Today in NHL History, Jan 5th

1925: Harry Broadbent scored five goals to lead the Montreal Maroons to a 6-2 win at Hamilton Tigers.

1928: Montreal's Howie Morenz scored his third career hat trick to give him 100 goals in his NHL career. The milestone came in a 9-1 victory in Toronto, as the Canadiens became the first NHL team to allow two-goals-or-less in 20 straight games.

1932: Detroit Falcons' goalie Alex Connell and Boston's Tiny Thompson battled to a 0-0 tie, at the Olympia in Detroit. It was Connell's 65th career shutout and the 23rd for Thompson.

1933: Detroit Red Wings beat the Maple Leafs 6-1 in the first CBC hockey broadcast carried coast-to-coast from Maple Leaf Gardens.

1936: Tiny Thompson made 19 saves for his 56th career shutout, and Eddie Shore had assists on both Bruins' goals within a span of 0:14 in the second period, in a 2-0 Boston win against the Black Hawks, at Boston Garden.

1940: Davey Kerr recorded his 44th career shutout as the New York Rangers extended their team-record winning streak to 8 games, and their team-record undefeated streak to 17 straight games (12-0-5), with a 3-0 win over the visiting Detroit Red Wings.

1945: Chicago goalie Alex Karakas and Rangers' Ken McAuley dueled to a 0-0 scoreless tie, in a game played at New York. It was the 24th career shutout for Karakas and the only shutout of McAuley's NHL career (96 games over two seasons).

1947: Former NHL right winger Bill Fairbairn born in Brandon, Man. Fairbairn played in the NHL 1968-69 through 1978-79 with the New York Rangers, Minnesota and St. Louis.

1959: Chicago goalie Glenn Hall recorded his 25th career shutout in the Black Hawks' 4-0 win against the Rangers, at New York.

1961: Montreal's Frank Selke became the fourth General Manager in NHL history to record 500 victories, when the Canadiens beat the Rangers 6-3 in Montreal.

1968: Goaltender Charlie Hodge recorded his 23rd career shutout to lead the Seals to a 6-0 win over the Kings in Oakland. Gerry Ehman led the scoring with his first career hat trick.....Chicago's Bobby Hull scored twice to become the first player in franchise history (and the 4th player in NHL history) to score 400 goals. The milestone came in the Black Hawks 4-2 win against the visiting Boston Bruins.

1973: New York Rangers started a 16 game unbeaten streak with 3-0 win against Pittsburgh at MSG. Ed Giacomin recorded the 42nd shutout of his NHL career.....Sabres ran their team-record home unbeaten streak to 21 games (18-0-3) since the start of the season, with a 2-0 win over Philadelphia. Dave Dryden got his 7th career shutout.

1974: Toronto's Darryl Sittler scored his second career hat trick in the Maple Leafs' 6-2 win against the Atlanta Flames.

1976: Veteran Bob Nevin scored a goal to give him 700 career NHL points (303 goals, 397 assists) in helping the L.A. Kings to a 5-2 win against the Scouts, at Kansas City.....ohn Ferguson was named the new general manager/coach of the New York Rangers, replacing Emile Francis, who had been the G.M. since 1964, and coach Ron Stewart.

1979: Bernie Parent recorded his 270th and final NHL career victory when the Flyers beat the Kings 3-0 in Philadelphia. It was also the 54th (and final) career shutout for Parent.

1981: Playing in his 117th NHL game, Wayne Gretzky scored two goals and two assists, to give him 200 career points. The milestone came in a 6-3 Oilers' win against the Washington Capitals in Edmonton.....Kings' Marcel Dionne became 14th player in NHL history to score 1,000 career points. His milestone came in a 5-3 win at Hartford, in Dionne's 740th career game. At the time it was fastest 1,000 points in NHL history.

1984: Goaltender Gilles Meloche recorded his 20th (and final) career shutout as the North Stars won 2-0 over Vancouver in Minnesota.

1985: Hartford's Ron Francis scored his third career hat trick and added an assist as the Whalers won 7-4 at Toronto.

1986: Hartford rookie Dean Evason and Kevin Dineen both scored their first career hat tricks as the Whalers ended their 8-game road winless streak in Calgary (0-7-1) with a 9-1 win against the Flames.

1987: Al Secord scored four goals within a span of 8:24 in the second period (his 5th career hat trick) and rookie Mark LaVarre added four assists to lead the Blackhawks to a 6-4 win over the Maple Leafs, at Chicago Stadium.

1988: Philadelphia's Rick Tocchet had two goals and three assists to lead the Flyers to a 6-4 win over St. Louis. The loss left the Blues 0-31-3 at the Spectrum since January 6, 1972.

1989: Washington's Mike Ridley became just the fourth NHL player to assist on all six of his team's goals in a game (and set a Capitals' team record for most assists in one game) in a 6-3 win against the Blackhawks.....Buffalo Sabres beat the Maple Leafs 6-1 at Toronto for the 700th victory in team history. Christian Ruuttu led the scoring with three assists.

1993: Philadelphia's Kevin Dineen scored three times to give him 250 goals in his NHL career to lead the Flyers to an 8-2 win over the visiting Capitals. It was Dineen's first hat trick as a Flyer and the 6th of his NHL career.

1997: Flyers ran their undefeated streak to 14-0-3 (9th longest in NHL history) with a 7-3 win over the visiting Boston Bruins. Eric Lindros scored a goal and had two assists to give him points in 17 straight games.

1999: Kings Luc Robitaille scored twice to become the 27th player in NHL history to reach 500 goals as Los Angeles won 4-2 against the visiting Buffalo Sabres.

2000: Joe Sakic became the Colorado franchise all-time leader in games, when he appeared in his 814th career game with the team, a 4-1 win over the visiting Montreal Canadiens. Sakic replaced Michel Goulet, and picked up two assists in the game.

2003: Mario Lemieux scored his 20th goal of the season for the 12th time in his career in the Penguins 6-3 loss to the Islanders at Long Island.....Columbus Blue Jackets fired Dave King (the only head coach in team history) and named GM Doug MacLean as his interim replacement.....Nikolai Khabibulin recorded his 30th career shutout as the Lightning won 1-0 over the visiting Detroit Red Wings.

2004: Brian Boucher became the first NHL goaltender in nearly 55 years to record four consecutive shutouts in the Coyotes 3-0 win over the Capitals at Washington.