), and Peter Bondra had his 4th career hat trick and two assists as the Capitals won 6-1 over the visiting Ottawa Senators.....Boston obtained goaltender Bill Ranford from Edmonton, in exchange for Mariusz Czerkawski, Sean Brown and the Bruins' 1st round pick Matthieu Descoteaux) in the 1996 Entry Draft.

2000: Carolina's Gary Roberts scored his 300th career NHL goal in the Hurricanes 4-3 loss against the visiting Philadelphia Flyers. Roberts became the sixth player in NHL history to get 300 goals and 2,000 career penalty minutes.

2003: Washington's Jaromir Jagr scored his 10th career hat trick and added four assists to record his 1,200th NHL point in a 12-2 win against the visiting Florida Panthers. The three goals gave Jagr 20+ goals in each of his 13 NHL seasons.....Jason Blake scored his first career hat trick and added an assist to help the Islanders improve to 7-1-0-1 in their last 9 games with a 7-3 win over the visiting Atlanta Thrashers.....Toronto's Alexander Mogilny scored twice to give him 20 goals for the 10th time in his NHL career; the milestone came in a 6-2 Maple Leafs loss at Boston.....Philadelphia's Ken Hitchcock became the 29th coach in NHL history to win 300 games, when the Flyers beat the visiting Detroit Red Wings 3-2. Hitchcock picked up 300 wins in 545 games, the fourth-fastest in league history.

2004: Goaltender Guy Hebert became the first former Mighty Ducks player to be honored by getting his name on the team's Wall of Fame, in a pre-game ceremony before an 2-2 tie against the Columbus Blue Jackets.