Today in NHL History, Feb 22th

1875: Hockey Hall of Famer Graham Drinkwater born in Montreal.

1928: Black Hawks' Duke Keats scored at 15:50 of the second period in a game against Ottawa, to end Senators' goalie Alex Connell's streak of six consecutive shutouts (460:49). Senators won the game, 3-2 at Chicago.

1934: Lionel Hitchman played his final NHL game in a 3-1 Bruins' loss to Ottawa, the team with which he started his career, at Boston Garden. Art Ross declared his jersey #3 retired at the conclusion of the game.

1938: Bruins won an NHL-record seventh straight game, as Tiny Thompson recorded his 73rd career shutout, a 2-0 win over Toronto, at Boston Garden.

1955: Former NHL center Tim Young born in Scarborough, Ont. Young played in the NHL 1975-76 through 1984-85 with Minnesota, Winnipeg and Philadelphia.

1956: Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Rangers 4-2, as Lou Fontinato set a new NHL penalty minute record; his 169 PIM for the season broke the old record of 167 set by Red Horner in 1935-36.

1958: Jack McIntyre scored a hat trick, and Gordie Howe had a goal and four assists as the Red Wings beat the visiting Boston Bruins, 6-1.

1964: In one of the NHL's biggest trades ever, Toronto sent Arnie Brown, Bill Collins, Dick Duff, Bob Nevin, and Rod Seiling to the New York Rangers, in exchange for Andy Bathgate and Don McKenny.

1968: Leon Rochefort scored his second (and final) career hat trick to lead the Flyers to a 7-3 win over the Minnesota North Stars, at a Flyers' "home game" in Quebec City. It was the Flyers' second hat trick ever -- both by Rochefort.....John Bucyk became the first player in Boston history to score a game winning goal at 19:59 of the third period, when his last-second goal gave the Bruins a 3-2 win over the Red Wings, in Detroit.

1972: Gerry Cheevers set an NHL record for goaltenders by extending his unbeaten streak to 24 straight games (18-0-6) in Boston's 4-3 win over the Canucks, at Vancouver. John McKenzie added his 200th career NHL goal.

1980: The U.S. Olympic hockey team upset the Russians 4-3 at Lake Placid in New York, to set off a national celebration.

1981: Rookies Peter and Anton Stastny of the Quebec Nordiques scored eight points apiece to set a new rookie record for points in one game. Peter posted a 4-4-8 mark, while Anton tallied a 3-5-8 total as Quebec beat the Capitals 11-7, at Washington.....Rick Kehoe scored twice and added three assists as the Penguins began a 6 game winning streak, with a 9-4 win against the Colorado Rockies, in Pittsburgh.....American-born coaches faced each other for the first time in NHL history.ÊHartford's Larry Pleau (from Massachusetts) squared off against the New York Rangers' Craig Patrick (from Michigan). Whalers beat the Rangers 6-5.

1982: Minnesota's Bobby Smith scored a goal and added three assists to lead the North Stars to an 8-7 win over the visiting Hartford Whalers.

1983: Marcel Dionne became the first player in NHL history to get 40+ goals in nine seasons, when he scored for the Kings in a 5-3 win over Boston.

1984: Edmonton's Wayne Gretzky scored four goals (and an assist) for his 10th hat trick of the season, tying his own NHL record set in 1981-82. Oilers won 9-2 over the Penguins at Pittsburgh. It was Gretzky's second four goal game in two days!

1989: Buffalo Sabres trailed 3-0 and 5-2, but came from behind to beat the Islanders 7-5 at the Aud. Darcy Wakaluk earned his first career NHL victory.....Los Angeles Kings traded Mark Fitzpatrick, Wayne McBean and future considerations (Doug Crossman) to the New York Islanders in exchange for Kelly Hrudey.

1990: Calgary's Dana Murzyn scored his first NHL hat trick, Doug Gilmour had two goals and two assists, and Al MacInnis picked up four assists in a Flames' 12-2 win vs Toronto.

1991: Winnipeg's Phil Housley scored his 20th goal of the season for the fifth straight year, in a 6-4 Jets' loss to the Kings. Housley became the second defenseman in Jets' history (after Dave Ellett) to score 20 goals in one season.

1992: Tim Cheveldae made 28 saves, and Sergei Fedorov had two assists to lead the Red Wings to a 2-1 win over Chicago -- the win put the Wings 16 games over .500 for the first time in 22 years.

1993: Thomas Steen scored his 4th career hat trick and added an assist and Phil Housley had four assists in the Jets' 6-3 win over the Ottawa Senators, in Winnipeg.....Toronto's Glenn Anderson scored a goal and three assists to become the 36th player in NHL history to reach the 1,000 career point mark. The Maple Leafs won 8-1 over the in Vancouver

1997: Anaheim's Teemu Selanne became the first player in NHL history to score a goal against 24 teams in one season, when he connected for the Mighty Ducks in a 4-2 win over the visiting Phoenix Coyotes.

1998: The Czech Republic, led by the Sabres' goalie Dominik Hasek, captured the men's ice hockey Gold Medal at the Olympic Winter Games in Nagano with a 1-0 win over Russia.

2003: Toronto Maple Leafs tied a franchise record with their seventh straight road victory, a 5-3 win over the Canadiens in Montreal.