Today in NHL History, Jan 29th

1927: Ottawa's Alex Connell and Montreal Maroons' Clint Benedict dueled to a 0-0 scoreless tie, in a game played at Montreal. It was just the 5th scoreless tie in NHL history. Ottawa's George Boucher picked up 7 minor penalties in the game.

1928: The Finnish National Team played its first official hockey game, losing 8-1 to Sweden.

1929: Goaltender George Hainsworth recorded his 13th shutout of the season, and his sixth of the month (an NHL record) in the Montreal Canadiens' 1-0 win over the Americans at New York.

1935: Bruin goaltender Tiny Thompson made 32 saves for his sixth shutout of the season (and the 49th of his career) in a 4-0 win against the NY Americans, at Boston Garden.

1942: "Syd Howe Night" in Detroit turned out to be perhaps the best "Night" a player ever had. After playing a gift piano at center ice for the fans at the Olympia, Howe scored both goals in a 2-0 Red Wings win over Chicago. John Mowers got the shutout.

1943: Former NHL defenseman Pat Quinn born in Hamilton, Ontario. Quinn played in the NHL 1968-69 through 1976-77 with Toronto, Vancouver and Atlanta. Since retiring he has coached Philadelphia, L.A., Vancouver and Toronto.

1953: Maurice Richard became the first NHL player to score 20 (or more) goals in each of his first 10 seasons, when he picked up his 20th of the year, in a 5-2 Canadiens' win over the Rangers. Richard finished the night with 2 goals and an assist.

1954: Former NHL center Doug Risebrough born in Guelph, Ont. Risebrough played in the NHL 1974-75 through 1986-87 with Montreal and Calgary, and later became the GM of the Calgary Flames and Minnesota Wild.

1955: Montreal's rookie goaltender Jacques Plante recorded his 9th career shutout in the Canadiens' 4-0 win over the Bruins, at the Forum.

1966: Montreal's Henri Richard scored a goal and added three assists as the Canadiens won 6-2 over the Rangers, at the Forum.

1970: Phil Esposito scored twice and added two assists, and Bobby Orr had a goal and three assists as the Bruins won 6-5 over the Minnesota North Stars, at Boston Garden.

1974: St. Louis Blues' Garry Unger scored a shorthanded goal at 7:54 of the third period to lead the West Division All-Stars to a 6-4 victory over the East, in the All Star Game at Chicago Stadium. Unger captured the game's MVP award.

1975: Pittsburgh Penguins picked up their 200th all-time victory, when Vic Hadfield had two goals and two assists in a 6-1 win over the Black Hawks at the Civic Arena.

1977: The Blizzard of '77 left many of the Sabres trapped in Buffalo. Only 14 players made it up to Montreal, but they managed to tie the Canadiens, 3-3.

1979: Defenseman Larry Robinson scored twice and added two assists to lead Montreal to a 7-3 win at Philadelphia.

1985: New York Islanders' Bryan Trottier became the 19th player in NHL history to score 1,000 career points. His milestone came in a 4-4 tie with the Minnesota North Stars; he became the first to score his 1,000th career point on a shorthanded goal.....Edmonton Oilers' Jari Kurri scored his 100th point of the season, with three goals in a 4-2 Oilers' win over Calgary. It was Kurri's third straight 100 point season in the NHL, and came in his 39th game of the season.....Brian Sutter scored twice and added two assists to lead the Blues to a 6-6 tie against the Winnipeg Jets in St. Louis.

1991: Buffalo Sabres named Mike Ramsey as their new team captain.....Chicago obtained Tony McKegney from the Quebec Nordiques in exchange for goalie Jacques Cloutier. It marked McKegney's seventh NHL team in the previous six seasons (since 1984).

1992: Steve Yzerman scored his 14th career hat trick (including one goal on a penalty shot) to lead the Red Wings to a 4-4 tie against the Sabres, at Joe Louis Arena. It was the start of a team-record 9 game goal scoring streak for Yzerman.

1994: Gaetan Duchesne's goal at 1:01 of the third period gave the San Jose Sharks a 2-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning before a crowd of 26,652 at St. Petersburg, Florida, the second-largest crowd in NHL history.

1995: Chicago's Jeremy Roenick scored two goals and added an assist, including his 500th career NHL point as the Blackhawks won 6-3 at Los Angeles. Roenick's milestone came in his 430th game.

1996: The Senators beat the Blues 4-2 at the Palladium in Ottawa, to end their NHL record for consecutive winless games at home - 17 (0-15-2). It was also Jacques Martin's first victory with Ottawa.

1997: St. Louis' Al MacInnis scored his 250th career NHL goal and added an assist in the Blues 4-0 win at Toronto. MacInnis became the 7th defenseman in league history to score 250 goals.....Colorado's Patrick Roy earned his 335th career victory, tying him with Gump Worsley for 8th all-time among NHL goalies, as the Avalanche won 6-3 over the visiting Los Angeles Kings.....Rod Brind'Amour scored the game's first goal and also became the Flyers' all-time ironman, when he appeared in his 288th consecutive NHL game, a 2-1 win at Washington. Brind'Amour broke the team ironman record of 287 games, set by Rick Macleish.

1998: Kings' Luc Robitaille picked up two assists to give him 1,000 career points, becoming the 6th left winger in the NHL to reach the milestone. It came in a 5-3 L.A. win over the visiting Calgary Flames.....Pittsburgh's Ron Francis recorded the 1,400th point of his NHL career with a two-point performance in a 4-2 win over the Boston Bruins. Francis became the 11th NHL player to reach the milestone.

1999: Edmonton Oilers acquired center Alexandre Daigle from the Philadelphia Flyers for left wing Andrei Kovalenko.

2001: Ron Francis had three assists to become just the 5th player in NHL history to score 1,600 points, as the Hurricanes extended Tampa Bay's losing streak to 10 straight games with a 5-2 win against the visiting Lightning.

2003: New York Rangers fired head coach Bryan Trottier 54 games into his first season behind the bench in the NHL. G.M. Glen Sather took over as coach the following day. Trottier was fired after the team got off to a 21-26-6-1 start.

2004: Steve Yzerman picked up an assist to move past Mario Lemieux into 6th place on the NHL's all-time scoring list with his 1,702nd career point as the Red Wings won 5-2 over the visiting New Jersey Devils.