Today in NHL History, Feb 3rd

1912: Hall of Famer Lynn Patrick born in Victoria, B.C. Patrick played in the NHL 1934-35 through 1945-46 with the New York Rangers, then later became the Rangers' coach.

1927: Toronto's goalie Johnny Roach and Americans' Jake Forbes dueled to a 0-0 scoreless tie, in a game played at New York. It was the 6th scoreless tie in NHL history, the 7th shutout of Roach's career and the 15th for Forbes

1932: Paul Thompson scored four goals for his first hat trick with Chicago in the Black Hawks' 7-0 win over Toronto. Chuck Gardiner recorded his 26th career shutout.

1934: Harvey "Busher" Jackson scored twice to become the seond player in franchise history to score 100 goals as the Maple Leafs extended their team-record home undefeated streak to 13 straight games (10-0-3), with an 8-4 win over the Ottawa Senators.

1938: Detroit beat NY Americans 6-1 in a penalty-free game played in New York.

1944: Detroit's Syd Howe set a modern record, when he scored six goals in a 12-2 win over the New York Rangers. Howe scored twice in each period for the final hat trick of his NHL career. Also in that game, Don Grosso tied a Red Wings record for most points in a game -- he had a goal and six assists (for seven points).

1949: Toronto's Turk Broda became just the second goaltender in NHL history (and the first in Maple Leafs history) to record 250 career victories. The milestone came in a 4-1 win over the Canadiens, at Montreal.

1954: Former NHL left winger Dave "Tiger" Williams born in Weyburn, Sask. Williams played in the NHL 1974-75 through 1987-88 with Toronto, Vancouver, Detroit, Los Angeles and Hartford.

1966: Detroit's Gordie Howe scored his 20th goal of the season for the 20th straight year when the Red Wings beat the Bruins 4-2 in Boston Garden.

1968: Dean Prentice scored two goals and added three assists to lead the Red Wings to an 8-1 win over the Minnesota North Stars at Detroit.....Jean Beliveau scored a goal and added two assists as the Montreal set a new team-record by winning their 12th straight game, with a 5-1 win over the visiting Los Angeles Kings.

1972: Boston goaltender Ed Johnston tied an NHL record with his third assist of the season in a 6-1 win over the Minnesota North Stars, at Boston Garden. The current record for points in a season by a goaltender is 14 (Grant Fuhr, Edmonton 1983-84).

1973: Defenseman Steve Durbano had four assists to lead the Blues to a 6-1 win against the Oakland Seals in St. Louis. The win extended the Blues' unbeaten streak to 9 straight games (6-0-3).

1974: Rookie goaltender Glenn "Chico" Resch made his NHL debut in a 4-2 NY Islanders' loss to the Oakland Seals.....Rod Gilbert became the New York Rangers' all-time leading point scorer, when he picked up two goals and an assist in a 5-5 tie with the visiting Minnesota North Stars. Gilbert broke the team's all-time record of 729 points set by Andy Bathgate.

1975: Fred Creighton took over as coach of the Atlanta Flames, following the resignation of Bernie Geoffrion, who had been the coach since the team's inception in October 1972.

1977: Pittsburgh's Dunc Wilson recorded his 8th (and final) career shutout as the Penguins tied 0-0, at Cleveland. It was the 9th career shutout for the Barons' Gary Edwards.

1980: Al MacAdam scored twice and added three assists to lead the Minnesota North Stars to a 6-2 win over the Colorado Rockies at the Met Center....Whalers' Jordy Douglas scored four goals, including his second career hat trick in the third period as Hartford won 5-3 over the New York Islanders, in a game played at Springfield, Ct.

1982: Grant Mulvey scored 5 goals and 2 assists (including four goals and an assist in the first period) to lead the Black Hawks to a 9-5 win over St. Louis. Mulvey's 5 goals set a team record, and his 7 points tied a Black Hawks' record.

1983: Boston's Wayne Cashman played in his 1,000th NHL game as the Bruins won 5-3 against the visiting Quebec Nordiques. Cashman became the second player (along with John Bucyk) to play 1,000 games with Boston.

1985: Jari Kurri scored his 50th goal of the season for the second straight year as Edmonton beat the Hartford Whalers 6-3, to extend their team-record home winning streak to 7 games.

1988: Winnipeg's Laurie Boschman scored his second career hat trick, and Dale Hawerchuk picked up four assists as the Jets won 9-0 over the visiting Calgary Flames. Daniel Berthiaume recorded the third shutout of his NHL career.

1989: Jari Kurri picked up three assists, including the 500th of his NHL career as the Oilers won 8-5 over the Detroit Red Wings.

1990: Flyers' Rick Tocchet scored a goal and three assists as Philadelphia won 7-6 in overtime over the visiting Minnesota North Stars.

1991: Boston's Ray Bourque had three assists to move into third place in all-time Bruins' scoring (behind Phil Esposito and John Bucyk) in a 6-3 win over Pittsburgh. Bruins' rookie Ralph Barahona chipped in with two goals in his first NHL game.

1993: Alexander Mogilny became the third player in team history to score 50 goals in a season (in his 46th game) to lead the Sabres to a 3-2 win against visiting Hartford Whalers. Grant Fuhr played in his first game as a Sabre, picking up the win.

1996: Peter Bondra scored four goals, (including 3 in the third period), and added two assists, and Michal Pivonka scored twice including the winning goal at 1:21 of overtime and had three assists, as the Capitals won 6-5 over the visiting NY Islanders.

1998: Florida's Dino Ciccarelli became the 9th player in NHL history to score 600 career goals, in the Panthers' 1-1 tie with the visiting Detroit Red Wings.

1999: Washington Capitals set NHL records by scoring eight goals in 9:34 and nine goals in 11:32 (in the second period) in a 10-0 win against the visiting Tampa Bay Lightning. Capitals took a team-record 25 shots in the second period.

2000: Colorado's Patrick Roy became the first goaltender in NHL history to play in 40 (or more) games for 15 straight seasons, when he led the Avalanche to a 3-3 tie against the visiting San Jose Sharks.

2004: Marco Sturm tied a franchise record (set by Owen Nolan) with his 14th career shorthanded goal for the Sharks; the milestone came in a 3-0 win over the visiting Florida Panthers. Evgeni Nabokov recorded the shutout.