Today in NHL History, Feb 4th

1899: Future Hall of Famer Harry Trihey scored 10 goals when the Montreal Shamrocks beat Quebec 13-4, one of the highest single game totals in Stanley Cup history.

1920: Former NHL left winger Adam Brown born in Johnstone, Scotland. Brown played in the NHL 1941-42 through 1951-52 with Detroit, Chicago and Boston.

1922: Ottawa's Harry "Punch" Broadbent extended his goal scoring streak to 13 straight games (one short of the NHL record at that time), as the Senators beat the visiting Hamilton Tigers 10-6.

1925: Goaltender Jake Forbes tied an NHL record with his fifth shutout of the season (and the 6th of his career), as the Hamilton Tigers won 3-0 over the Canadiens, at Montreal.

1940: New York Rangers extended their team-record home winning streak to 11 straight games, with a 9-0 win over the Montreal Canadiens. Dutch Hiller led the scoring with two goals and two assists and Dave Kerr recorded his 47th career shutout.

1943: Frank Calder, president of the NHL since its inception in 1917, died of a heart attack in a Montreal hospital. He was replaced on an interim basis by Mervyn "Red" Dutton.

1965: Toronto's Terry Sawchuk became the first goaltender in NHL history to record 400 career victories as the Maple Leafs won 5-2 at Montreal.

1970: Ken Schinkel scored his second career hat trick and an assist and Bryan Hextall added four assists to lead the Penguins to a 7-5 win over the North Stars at Minnesota.

1971: Gilles Villemure recorded his 5th career shutout to give the Rangers a 1-0 win against the Red Wings at Detroit. It was the last 1-0 road win for New York for 23 years -- their next came in February 1993 by Mike Richter.....Eddie Shack scored his 4th career hat trick (and his first with Buffalo) in a 5-2 win against the Los Angeles Kings, at the Aud. It was the Sabres' 7th straight game without a loss, tying the NHL record for expansion teams.

1973: Buffalo beat NY Islanders 5-1 in a penalty-free game played in Buffalo. It was the first penalty free game in both Sabres and Islanders' history.....New York Rangers extended their team-record winning streak to 8 straight games, with a 6-0 win over the visiting Atlanta Flames. Gilles Villemure recorded his 10th career shutout and Pete Stemkowski scored his 4th (and final) career hat trick.

1976: Jim Rutherford recorded his fourth shutout of the season (and the 11th of his career) to lead the Red Wings to a 5-0 win over the Minnesota North Stars at the Olympia. Bill Hogaboam and Bill Lochead each scored a goal and added three assists.

1979: Montreal's Guy Lafleur scored twice and added three assists, Pierre Mondou recorded his first career hat trick, and Steve Shutt had a goal and four assists in the Canadiens' 8-4 win, at Washington.

1986: Bryan Trottier scored the game-winning goal in overtime as the Wales Conference beat the Campbell Conference 4-3 in Hartford. Grant Fuhr, who held the Wales scoreless for 31 minutes, captured the MVP award.

1988: Pittsburgh Penguins' rookie goalie Frank Pietrangelo recorded his only career NHL shutout, 1-0 over the Minnesota North Stars.....Montreal's Bobby Smith had a goal and an assist to collect his 800th career NHL point as the Canadiens lost 7-3 at Boston. It was also Smith's 350th point as a member of the Canadiens.

1989: Wayne Gretzky scored his 44th career hat trick in a 5-3 Kings win over Buffalo. His 3 goals came on just one official shot on goal. One was knocked in by an opponent, and the 3rd was awarded by the ref when the net was intentionally dislodged.....Brad Lauer scored the 5,000th goal in New York Islanders team history, which triggered a four goal rally and carried the team to a 5-3 win over the Hartford Whalers at Long Island.....Guy Lafleur returned to Montreal for the first time since 1984. Playing for the NY Rangers, Lafleur had two goals and an assist, but the Canadiens won 7-5. Shayne Corson scored his first career hat trick for Montreal.

1990: Boston goalie Reggie Lemelin collected his 200th career NHL victory, a 3-2 Bruins' win against the Nordiques in Quebec City. Lemelin became the 32nd goaltender in the NHL to get 200 wins.....Montreal goalie Patrick Roy recorded his second shutout in two days as the Canadiens won 2-0 over the Hartford Whalers, at the Forum. It was the 12th career shutout for Roy.

1991: Montreal's Mike McPhee scored his third (and final) career hat trick, and added an assist, as the Canadiens won 5-3 against the Minnesota North Stars, at the Forum.....Detroit Red Wings' goalie Tim Cheveldae set a new team record with his fifth assist of the season (breaking the old record of four held by Al Smith). #5 came in a 6-4 loss to the Kings

1992: Al Arbour won his 691st NHL game, making him the second winningest coach in NHL history (behind Scotty Bowman). He moved ahead of Dick Irvin, with a 2-1 Islanders' win at Los Angeles.....Dave Andreychuk scored a goal and added four assists to lead the Sabres to a 7-3 win over the Capitals, at the Aud, to extend their unbeaten streak to 7 games (5-0-2).

1995: Penguins' Tomas Sandstrom scored twice to give him 300 goals in his NHL career, and added two assists as Pittsburgh won 6-3 over the Lightning, at the Civic Arena. The win gave the Pens a 7-0-0 start in the shortened 1994-95 NHL season.....Philadelphia's Eric Lindros scored a goal and added three assists as the Flyers won 4-2 over the visiting Buffalo Sabres.

1997: Mario Lemieux scored his 600th goal (in his 719th game, one more game than it took Gretzky) as the Penguins won 6-4 over the visiting Canucks. Lemieux became the first player to score 600 goals while spending his entire career with 1 team.....Philadelphia's Michel Petit became the first player in NHL history to record a point with nine different teams, when he picked up his first assist as a Flyer (in a 1-1 tie against the visiting Buffalo Sabres).

2001: In the NHL All-Star Game in Denver, Boston's Bill Guerin was voted the MVP for his first 3-goal, 2 assist performance for North America, winning 14-12 against the World. Chicago's Tony Amonte added two goals and two assists for North America.

2002: Vancouver's Todd Bertuzzi picked up an assist to give him points in 15 straight games, tying a Canucks' team record. The milestone came in a 4-2 win over the visiting Phoenix Coyotes.

2003: Colorado defenseman Greg de Vries became just the second player in NHL history to score overtime winners in two straight games, when he connected with 42.3 seconds remaining in OT to give the Avalanche a 3-2 victory over the Bruins at Boston.....Jaromir Jagr scored his 11th career hat trick, including his 500th career goal and added an assist in the Capitals 5-1 win against the Lightning at Tampa Bay. The three goals gave Jagr twelve 30-goal seasons in his 13 year career.

2004: New York Rangers retired Mike Richter's #35 jersey in a pre-game ceremony before a 4-3 loss to the visiting Minnesota Wild.