Today in NHL History, Jan 18th

1927: Frank Frederickson scored 4 goals to lead the Bruins to a 7-3 win against the Rangers, in New York. Hal Winkler got the win in goal against the team that had sold him to Boston one day earlier.

1941: Dit Clapper became the first player in Boston Bruins history to score 200 goals. The milestone came in a 1-0 win over the Maple Leafs at Toronto. Frank Brimsek recorded his 18th career shutout.

1944: Lorne Carr scored three goals (his first hat trick with Toronto) and added an assist in the Maple Leafs' 7-2 win against the Bruins at Boston.

1945: 7,687 fans waited in their seats at the Detroit Olympia as weather made the NY Rangers three hours late for their game. The Red Wings beat the Rangers 7-3 in a game that began at 11:15 PM and ended at 12:56 AM.

1946: Former NHL goalie Fern Rivard born in Grand Mere, Que. Rivard played in the NHL 1968-69 through 1974-75 with Minnesota.

1958: New Brunswick native Willie O'Ree skated onto the ice at Montreal and became the first player of African descent to appear in an NHL game. He went scoreless as the Bruins beat the Canadiens 3-0. Harry Lumley recorded his first shutout with Boston and set an NHL record when that shutout gave him one (or more) shutouts in 14 straight seasons. He broke the record of 13 straight seasons set by John Roach (1922-23 thru 1934-35).

1961: NHL forward Mark Messier born in Edmonton, Alta. Messier has played in the NHL since 1979-80 with Edmonton, the New York Rangers and Vancouver.

1964: Detroit's Terry Sawchuk led the Red Wings to a 2-0 win against Montreal, to become the NHL's all time shutout leader, with 95. George Hainsworth had retired with 94 shutouts....Dean Prentice scored his 4th career hat trick and 3 assists, and Andy Hebenton had his 3rd career hat trick and an assist as the Bruins picked up their biggest shutout victory win, 11-0 over Toronto. Ed Johnston recorded his 4th career shutout.

1967: For the first time in NHL history the All-Star game was held at mid-season. The Stanley Cup Champion Montreal Canadiens beat the All Stars 3-0 at the Forum. John Ferguson scored twice for the Canadiens.

1970: Boston's Bobby Orr scored a goal and an assist, his 64th and 65th points of the season, to break his own NHL single season point mark for defensemen (set in 1968-69). Bruins beat Montreal, 6-3. The points gave Orr 200 in 216 career games.

1973: Islanders' Don Blackburn scored twice and added two assists as New York ended their team-record 20 game road winless streak (0-19-1) with a 9-7 win at Boston.

1975: St. Louis goalie Ed Johnston recorded his 200th NHL career victory as the Blues won 5-4 over the visiting Minnesota North Stars. Johnston became the 16th goaltender in the NHL to get 200 wins.

1976: Chicago goaltender Tony Esposito recorded his 56th career shutout as the Black Hawks won 2-0 over the visiting Philadelphia Flyers. Dale Tallon had two assists.

1978: Montreal tied an NHL record with their 8th straight road victory, a 7-4 win over the Barons at Cleveland. Guy Lafleur scored two goals and two assists, and Jacques Lemaire added a goal and three assists.

1980: Detroit's Dale McCourt scored two goals and added two assists and Rogie Vachon made 21 saves for a 5-0 Red Wings' win against the Jets, at Winnipeg. It was Vachon's 48th career shutout.

1982: Rene Robert picked up four assists to lead the Toronto Maple Leafs to a 6-2 win over the visiting New York Rangers.

1983: Bryan Trottier became the second player in franchise history to score 300 goals as a member of the Islanders. The milestone goal (along with two assists) came as New York won 8-1 over the Hartford Whalers.

