Today in NHL History, Feb 12th

1919: Ottawa's Clint Benedict became the first goaltender in NHL history to record two shutouts in one season, when the Senators won 7-0 over the visiting Montreal Canadiens. It was the third shutout of Benedict's NHL career.

1929: Montreal Canadiens recalled Herb Gardiner, who had been "on loan" to Chicago as the Black Hawks' player/manager (coach). Dick Irvin replaced Gardiner as Black Hawks' interim coach.....Montreal Canadiens' goalie George Hainsworth recorded his 15th shutout of the season (and the 42nd of his career) in a 2-0 against over the Pirates at Pittsburgh.....Toronto acquired Harold "Baldy" Cotton from the NHL's Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange, for Gerald Lowery and $10,000.....Bruin goaltender Tiny Thompson made 35 saves for the 8th shutout of his rookie season as Boston won 1-0 over Detroit.

1947: Boston's Dit Clapper officially retired (after a 20 year NHL career), in a ceremony at Boston Garden. Shore was granted immediate induction into the Hall of Fame, and his uniform #5 was retired by the Bruins.....Boston's Bill Cowley picked up a goal and an assist for his 529th point to become the NHL's All-Time point scoring leader. He passed Syd Howe, who had retired one year earlier with 528 points. Bruins beat the Rangers 10-1, at Boston Garden.

1949: Canada beat Denmark 47-0 in the most lopsided international hockey game in history. The mismatch occurred during the World Championships, which were won by Canada.

1953: Former NHL center Bobby Smith born in North Sydney, Nova Scotia. Smith played in the NHL 1978-79 through 1992-93 with Minnesota and Montreal.

1955: Glenn Hall filled in as a replacement for Terry Sawchuk when Detroit defeated Toronto 2-1. He was given the first star and an ovation by the crowd.

1961: Don McKenney scored a hat trick and added an assist, and Jerry Toppazzini scored a goal and picked up three assists as the Bruins won 8-3 over the visiting New York Rangers.

1967: Black Hawks beat Detroit 3-2, at Chicago Stadium, to extend their undefeated streak to 14 games (11-0-3), a new team record.

1969: Floyd Smith scored a goal and added three assists to lead the Maple Leafs to a 7-1 win over the Minnesota North Stars, in Toronto.

1972: Goaltender Jacques Plante recorded his 79th career shutout as the Maple Leafs won 3-0 over the Oakland Seals, in Toronto.....Walt Tkaczuk set a New York Rangers' team record with five assists, in an 8-3 win at Pittsburgh.

1975: Chicago goalie Tony Esposito became the 17th NHL goaltender to record 200 career victories when the Black Hawks won 8-3 over the visiting Boston Bruins. Jim Pappin scored his 6th career hat trick, and Ivan Boldirev had a goal and three assists.

1976: Vancouver got their first ever regular season win over Montreal. Ron Sedlbauer and Dennis Ververgaert each scored 2 goals in a 6-4 victory. The win snapped a streak of 30 consecutive games (0-25-5) without a win over Montreal.

1977: Bruin goaltender Tiny Thompson made 35 saves for the 8th shutout of his rookie season as Boston won 1-0 over Detroit.....Bruin goaltender Tiny Thompson made 35 saves for the 8th shutout of his rookie season as Boston won 1-0 over Detroit.

1980: Quebec Nordiques signed free agent Jacques Richard, who went on to score 52 goals for the team in 1980-81.

1981: Marcel Dionne scored his 100th point of the season for the 5th time in his career, when he picked up an assist in a 5-5 Kings 5-5 tie at Chicago.

1983: After playing in an NHL record of 776 consecutive games with the same team, Sabres' Craig Ramsay missed his first game in almost 10 years. A broken bone in his foot two nights earlier kept him out of this Sabres game at Calgary.

1985: 19-year-old rookie Mario Lemieux skated away with All Star Game MVP honors after getting two goals and an assist in the Wales Conference 6-4 win over the Campbell 's, in Calgary. Lemieux became the first rooke MVP. Ray Bourque picked up 4 assists.

1988: Dave "Tiger" Williams' NHL career ended as he was put on waivers by Hartford, after 6 goals and 87 PIM in 26 games with the Whalers. His final career totals: 3,966 penalty minutes, most of any player in NHL history.....Denis Savard scored a goal and three assists to give him 100 points on the season. The milestone came as the Blackhawks won 4-3 in overtime against the St. Louis Blues. It was the 5th and final 100 point season of Savard's career.

1989: Wayne Gretzky scored a hat trick to lead the Kings to a 6-2 win against Blackhawks at Chicago. It was Gretzky's 45th career hat trick, most by any player in NHL history.

1991: San Jose Sharks showed off their new official team colors of teal, gray, black and white, as the team's team's home and road jerseys were unveiled by owner George Gund and hockey legend Gordie Howe.

1992: Steve Yzerman scored twice to extend his team-record goal scoring streak to 9 straight games, and added two assists, in the Red Wings' 9-4 win at Buffalo. Yzerman scored 14 goals during the 9 game streak

1993: Bill Ranford recorded his seventh career shutout as the Oilers won 6-0 over the Sharks, in Edmonton. It was the Sharks' 17th consecutive loss, tying an NHL record.....Vancouver Canucks picked up veteran Tim Hunter on waivers from the Quebec Nordiques.....Buffalo's Mike Ramsey played in his 900th career NHL game as the Sabres lost 3-1 to the visiting Vancouver Canucks.

1994: New York's Mike Gartner became the first player in NHL history to get 25 goals in each of his first 15 seasons, when he scored for the Rangers in a 4-3 win in overtime against the Senators in Ottawa.

1995: Detroit's Sergei Fedorov scored four goals (his second career hat trick) and missed on a penalty shot at 3:52 in overtime as the Red Wings tied 4-4 with the Kings, at Joe Louis Arena.

2000: Jeremy Roenick set a Phoenix team record by scoring his 9th game winning goal of the season, in a 4-3 victory over the visiting Calgary Flames. Roenick broke the franchise record of 8 game winning goals, set by Keith Tkachuk in 1997-98.

2003: Anaheim set an NHL record with their 10th consecutive one-goal victory, when Mike Leclerc scored 10 seconds into OT in a 4-3 win over the visiting Calgary Flames. They broke the record for 1-goal wins set by Ottawa in 1926-27.