Today in NHL History, Jan 3rd

1923: Odie Cleghorn scored twice and had an assist in the Canadiens' 4-1 win at Hamilton.

1925: Ottawa goalie Alex Connell recorded the second shutout of his rookie season and Cy Denneny scored twice in the Senators 2-0 win against the visiting Hamilton Tigers.....Montreal Maroons acquired Alf Skinner from Boston, in exchange for Bernie Morris and Bobby Benson.

1928: Pittsburgh goalie Roy Worters and Bruins' Hal Winkler dueled to a 0-0 scoreless tie, in a game played at Boston. It was the first of two straight scoreless ties for Worters.

1929: Boston's legendary defenseman Eddie Shore drove through a blizzard to get from Boston to Montreal. He then scored the only goal of the game, as the Bruins beat the Maroons 1-0. Rookie Tiny Thompson recorded his 5th career shutout.

1931: Montreal Maroons' forward Nels Stewart scored two goals four seconds apart in the third period (8:24 and 8:28), to set an NHL record for fastest two goals by one player. Stewart led his team to a 5-3 victory over the Bruins.

1932: Boston goalie Tiny Thompson and Americans' Roy Worters dueled to a 0-0 scoreless tie, in a game played at New York. It was the 46th career shutout for Worters and the 22nd for Thompson.

1939: Chicago Black Hawks fired coach Bill Stewart. Paul Thompson was named as his replacement. Stewart had led the Black Hawks to the Stanley Cup the previous spring.....Hall of Famer Bobby Hull born in Point Anne, Ont. Hull played in the NHL 1957-58 through 1979-80 with Chicago, Winnipeg and Hartford.

1943: Chicago's Reg Bentley scored a goal, with assists from brothers Max and Doug, in a 3-3 Black Hawks tie at New York. It was the first goal in NHL history with three points from the same family!

1946: Red Wings' Ed Bruneteau scored twice within a span of ten seconds, as the Red Wings and Rangers tied, 3-3.

1954: Red Wings' goalie Terry Sawchuk and Toronto's Harry Lumley battled to a 0-0 tie, at the Olympia in Detroit. It was the 39th shutout of Sawchuk's NHL career and the 48th for Lumley.

1968: New York's Ron Stewart became the 11th player in NHL history to appear in 1,000 regular season games, when the Rangers tied the Bruins 5-5 in New York.

1970: Detroit's Gordie Howe and Toronto's George Armstrong became the first two players to appear in the NHL in four different decades when they played in their first games of the new year. Wings beat Flyers 6-1 & Leafs beat Hawks 6-2.....Detroit's Alex Delvecchio scored his third (and final) career hat trick along with an assist, Frank Mahovlich had a goal and three assists and Gordie Howe added four assists in the Red Wings' 6-1 win against the Flyers, at Philadelphia....Boston's Ken Hodge scored twice to give him 100 career NHL goals as the Bruins won 6-2 at Los Angeles.

1973: Eddie Giacomin became the NY Rangers' all time leader in career shutouts, when he beat the Kings 3-0, for his 41st career shutout. He broke the team record of 40 set by Dave Kerr.....Pete Laframboise scored four goals (his first career hat trick) in the Oakland Seals' 11-3 win over the visiting Vancouver Canucks.

1974: Philadelphia's Dave Schultz scored his first NHL hat trick to lead the Flyers past the Rangers, 4-2 at the Spectrum.

1976: Detroit goaltender Jim Rutherford recorded his second of three straight shutouts, in a 1-0 win at Toronto.....Goaltender Ken Dryden recorded his 24th career shutout, and Doug Risebrough picked up three assists in the Canadiens' 7-0 win against the Capitals, at the Forum.

1980: Buffalo Sabres beat the Soviet Union's Red Army team 6-1 in an exhibition game at the Aud. Sabres goaltender Don Edwards was named the game's MVP.....Penguins defeated the New York Islanders 4-3 to move into first place in the Norris Division for the first time in club history. With the win, goalie Greg Millen extended his unbeaten streak to 12 straight games (7-0-5).

1981: Defenseman Reed Larson scored his first career hat trick and added an assist as the Red Wings lost to the Penguins, 6-4, at Pittsburgh. Larson became the first Detroit defenseman since Flash Hollett in 1944, to score three goals in one game.

1982: Bruins' Tom Fergus picked up four assists as Boston won 8-5 against the Jets, at Winnipeg.

1984: Michel Goulet scored a goal and added five assists in a 9-5 Nordiques' win over the Canadiens, in Quebec City. It was the Nordiques' 8th straight home win, a team record.

1985: Joe Mullen scored his 100th career NHL goal and an assist in the first period as the Blues tied 2-2 with the Canadiens in St. Louis.

1987: Mike Bossy became just the second player in NHL history to get 25 goals in each of his first 10 seasons, when he scored twice for the Islanders in a 5-4 loss against the visiting Boston Bruins.....Defenseman Rob Ramage picked up four assists to lead the Blues to a 7-4 win against the Flames in St. Louis.....Rangers' Don Maloney picked up five assists as New York won 5-2 against the Nordiques, at Quebec.

1988: Steve Yzerman scored his third career hat trick in the second period, and added an assist as the Red Wings tied 4-4 with the Jets, at Winnipeg.

1991: Wayne Gretzky became just the fourth player in NHL history to score 700 career goals, then added two more (for his 47th career hat trick) in a 6-3 Kings win over the Islanders, at Long Island.

1992: Alexander Mogilny scored his second career hat trick within a span of 4:42 in the third period, and added an assist in a 5-3 Sabres' win over the Islanders, at the Aud.

1994: Pittsburgh goaltender Roberto Romano played his first NHL game in seven years (his previous game had been for Boston in 1987), and led the Penguins to a 4-1 win against the Senators at Ottawa.

1996: Rangers' Ray Ferraro scored three goals and added an assist as New York won 7-4 over the visiting Montreal Canadiens. Also in that game, Mark Messier scored two goals and added an assist to move past Bryan Trottier into 6th place on the NHL's career-scoring list with 1,427 points

1997: Detroit's Igor Larionov scored his 100th career NHL goal as the Red Wings lost 2-1 to the visiting Dallas Stars.....Washington goalie Olaf Kolzig recorded his first career NHL shutout in the Capitals' 3-0 win over the visiting Phoenix Coyotes.

2002: Pat Quinn became just the fourth coach in franchise history to win 150 games with Toronto, when the Maple Leafs beat the Bruins 2-1 in Boston.....Buffalo's Rob Ray became the 7th player in NHL history to get 3,000 career penalty minutes (and the first ever to get 3,000 PIM with one team) when his minor, major, and two misconducts pushed him to 3,019 career PIM, in a 3-1 loss at Calgary.

2003: Calle Johansson became the Washington Capitals all-time leader in games played, when he skated in his 941st game with the club, a 2-2 tie against Columbus. He broke the mark of 940 held by Kelly Miller.

2004: Florida's Roberto Luongo made 42 saves to record his 19th career shutout in the Panthers 1-0 win against the visiting Columbus Blue Jackets.....Tomas Vokoun became the winningest goaltender in Nashville Predators history, in a 3-2 victory over the visiting New Jersey Devils. Vokoun broke the franchise record of 81 wins set by Mike Dunham.....Markus Naslund became the fifth player in team history to score 250 goals as a member of the Vancouver Canucks, in a 3-1 victory against the Flames at Calgary.


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