Today in NHL History, Jan 16th

1905: "One-eyed" Frank McGee netted an all-time Stanley Cup record 14 goals in the Ottawa Silver Seven's 23-2 victory over the Dawson City Nuggets, who had travelled more than 4,000 miles by dogsled, boat and train to challenge for Cup.

1926: Clint Benedict became the first goaltender to record 25 career NHL shutouts, when he led the Montreal Maroons to a 1-0 win over the Montreal Canadiens.

1934: Ken Doraty scored the only hat trick in NHL overtime history as Toronto defeated the Senators, 7-4 at Ottawa. Overtime was a 10 minute mandatory period those days, not sudden death.

1936: Bert Connoly scored the first penalty shot goal in New York Rangers history, and Dave Kerr recorded his 20th career shutout to give the Rangers a 1-0 win at Toronto.

1938: Tiny Thompson made 24 saves for his 70th career shutout in a 1-0 Bruins' win over the Montreal Canadiens, at Boston Garden.....Former NHL center Lou Angotti born in Toronto, Ont. Angotti played in the NHL 1964-65 through 1973-74 with the New York Rangers, Chicago, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and St. Louis. After retiring he coached Pittsburgh and St. Louis.

1943: Bruins' Bill Cowley scored a hat trick and added three assists in a 7-5 win against the NY Rangers, at Boston Garden.

1945: Boston's Herb Cain scored four goals to lead the Bruins to a 5-3 win over the Maple Leafs in Boston. The win ended a six game Bruins' losing streak.

1955: Detroit goalie Terry Sawchuk got his 54th career shutout as the Red Wings won 3-0 over the visiting New York Rangers.....Goaltender John Henderson recorded the 4th shutout of his rookie season and Doug Mohns had three assists, to lead the Bruins to a 6-0 win over the Canadiens, in Boston.

1958: Montreal's Dickie Moore scored twice to reach the 100th goal of his NHL career, and added an assist as the Canadiens won 5-2 over Toronto, at the Forum.

1960: Gordie Howe scored a goal and an assist in his 888th career game to become the NHL's all time leading scorer, with 947 points. He passed Montreal's Maurice Richard as the Red Wings beat Chicago 3-1 in Detroit.....Canadiens' Phil Goyette scored his first career hat trick as Montreal won 8-2 against Boston, at the Forum. Also in that game, Boston's Bronco Horvath extended his consecutive point scoring streak to 10 straight games, with a goal.

1964: Chicago's rookie center Phil Esposito played in his first career NHL game, a 1-0 Black Hawks' loss in Monreal.

1965: Toronto's Red Kelly scored his 250th NHL goal to climb into 14th place among hockey's all-time goal scorers when the Maple Leafs lost 4-2 to the visiting Detroit Red Wings.

1966: Chicago's Bobby Hull scored four times (his 17th career hat trick) to become the first player in team history to score 300 goals. The milestone came in a 6-5 loss to the visiting NY Rangers. It was Hull's second four-goal game of the season.

1970: The new Buffalo team (still without a team) named George "Punch" Imlach as the first General Manager and first Coach of their new franchise. The announcement came nine months before the team's first NHL game.

1971: Don Marshall scored the 250th goal of his NHL career, in a 4-3 Sabres' victory over the North Stars. It was the Sabres' first win in team history at Minnesota.....Penguins ended a team-record 18 game road winless streak (0-11-7), with a 4-3 win in Vancouver.

1972: Derek Sanderson scored his third career hat trick and added two assists, and Mike Walton & Ed Westfall each had a goal and four assists in a 9-2 Bruins win over Detroit, at Boston Garden. The win extended the Bruins' unbeaten streak to 12-0-2.

1973: Andre Boudrias scored his second career hat trick, and Dennis Kearns became the first Canucks' defenseman to get four assists in a game, as Vancouver beat Toronto 6-4.....Goaltender Gilles Gilbert recorded his second career shutout to lead the Minnesota North Stars to a 1-0 win over the Islanders at New York.

1975: Los Angeles Kings tied an NHL record with their eighth straight win on the road, 4-1 over the Bruins, at Boston.

1977: Gerry Desjardins recorded the 12th (and final) shutout of his NHL career, as the Sabres beat the Colorado Rockies 5-0 at Memorial Auditorium.

