Today in NHL History, Jan 2nd

1889: Hall of Famer Harry Hyland born in Montreal, Que. Hyland played in the NHL 1917-18 with Montreal and Ottawa.

1924: Hamilton's Jake Forbes recorded his first career shutout, in a 4-0 Tigers' win against the Montreal Canadiens.

1930: Detroit goalie Bill Beveridge recorded the first shutout of his rookie season in the Cougars' 4-0 win against the visiting Montreal Canadiens.

1934: Montreal Canadiens loaned goalie Wilf Cude to Detroit, for the remainder of the 1933-34 season for cash. He went on to compile a 1.62 GAA in 29 games with Detroit.

1936: Dave "Sweeney" Schriner scored a goal and added three assists in the Americans' 6-2 win against the Rangers.

1937: Montreal Maroons' goalie Alex Connell and Maple Leafs' rookie Turk Broda dueled to a 0-0 scoreless tie, in a game played at Toronto. It was the 81st (and final) shutout of Connell's NHL career and the first for Broda.

1938: Canadiens' Hector "Toe" Blake scored his first career hat trick as Montreal won 4-2, at Chicago.

1944: Boston Bruins scored the biggest road win in team history (up to that time) 13-3 over the Rangers, in New York. Herb Cain led the scoring with three goals and two assists.

1954: Harry Lumley recorded his 47th career shutout as the Toronto Maple Leafs extended their team-record home undefeated streak to 14 straight games (12-0-2) with a 4-0 win against the Chicago Black Hawks.

1956: Former NHL right winger Peter Lee born in Ellesmere, England. Lee played in the NHL 1977-78 through 1982-83 with Pittsburgh.

1958: Detroit Red Wings named Sid Abel as their new coach, replacing Jimmy Skinner. Abel went on to coach the Red Wings for the next 10 years.

1971: Jacques Plante and Bruce Gamble shared the shutout, Paul Henderson and Norm Ullman each scored twice and added two assists, and the Leafs set a team record by scoring 4 goals within a span of 2:2 in a 13-0 win over the visiting Detroit Red Wings.

1972: Pit Martin scored a goal and added four assists to lead the Black Hawks to a 6-2 win against the Flyers at Chicago Stadium.....Rangers' Pete Stemkowski scored his 100th NHL goal in a 4-1 Rangers' loss to Boston, at MSG.

1978: Detroit beat the Czechoslovakian team Pardubices 5-4 in an exhibition game at the Olympia in Detroit. Red Wings' center Vaclav Nedomansky scored a goal and added an assist against his former countrymen.

1979: Glenn Resch recorded his 18th career shutout, Mike Bossy scored his 4th career hat trick and Bryan Trottier had 4 assists as the Islanders extended their team-record home unbeaten streak to 19 straight games (15-0-4) with a 9-0 win over Vancouver.....Bobby Clarke scored twice and had an assist to lead the Flyers to a 4-4 tie with the Soviet Wings, in an exhibition game at the Spectrum.

1980: Gordie Howe became the first player in league history to appear in an NHL game in five different decades, when he played for the Hartford Whalers in a 3-3 tie against the Oilers, in Edmonton.....Islanders' Mike Bossy began a team-record 18 game point scoring streak as New York won 3-1 at Toronto.

1981: Kent Nilsson picked up four assists as the Flames won 7-6 over the visiting Los Angeles Kings.

1982: Buffalo Sabres' Dale McCourt scored just four seconds after Quebec's rookie Marian Stastny, to tie the NHL record for fastest two goals. They came at 15:46 and 15:50 of the second period in a 6-3 Nordiques' win at Quebec City.

1983: Craig Ramsay and John Van Boxmeer each had three assists to lead the Sabres to an 8-4 win against the Hartford Whalers in Buffalo.....Calgary Flames beat the touring Soviet National Team 3-2 at the Corral in Calgary.....Rick Vaive scored four goals (including his third career hat trick), and Dan Daoust tied a team rookie record with four assists as the Maple Leafs beat Detroit, 6-3 in Toronto.

1986: Mike Bossy became the 11th NHL player to score 500 goals (and first to score 500 with Isles). He scored 500 in fewer games (647) than anyone in history at that time. Gretzky later did it in only 575 games. Goal #500 came in a 7-5 win over Boston.....Flyers' Brian Propp had a goal and four assists as Philadelphia defeated the Kings 7-4 at Los Angeles. Rookie center Pelle Eklund added four assists for Philadelphia.