1984: Toronto's Rick Vaive scored his fourth hat trick of the season (and the 7th of his career) in the Maple Leafs' 9-4 win over the visiting Minnesota North Stars.....Edmonton's Wayne Gretzky scored his eighth hat trick of the season (and the 26th of his career) and added two assists as the Oilers won 7-5 over the visiting Vancouver Canucks.....Islanders' Mike Bossy and Bill Carroll each scored three goals and Butch Goring had a goal and three assists as New York won 9-1 at Chicago. It was the 29th hat trick of Bossy's NHL career and the first hat trick for Carroll.

1985: Edmonton's Paul Coffey picked up four assists as the Oilers tied 4-4 at Vancouver.

1986: Vancouver's Steve Tambellini set a Canucks' team record for fastest goal from the start of a period, when he scored at :06 of the second in a 4-4 tie at Los Angeles.

1987: Winnipeg's Dale Hawerchuk scored twice to give him 250 career NHL goals as the Jets won 5-3 over the visiting Minnesota North Stars.

1989: Phil Housley played in his 500th career NHL game as the Sabres tied 3-3 with the visiting Minnesota North Stars.....Rookie Tony Granato had his second hat trick in three games (and the third of his career) as the Rangers climbed into a tie for first place, with a 6-4 win over the Blackhawks at Chicago Stadium. Granato also picked up an assist in the game.

1992: MVP Brett Hull scored two goals and added an assist to lead the Campbell Conference to a 10-6 win over the Wales Conference in the NHL All Star Game at Philadelphia. It was the first penalty free game in All Star history.

1993: Defenseman Phil Housley set a Jets' team record for defensemen, with five assists in an 8-7 Jets' win over the Whalers in Winnipeg. Zarley Zalapski scored a goal and four assists for Hartford.

1994: Toronto's Doug Gilmour picked up his 600th career NHL assist as the Maple Leafs tied 3-3 with the Mighty Ducks.

1995: Ottawa Senators obtained Don Beaupre in trade from Washington, in exchange for Ottawa's fifth round pick in the 1995 Entry Draft.....Dallas Stars obtained Kevin Hatcher from Washington, in exchange for Mark Tinordi and Rick Mrozik.

1997: Mark Recchi and Owen Nolan scored hat tricks as the East beat the West 11-7, in the All Star Game in San Jose. Adam Oates had 2 assists to set a career All-Star record with 12. Gretzky & Lemieux eached scored their 20th point, another record.

1998: MVP Teemu Selanne became the first European player to get an All Star Game hat trick, and Wayne Gretzky had two assists to become the highest scorer in All Star History, when Team North America beat the World All Stars 8-7, in Vancouver.

1999: Roger Neilson got his 400th coaching victory, and John Vanbiesbrouck recorded his 35th career shutout, in the Flyers 5-0 win at Ottawa. It was the Flyers' fifth shutout in six games. Neilson became the 11th coach to win 400 NHL games.....Dominik Hasek became the first goaltender to record 40 shutouts as a member of the Sabres, as Buffalo won 4-0 against the Panthers at Florida. It was Hasek's 8th shutout of the season.....Pittsburgh's Kevin Hatcher played in his 1,000th NHL game as the Penguins lost 5-3, at Anaheim. Martin Straka scored twice for the Penguins within a span of 1:34 during the final period.....Washington's Peter Bondra became just the second player in team history to score 300 goals in a Capitals uniform as the Caps tied 4-4, at Montreal

2000: Detroit's Steve Yzerman scored his 614th career goal, to become the highest goal scorer in NHL history among players who spent their entire careers with one team. He broke Mario Lemieux's record of 613 as the Red Wings lost 6-1 at Calgary.

2002: Detroit's Luc Robitaille scored his 611th career goal to become the #1 goal scoring left-wing in NHL history, passing Bobby Hull; the milestone came in a 3-1 win over the visiting Washington Capitals.....Dallas Stars coach Ken Hitchcock reached his 500th career NHL game, a 3-2 loss to the visiting Florida Panthers, which gave him a career record of 276-164-60.

2003: Tampa Bay's Vincent Lecavalier scored his 100th career NHL goal, in a 3-2 loss at Philadelphia.