Today in NHL History, Feb 5th

1929: Toronto goalie Lorne Chabot and Pirates' Joe Miller dueled to a 0-0 scoreless tie, in a game played at Pittsburgh. It was Chabot's 29th career shutout and the 15th for Miller (also his 10th of the season).

1933: Detroit's John Roach became the sixth goaltender in NHL history to record 50 career shutouts when the Red Wings won 1-0 over the visiting Chicago Black Hawks. It was Roach's seventh shutout of the season.

1934: Former NHL defenseman Don Cherry born in Kingston, Ont. Cherry played just one game in the NHL in 1954-55 with Boston, then coached the Bruins 1974-1979. Grapes, is the long standing outspoken host of Coaches Corner on CBC's Hockey Night in Canada broadcasts.

1937: Former NHL defenseman Larry Hillman born in Kirkland Lake, Ont. Hillman played in the NHL 1954-55 through 1972-73 with Detroit, Boston, Toronto, Minnesota, Montreal, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Buffalo and Winnipeg.

1943: Mervyn "Red" Dutton was named as the new NHL president, replacing Frank Calder, who had passed away the day before. Dutton served until 1946, when Clarence Campbell took over.

1944: Bep Guidolin scored a goal and added three assists as Boston snapped a seven-game losing streak with a 7-2 win against the NY Rangers, at Boston Garden.....Toronto rookie Ted Kennedy set an NHL record with three power play goals (his first career hat trick), as the Maple Leafs won 3-1 over Detroit.

1948: Roy Conacher scored three goals (his first hat trick with Chicago) and Doug Bentley had a goal and three assists in the Black Hawks' 7-2 win against the Canadiens, at Montreal.

1952: Woody Dumart scored his 200th NHL goal, and Milt Schmidt scored the 4,000th goal in Bruins' history as Boston won 5-0 against visiting Chicago. Jim Henry made 29 saves for his second straight shutout and the 9th of his career.

1966: Montreal's Jean Beliveau recorded two assists, including the 500th of his NHL career, as the Canadiens tied Detroit 2-2 at the Forum.....Detroit's Bill Gadsby became the first NHL player to appear in 300 or more games with three different teams, when he picked up an assist in a 2-2 tie against in Montreal. Gadsby had previously played for Chicago and the N.Y. Rangers.

1969: Ron Ellis scored his second career hat trick as the Maple Leafs tied 5-5 with the Minnesota North Stars in Toronto.

1970: Boston's Bobby Orr became the first defenseman in NHL history to get 20 goals in a season twice in his career, when he scored twice and added an assist in a 5-1 win over Philadelphia, at Boston Garden. It was Orr's 2nd straight 20 goal season.

1972: Los Angeles' Butch Goring scored two goals and added four assists in the Kings' 8-1 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins, at the Forum.....Philadelphia Flyers ended their team-record 19 game road winless streak (0-15-4) with a 3-1 win at Toronto.

1974: Rookie goaltender Glenn "Chico" Resch picked up the first victory of his NHL career, in a 6-2 NY Islanders win over the Minnesota North Stars, in Long Island.

1980: The Prince of Wales Conference defeated the Clarence Campbell Conference 6-3 in the 32nd Annual NHL All-Star Game in Detroit. Over 21,000 fans witnessed the return of Gordie Howe, who got an assist on the final goal of the game.

1981: Pierre Larouche scored his 8th career hat trick and added an assist, and Rejean Houle picked up four assists as the Canadiens won 7-0 against the Minnesota North Stars, at the Forum. Richard Sevigny and Denis Herron shared the shutout.....St. Louis' Perry Turnbull scored four goals (including his first career hat trick) in an 8-4 Blues' win against Toronto. It was just the second four goal game in the Blues' 14 year history.

1989: Steve Yzerman scored his 49th and 50th goals of the season for the second straight year, and added two assists, to lead the Red Wings to a 6-2 win against the Jets at Winnipeg.

1991: Washington's Dino Ciccarelli scored the 400th goal of his NHL career in the Capitals' 5-3 win against Vancouver. Ciccarelli became the 33rd NHL player to reach the 400 goal mark.

1994: Peter Bondra scored 4 goals on 4 straight shots within a span of 4:12 in the first period, setting an NHL record for fastest four goals by one player. Bondra added another goal in the second period as the Capitals won 6-3 over visiting Tampa Bay.

1995: Bernie Nicholls scored four goals on four shots (his 16th career hat trick and his first with Chicago), and added two assists as the Blackhawks won 9-4, at Vancouver.

1996: Colorado's Patrick Roy became the 4th goaltender in NHL history to win 10 or more games with two teams in one season, when the Avalanche had a 4-2 win over the visiting Canadiens. Roy had won 12 games with Montreal before being traded.....San Jose's Chris Terreri set a team record for goaltenders, with his third assist of the season, in a 6-4 Sharks' win over the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs. It took Terreri just 33 games with the Sharks to register the three assists.

1998: Phoenix' Mike Gartner became the NHL's all-time leader in career games by a player who never won a Stanley Cup, when he appeared in his 1,412th NHL game, a 6-2 loss to the Flyers. Gartner passed Hall of Famer Harry Howell (1,411 NHL games).

1999: Larry Murphy played in his 1,447th game, breaking Tim Horton's NHL record for career games by a defenseman, as the Red Wings lost 3-1 to the visiting Colorado Avalanche. Also in that game, Patrick Roy earned his 400th career NHL victory as the Avalanche extended their winning streak to a franchise-record 11 straight. At age 33 Roy was the youngest 400 game winner in NHL history.

2002: Jose Theodore recorded his 13th career shutout as the Canadiens recorded their first victory at New Jersey since 1993 (ending a winless streak of 15 games, 0-12-3) with a 1-0 win against the Devils.

2004: Evgeni Nabokov recorded his second consecutive shutout (and the 24th of his career), and Nils Ekman had three assists to lead the Sharks to a 5-0 win over the visiting Phoenix Coyotes.....Dan Cloutier recorded his 13th career shutout, and brothers Henrik and Daniel Sedin set up goals for each other in Vancouver's 4-0 win against the Devils at New Jersey.