Today in NHL History, Feb 15th

1914: Former NHL right winger Mel "Sudden Death" Hill born in Glenboro, Man. Hill played in the NHL 1937-38 through 1945-46 with Boston, the New York Americans and Toronto.

1922: Ottawa's Harry "Punch" Broadbent extended his NHL-record goal scoring streak to 16 straight games, as the Senators tied the Canadiens 6-6 in Montreal.

1929: Montreal Maroons acquired George Boucher from Ottawa, in exchange for Joe Lamb.

1934: Marty Barry scored two goals and added two assists as the Bruins tied 4-4 with the Montreal Maroons, at Boston Garden. The Maroons scored all four of their goals within a span of 3:27 in the second period.

1941: Frankie Brimsek became the second goaltender to record 20 shutouts with Boston, as the Bruins extended their team-record undefeated streak to 21 straight games (14-0-7) with a 5-0 win over the Canadiens, at Montreal.

1945: Although the Rangers were two hours and twenty minutes late because of a late train from Detroit, they beat Chicago 6-2 at MSG in a penalty-free game that didn't begin until 10:50 PM and ended at 12:50 AM.

1946: NHL reinstated Walter "Babe" Pratt, who had been expelled from the league because of gambling. Pratt ended up missing nine games.

1951: New York's Don Raleigh scored twice and added four assists in the Rangers 7-3 win against the Black Hawks before a record-low crowd of just 4,400 in Chicago.

1953: Detroit's Gordie Howe scored twice to become the youngest player in NHL history (age 24) to score 200 NHL goals. Red Wings won 4-1 over the Black Hawks at Chicago.

1955: Detroit's Terry Sawchuk became the first goalie in NHL history to win 30 or more games for five straight seasons, when the Red Wings beat the visiting Chicago Black Hawks 3-2.....Former NHL defenseman Russ Anderson born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Anderson played in the NHL 1976-77 through 1984-85 with Pittsburgh, Hartford and Los Angeles.

1958: Former NHL left winger Tony McKegney born in Montreal, Que. McKegney played in the NHL 1978-79 through 1991-92 with Buffalo, Quebec, Minnesota, the New York Rangers, St. Louis, Detroit and Chicago.

1959: Montreal's Jean Beliveau recorded two assists, giving him 400 points in 362 regular season games. Montreal's Jacques Plante became just the second goaltender to record five 30-win seasons in the NHL. Canadiens beat Rangers in New York 5-1.....Former NHL left winger Brian Propp born in Lanigan, Sask. Propp played in the NHL 1979-80 thru 1993-94 with Philadelphia, Boston, Minnesota, and Hartford.

1969: Detroit Red Wings traded Danny Lawson and rights to Brian Conacher to the Minnesota North Stars, in exchange for Wayne Connelly.

1972: The newly-formed New York Islanders hired Bill Torrey as their first General Manager, eight months before the team played their first NHL game.....Boston's Bobby Orr recorded four assists in the first period to tie an NHL record for most assists in one period, set by Montreal's Buddy O'Conner in 1942. Bruins beat the Oakland Seals, 6-3, in Boston

1973: Boston's Bep Guidolin became the first rookie coach in NHL history to win his first five games, when the Bruins beat the Flyers 3-1 in Philadelphia. His streak ended with a loss two nights later in Minnesota against the North Stars.

1974: Boston's Phil Esposito became the 10th player in NHL history to score 1,000 career points. It came as an assist in a 4-2 Bruins' win, at Vancouver.

1975: Rangers' Greg Polis scored four goals, including his first career hat trick, Bill Fairbairn had a goal and three assists, and Derek Sanderson picked up four assists to lead New York to a 9-2 win over the North Stars at Minnesota.....Montreal winger Yvan Cournoyer scored five goals (his 8th career hat trick) and added two assists and Guy Lapointe became the first defenseman in Montreal Canadiens history to score 20 goals in a season, as the Canadiens defeated Chicago at the Forum, 12-3.

1976: Jim Moxey scored his first career hat trick in the Oakland Seals' 7-3 win over the North Stars, in Minnesota.

1980: Edmonton rookie Wayne Gretzky picked up seven assists in an 8-2 win over Washington to tie the NHL record for most assists in a game. The original mark was set by Detroit's Billy Taylor in a game at Chicago in March 1947.

1982: Chicago's Tony Esposito became the first goaltender in NHL history to play 40 (or more) games in 13 straight seasons. The milestone came in a 5-1 Black Hawks loss to Vancouver. Esposito broke the mark set by Tiny Thompson in 1939-40.

1985: Washington's Bobby Carpenter scored his 42nd goal of the season, a new NHL record for most goals in a season by a U.S. born player. The old record of 41 was held by Joey Mullen. Carpenter's goal came in a 5-3 Caps' loss to the Jets, at Winnipeg.

1989: Buffalo Sabres named Mike Foligno as the new Team Captain, replacing Lindy Ruff, who had resigned two days earlier.

1990: Minnesota's Mike Gartner scored his 15th career hat trick as the North Stars won 6-3 against the Los Angeles Kings.

1992: Minnesota North Stars retired Bill Goldsworthy's uniform #8 in a pre game ceremony before a 5-2 win against Pittsburgh.....Ron Finn set an all time record for NHL officials when he worked his 1,745th game as a linesman -- breaking the old mark held by Neil Armstrong. It came in the Winnipeg Jets' 3-1 win at Toronto, and was the 2,000th of his career.

1999: Wayne Gretzky picked up five assists in the Rangers' 7-4 win against the Predators at Nashville to take a 1,000 point lead over Gordie Howe, the NHL's second all-time leading scorer.

2000: Martin Brodeur became the first goaltender in NHL history to get credit for a "game winning" goal as New Jersey won 4-2 over the visiting Philadelphia Flyers. It was Brodeur's second career goal (first in the regular season).

2001: L.A. Kings obtained goaltender Felix Potvin from the Vancouver Canucks, in exchange for future considerations. Potvin went on to post a record of 13-5-5 with a 1.96 GAA with the Kings.

2003: Detroit's Brendan Shanahan scored to give him 20+ goals for the 15th consecutive season; the milestone came in a 6-2 win at Atlanta.