Today in NHL History, Jan 21th

1887: Former NHL goalie Georges Vezina born in Chicoutimi, Que. Vezina played in the NHL 1917-18 through 1925-26 with the Montreal Canadiens.

1919: Ottawa signed Punch Broadbent as a free agent.

1924: King Clancy scored twice as Ottawa won 3-2 over the Canadiens in Montreal.

1925: Billy Burch scored twice, including the winning goal at :10 of overtime in the Hamilton Tigers 5-4 win over the visiting Ottawa Senators.....Toronto rookie Hap Day scored the first goal of his NHL career, in the St. Patricks 4-2 win against the Canadiens, at Montreal.

1929: Boston Bruins purchased Myles Lane from the New York Rangers, for a reported price of $7,500.

1930: Boston became the first team in NHL history to score 100 goals in a season, in a 5-1 win over Chicago, at Boston Garden. Cooney Weiland scored the Bruins' 100th goal of the season in their 26th game of the year.

1932: Chuck Gardiner became the first goaltender in Chicago history to record 25 career shtouts, in the Black Hawks' 1-0 win against the Americans, at New York.

1934: Detroit's Herbie Lewis scored twice in overtime, in the Red Wings' 4-2 win over the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs.

1941: Bruins' Herb Cain, in the lineup due to an injury to Woody Dumart, played just one shift in the first two periods, then scored two goals and added an assist in the third, to spark a 4-3 overtime win over the NY Rangers, at Boston Garden.

1943: Chicago's Doug Bentley scored with assists from brothers Max and Reg during a 4-4 tie against Montreal. It was the second time in NHL history that three brothers all scored on the same play. The Bentley's also had done it two weeks earlier.

1945: Boston set an NHL record for fastest four goals by one team, scoring them within a span of 1:20 during the second period of a 14-3 win over the Rangers. Ken Smith led the scoring with three goals and an assist, and Bill Cowley added four goals.

1951: Detroit Red Wings' rookie goalie Terry Sawchuk and Toronto rookie Al Rollins battled to a 0-0 tie, at the Olympia in Detroit. It was the 8th shutout of Sawchuk's NHL career, and the third for Rollins.

1954: Chicago Black Hawks purchased Jack McIntyre from Boston.

1960: Montreal's Phil Goyette scored his second hat trick in five days (and the second of his NHL career), and Dickie Moore picked up four assists as the Canadiens won 11-2 against the NY Rangers, at the Forum.

1962: Detroit's Gordie Howe scored his 1,100th career NHL point with a goal in his 1,023rd NHL game. Red Wings lost to Montreal 5-3, in Detroit.

1964: Former NHL center Craig Coxe born in Chula Vista, California. Coxe played in the NHL 1984-85 through 1991-92 with Vancouver, Calgary, San Jose and St. Louis. Coxe was the first California-born player to play for a California-based NHL team.

1965: Detroit's Roger Crozier recorded the 6th shutout of his rookie season as the Red Wings began a team-record 14 game home winning streak, with a 3-0 win over the Boston Bruins.

1967: Defenseman Harry Howell became the first player to appear in 1,000 games in a New York Rangers uniform. The milestone came in a 6-2 loss at Boston.

1969: Detroit's Gordie Howe appeared in his 20th All-Star Game (in 21 NHL seasons). He played on a line with Bobby Hull and Phil Esposito but did not record a point, in a 3-3 tie between the East and the West, played in Montreal.

1973: Wayne Cashman scored his first career hat trick, a natural hat trick with three straight goals as the Bruins won 5-2 over the Oakland Seals, at Boston Garden.

1975: Pittsburgh Penguins center Syl Apps scored twice and won the MVP award as the Wales All-Stars beat the Campbell All-Stars 7-1, in the annual NHL All Star Game in Montreal.

1977: Gregg Sheppard scored his third career hat trick in the Bruins' 5-2 win over the Barons, in Cleveland.

1980: Gerry Cheevers became the just second goaltender in Boston history to record 25 shutouts as a member of the Bruins, in a 3-0 win over the visiting Minnesota North Stars.

1985: Kings' Marcel Dionne scored his 611th career goal, to pass Bobby Hull into third place on the all-time goal scoring list, as Los Angeles lost 8-7 at Edmonton. Dionne also picked up three assists in the game.....Defenseman Doug Wilson scored a goal and three assists to lead the Black Hawks to a 7-2 win against the North Stars at Minnesota.