1988: Hartford goalie Mike Liut played in his 500th career NHL game as the Whalers tied 1-1 with the visiting New Jersey Devils.

1990: Mario Lemieux tied team record he had set four years earlier, when a goal and an assist increased his point scoring streak to 28 straight games, 4th longest in NHL history, as the Penguins lost 5-2 to Boston.....Jacques Demers coached his 600th career NHL game, a 4-1 Detroit win against Vancouver. Steve Yzerman led the scoring with two goals and an assist.....Edmonton's Jari Kurri scored a goal and two assists to give him 1,000 career points, in the Oilers' 6-4 win at St. Louis. Kurri became the 25th player (and second European trained) in NHL history to score 1,000 career points.

1992: In the largest trade in NHL history, Calgary sent Doug Gilmour, Ric Nattress, Jamie Macoun, Rick Wamsley, and Kent Manderville to Toronto, in exchange for Gary Leeman, Michel Petit, Craig Berube, Jeff Reese, and Alexander Godynyuk.....Edmonton Oilers played in their 1,000th regular season NHL game, a 5-3 loss to the Kings. The loss gave the Oilers a record of 536-334-130 in their first 1,000 NHL games.....Ed Belfour started his 25th consecutive game for the Blackhawks, a 4-3 loss to the Rangers, at Chicago Stadium.....Philadelphia Flyers acquired Garry Galley and Wes Walz from the Boston Bruins, in exchange for Gord Murphy and Brian Dobbin.

1994: Brett Hull's 24th goal of the season gave him 353 career goals with the Blues, a new team record for goals -- breaking the mark held by Bernie Federko. It came in a 4-3 win against the Flames in St. Louis. It was also Hull's 600th NHL point.....Cam Neely scored three power play goals for his 10th career hat trick and picked up an assist, and Ray Bourque had assists on five consecutive goals, to lead the Bruins to an 8-2 win against the Capitals in Boston.

1996: Theoren Fleury scored his 9th career hat trick to become the second player in Flames' history to score 250 goals. The milestone goal (and an assist) came as Calgary won 10-0 over the visiting Lightning. Trevor Kidd recorded the shutout.

1997: Mark Messier scored twice to move past Guy Lafleur into 11th place on the NHL All Time goal-scoring list (with 561 goals), and added an assist, as the Rangers won 4-3 over the Islanders, at MSG.....Mario Lemieux had four assists in the Penguins' 6-1 win at New Jersey. Rookie goalie Patrick Lalime improved his record to 8-0-1 on the season.....oe Sakic picked up two assists to give him 500 career assists and 800 NHL points, when the Avalanche won 3-2 over the visiting Calgary Flames.

1999: Damian Rhodes became the first goalie in NHL history to score a goal and get a shutout in the same game, in the Senators 6-0 win against the visiting New Jersey Devils.....Washington's Brian Bellows had a goal and an assist for his 1,000th career NHL point in the Capitals' 5-2 win at Toronto.

2000: Scotty Bowman became the first coach in NHL history to coach in five different decades, when his Detroit Red Wings lost to Pittsburgh 4-3.

2001: Montreal's Jose Theodore became the second goaltender in NHL history to score a goal while recording a shutout, as the Canadiens won 3-0 against the Islanders in Long Island.

2002: Dwayne Roloson recorded his 5th career shutout as the Minnesota Wild won 2-0 against the visiting Tampa Bay Lightning.....Ron Francis played in his 1,000th game with the Carolina franchise, & scored his 500th NHL goal to join Gretzky, Howe, Messier and Dionne as the only players in the 500-goal, 1,000-assist club, in the Hurricanes 6-3 loss to the visiting Bruins.....Veteran defenseman Gary Suter's 200th career NHL goal proved to be the game winner as the Sharks defeated the Philadelphia Flyers 5-2 in San Jose. Suter became just the 15th defenseman in NHL history to get 200 goals.....Owen Nolan had a goal and two assists, to become the San Jose Sharks all-time leader in career assists, in a 5-2 win over the visiting Philadelphia Flyers. Nolan picked up his 202nd assist with San Jose, one more than Jeff Friesen.

2003: Marian Hossa had a team-record 4 goals (including 3 straight in the first period) in the Senators 8-1 win over the visiting Thrashers. Hossa (who also had an assist in the game) became the 1st player to get 3 hat tricks in one season with Ottawa.

2004: Brian Boucher recorded his second consecutive shutout (and the 9th of his career) in the Coyotes 6-0 win over the Stars at Dallas.


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