1979: Pittsburgh's rookie goaltender Greg Millen made 25 saves to earn his second career shutout, as the Penguins beat the Minnesota North Stars, 5-0, at the Civic Arena.....Atlanta Flames acquired defenseman Bob Murdoch from the L.A. Kings in exchange for defenseman Richard Mulhern.....Denis Potvin scored his fourth career hat trick as the New York Islanders extended their team-record home undefeated streak to 22 straight games (18-0-4), with a 6-2 win over the Washington Capitals.

1980: Toronto's Darryl Sittler scored his 11th career hat trick as the Maple Leafs lost 6-4 to the Penguins at Pittsburgh.

1982: Blues rookie defenseman Rik Wilson tied a team record with four assists in one period (the second) during an 8-6 St. Louis' win against Chicago.

1984: Pierre Larouche scored twice, including his 300th career NHL goal and added three assists, and rookie Peter Sundstrom had his first career hat trick along with an assist as the Rangers beat Detroit 8-5 at MSG.

1985: Black Hawks' Rick Paterson set a team record by scoring two shorthanded goals within a span of 2:30 late in first period, during a 6-3 win against the Winnipeg Jets, at Chicago Stadium....Los Angeles' Dave Taylor scored twice to become the third player in franchise history to score 250 goals as a member of the Kings. The milestone goals (along with an assist) came in a 4-3 loss to Toronto, at the Forum.

1986: Buffalo Sabres' General Manager Scotty Bowman announced that he had dismissed coach Jim Schoenfeld, who had led the team to a 19-19-5 record, and would return behind Sabres' the bench himself.

1988: Pittsburgh's rookie goalie Frank Pietrangelo earned his first NHL victory on the same day he was recalled from Muskegon, as the Penguins won 4-3 at Toronto.....Cam Neely scored his second career hat trick as the Bruins won 5-1 over the Sabres, at Boston Garden.

1989: Blackhawks' Denis Savard picked up his 600th career NHL assist as Chicago tied 2-2 with the visiting Edmonton Oilers. Savard became only the second Chicago-player to score 600 assists. (Stan Mikita set the club record with 926).

1990: Penguins' Paul Coffey had two assists to become the fourth defenseman in NHL history to score 900 career points, in a 4-3 win over the Flyers, in Pittsburgh.....Goaltender Glenn Healy made 51 saves to record his second career shutout (and his first as an Islander) as New York won 3-0 over the Vancouver Canucks, in Long Island.

1991: In a game against the Whalers at Hartford, Dave Taylor played in his 922nd NHL game, most of any player in Kings' uniform. He broke the old mark of 921 set by Marcel Dionne.

1993: Chicago's Steve Larmer became the third player in franchise history to score 400 goals, a shorthanded empty netter to clinch a 5-3 Blackhawks' win at Toronto. Larmer became the 41st player in the NHL to reach the 400 goal mark.

1996: Colorado's Claude Lemieux scored his 6th career hat trick and had an assist as the Avalanche won 5-2 at Pittsburgh. Also in that game, Mario Lemieux scored his 40th goal of the year to reach the 100 point mark for the ninth time in his NHL career (second to Wayne Gretzky's 14 100-point seasons).....Calgary's German Titov scored a goal and added four assists, and Theoren Fleury recorded his 10th career hat trick along with an assist as the Flames tied 5-5 at Los Angeles.

1999: Dino Ciccarelli scored a goal for his 1,200th career NHL point, and Sean Burke recorded his first shutout of the season (and the 17th of his career) in the Panthers' 1-0 win against the visiting New York Islanders.....Owen Nolan scored his 200th career NHL goal in a 3-3 Sharks tie against the visiting Calgary Flames.

2002: Marc Denis recorded his 4th career shutout (and his first with Columbus), and Grant Marshall scored a goal and added an assist in the Blue Jackets 2-0 win against the visiting New York Rangers.....Carolina Hurricanes traded defenseman Sandis Ozolinsh and top minor-league prospect Byron Ritchie to the Florida Panthers in exchange for defenseman Bret Hedican, center Kevyn Adams and minor-league prospect Tomas Malec.

2003: Dallas Stars acquired veteran Claude Lemieux from the Phoenix Coyotes, in exchange for Scott Pellerin and a conditional 2004 NHL Draft Pick.

2004: Detroit's Steve Yzerman picked up an assist to become the 7th NHL player to reach 1,700 career points, in a 3-3 tie against the visiting Phoenix Coyotes.