1986: Dennis Potvin tied Bobby Orr's career record for defensemen with his 270th NHL goal. His goal was the game winner in a 7-3 Islanders' win over the Flyers, in New York.....Vancouver's Tony Tanti collected his 4th career hat trick in a 5-3 win over New Jersey. Canucks had 13 power-play opportunities in the contest.

1989: Kings' Wayne Gretzky scored a goal and had three assists to get 100 points in a season for the 10th straight year (extending his NHL record), and moved past Marcel Dionne as the NHL's #2 all time leading scorer, with 1,771 points (in 743 games). Dionne had 1,770 points in 1,343 games at the time. The milestone's came in a 5-4 loss to the Whalers, at Hartford.....Mario Lemieux scored two goals and added five assists as the Penguins beat the Oilers at Edmonton, 7-4. Also in that game, Pittsburgh's Paul Coffey scored a goal and added two assists to record his 800th career NHL point.

1990: Mario Lemieux scored a first period hat trick, and finished with four goals to lead the Wales Conference to a 12-7 win against Campbell Conference in All Star Game at Pittsburgh. Lemieux became the first to win the All Star MVP Award three times.

1992: San Jose defenseman Doug Wilson scored his 800th career NHL point in a Sharks' 9-2 loss against the Edmonton Oilers, in San Jose.....Sergei Fedorov had a goal and three assists, all in the second period, to lead Detroit to a 7-3 win over Philadelphia, at Joe Louis Arena.

1993: Russ Courtnall scored his third career hat trick (and his first with Minnesota) and added an assist in the North Stars' 7-2 win against Ottawa, at the Met Center.....Hartford's Tim Kerr announced his retirement from hockey, following a 4-2 Whalers' win over San Jose. Kerr, age 33, ended his career with 370 goals and 674 points in 655 games.....Tomas Sandstrom, in his first game back after missing eleven games with an injured arm, scored his 8th career hat trick as the Kings lost 5-4 to the Canucks at the Forum.

1995: San Jose rookie Jeff Friesen scored his first career NHL goal, a shorthander and the game winner, in a 3-2 Sharks' win over the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs.

1997: Philadelphia's Paul Coffey picked up two assists - the first assist moving him past Gordie Howe into the #2 spot on the all-time assist list with 1,050, as the Flyers tied 3-3 with the visiting Dallas Stars.....Rookie Patrick Lalime made 49 saves to improve his record to 14-0-2, extending his NHL record for longest unbeaten streak at the start of a career, as Pittsburgh won 4-2 over the visiting Calgary Flames.....Kevin Lowe became the first player to appear in 1,000 games in an Edmonton Oilers' uniform, when he played in a 4-4 tie against the Rangers, in New York. Lowe was also the 27th NHL player to appear in 1,000 games with one team.

1999: Rookie Sami Salo scored his first NHL goal, and Jacques Martin earned his 100th victory as Senators head coach as Ottawa won 3-1, at Boston. Senators improved to 6-0-1 in their last 7 road games, a new team record.

2001: Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Blackhawks 4-0 in the first-ever NHL game featuring two European trained coaches. Ivan Hlinka was behind the bench for the Penguins, and Alpo Suhonen was the man behind the bench for the Blackhawks.....Ken Hitchcock became the Dallas Stars' all-time leader in games coached, when he went behind the bench for game #418 with the Stars, a 5-2 loss to the Coyotes in Phoenix. Hitchcock broke the mark of 417 games set by Glen Sonmor.....Colorado's Joe Sakic picked up two assists to give him 700 in his NHL career. The milestone came in a 4-2 Avalanche win at Anaheim.

2002: Yanic Perreault ended a 13-game drought by scoring his 4th career hat trick in the Canadiens 7-5 loss to the Panthers at Florida.

2004: Minnesota Wild set an NHL record for two fastest goals, when Jim Dowd and Richard Park scored goals just three seconds apart in the final 15 seconds of the game, in a 4-2 win over the visiting Blakckhawks. Park's goal was into an empty net.....San Jose Sharks played their 1,000th regular season game in team history, and came away with a 4-2 win over the Coyotes, in Phoenix.....Nicklas Lidstrom became Detroit's all-time leader in games played by a defenseman, when he appeared in his 984th game with the team, a 2-2 tie in Anaheim; Lidstrom (who also had an assist in the game) broke the mark set by Marcel Pronovost.