Today in NHL History, Jan 17th

1927: Boston Bruins purchased goaltender Hal Winkler from the New York Rangers for $5,000.

1929: New York Americans' goalie Roy Worters and Maroons' rookie Jim Walsh dueled to a 0-0 scoreless tie, in a game played at Montreal. It was the 29th career shutout for Worters and the 4th for Walsh (and his first with the Maroons).....Hall of Famer Jacques Plante born in Mont Carmel, Quebec. Plante played in the NHL 1952-53 through 1972-73 with Montreal, the New York Rangers, St. Louis, Toronto and Boston.

1932: Americans' Roy Worters became the fifth goaltender in NHL history to record 50 career shutouts, as New York won 4-0 over the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs..

1933: Joe Lamb scored a hat trick and added an assist as the Bruins won 6-2 over the Montreal Maroons, at Boston Garden.

1937: Boston's Cecil "Tiny" Thompson recorded his 65th career shutout to lead the Bruins to a 3-0 win against the Americans, at New York.

1943: Trailing 2-0 with two minutes to play and 15,000 Chicago fans filing out, the Red Wings scored twice, with Sid Abel getting the tying goal with :01 remaining in the game, as the Wings and Black Hawks settled for a 2-2 tie.

1951: Gordie Howe scored his third career hat trick in the Red Wings' 4-2 win against the Black Hawks, at Chicago.

1959: Detroit's Gordie Howe saw action as a defenseman in game at Toronto because of injuries to other Wings defensemen. Howe also played at right wing in the game, a 2-1 loss to the Maple Leafs.

1962: Chicago Black Hawks' goaltender Glenn Hall played in his 500th consecutive game (including the playoffs), and received a station wagon and other gifts from team management. But the Black Hawks lost the game, 7-3 to Montreal.

1963: Gilles Tremblay scored the 4,000th goal in Montreal Canadiens history, and Jean Beliveau picked up three assists as the Canadiens won 6-4 over Toronto, at the Forum.

1965: Rangers' Camille Henry scored his 6th career hat trick as New York won 4-2, at Detroit.

1969: New York Rangers General Manager Emile Francis took over as coach of the team, replacing Bernie Geoffrion, who had resigned. Francis led the Rangers to a 3-1 win against the Seals at Oakland, as Phil Goyette scored a goal and added two assists.

1970: Rookie goaltender Tony Esposito recorded his 10th shutout of the season (and the 12th of his career) in the Black Hawks' 1-0 win over the Bruins at Boston. Esposito finished the 1969-70 season with 15 shutouts, an NHL record for rookies.

1971: Goaltender Cesare Maniago recorded his 14th career shutout in the Minnesota North Stars' 2-0 win over the Red Wings at Detroit. Tom Williams scored a goal and an assist, and Murray Oliver had two assists.

1976: Orest Kindrachuk scored a goal and three assists to lead the Flyers to a 7-1 win over the Scouts, at Kansas City.

1979: Chicago's Tony Esposito became the first goaltender to record 300 wins as a member of the Black Hawks. The milestone came in a 2-1 win against the visiting Colorado Rockies. Ted Bulley scored both goals for Chicago.

1980: Reggie Leach scored his 30th goal of the season (in his 43rd game) as the Philadelphia Flyers extended their team-record home undefeated streak to 24 straight games (18-0-6), with a 5-1 win against the Chicago Blackhawks.

1981: Bobby Smith scored his second career hat trick and added an assist to lead the North Stars to a 7-1 win against the Quebec Nordiques, in Minnesota.

1982: Buffalo's Yvon Lambert scored his 200th career NHL goal as the Sabres won 7-1 over the Hartford Whalers, at the Aud, to extend their winning streak to 7 straight games.....Quebec Nordiques rookie Marian Stastny scored a goal and added four assists, and his brother Peter had a goal and three assists in a 7-5 win against the Jets, at Winnipeg. Winnipeg's Paul MacLean scored twice in a span of :12 in the first period.

1983: Boston's Pete Peeters recorded his 100th career NHL victory in the Bruins' 4-3 win over the visiting Minnesota North Stars. Tom Fergus scored the game winner at 19:46 of the third period, after picking up two assists earlier in the game.

1985: Tim Kerr scored four goals, including three on a natural hat trick as the Flyers beat Detroit, 7-5, at the Spectrum. It was Kerr's 5th career hat trick.

1986: L.A.'s Bernie Nicholls picked up four assists for the second time in his NHL career, when the Kings won, 9-7 at Vancouver.

1987: Quebec Nordiques traded Brent Ashton, Gilbert Delorme, and Mark Kumpel to Detroit in exchange for the Red Wings' John Ogrodnick, Basil McRae, and Doug Shedden.

1988: Washington's Mike Gartner scored twice to give him 350 NHL goals and 700 career points, in a 5-4 loss at Chicago. Gartner became the first player to score 350 goals as a member of the Washington Capitals.

1989: New York Islanders' 5-2 win over Pittsburgh was Coach Al Arbour's 600th career victory behind the bench. Only two other coaches in NHL history, Scotty Bowman and Dick Irvin, had ever achieved 600 wins.

1991: Edmonton's Glenn Anderson scored a goal and three assists as the Oilers won 6-1 over the Islanders at Long Island.

1993: Steve Yzerman scored a goal and added four assists to lead the Red Wings to a 7-4 win against the Flyers at Philadelphia.

1994: Panthers' coach Roger Neilson appeared in his 750th career game behind the bench, as Florida won 2-1 over the New York Islanders.

1996: Montreal goalie Jocelyn Thibault stopped 26 shots for his second shutout of the season when the Canadiens won 3-0 at Ottawa. It was the first game ever played in Ottawa's new arena, the Palladium.....Detroit's Steve Yzerman became the 22nd player in NHL history to score 500 career goals as the Red Wings won 3-2 over the Avalanche, at Joe Louis Arena. Yzerman also joined Gordie Howe as the only players to score 500 goals with Detroit.

1998: Philadelphia Flyers acquired Alexandre Daigle from Ottawa, in exchange for Vaclav Prospal, Pat Falloon and a 1998 draft pick.

1999: Florida Panthers acquired Pavel Bure, Bret Hedican, Brad Ference and a conditional third-round draft pick from the Vancouver Canucks, in exchange for Dave Gagner, Ed Jovanovski, Mike Brown, goaltender Kevin Weekes and a first-round draft pick.

2001: Brett Hull scored in overtime to give the Dallas Stars a 4-3 win over the visiting Nashville Predators. It was Hull's 25th goal of the year -- for the 13th time in his 14 year NHL career.

2002: Aleksey Morozov scored his second career hat trick, and Mario Lemieux had a goal and three assists in the Penguins 6-4 win over the Flames at Calgary.

2003: Marc Crawford became the winningest coach in Vancouver Canucks history, when he led the team to a 4-2 win at Chicago. Crawford's 143rd victory with Vancouver moved him one ahead of Harry Neale.....Toronto's Mats Sundin scored (in a 4-1 win over the Capitals in Washington) to give him 20 or-more goals in each of his 13 NHL seasons. Sundin became just the 12th player in league history to get 20+ goals in each of his first 13 seasons.....Joe Nieuwendyk scored the 500th goal of his career (becoming the 32nd NHL player to do so) in the Devils 2-1 win over the Hurricanes at Carolina.....Montreal Canadiens fired head coach Michel Therrien and named Claude Julien as his replacement.....Ottawa Senators assistant coach Roger Neilson was appointed to the Order of Canada.

2004: Patrik Elias scored twice, and tied an NHL record with his 4th overtime goal of the season, as the Devils beat the visiting Washington Capitals 2-1.....Robert Esche recorded his 7th career shutout, and Michal Handzus scored twice in the 2nd period to lead the Flyers to a 4-0 win at Toronto. Leafs' Tie Domi picked up his 100th penalty minute of the season for the 14th time in his NHL career.