Today in NHL History, March 12th

1908: Former NHL center Russ Blinco born in Grand Mere, Que. Blinco played in the NHL 1933-34 through 1938-39 with the Montreal Maroons and Chicago. Blinco was the first player in NHL history to wear eyeglasses on the ice.

1930: Former NHL center Bronco Horvath born in Port Colborne, Ont. Horvath played in the NHL 1955-56 through 1967-68 with the New York Rangers, Montreal, Boston, Chicago, Toronto and Minnesota.

1931: Goaltender Dave Kerr recorded the only shutout in his rookie season, in a 3-0 Montreal Maroons' win over the cross-town rival Montreal Canadiens.

1932: Red Horner and Charlie Conacher each scored during the final 70 seconds of overtime, to give Toronto a 5-3 win over the visiting Boston Bruins. In those days, regular season overtime was a mandatory 10-minute period, not "sudden death".

1933: Bill Cook scored four goals and added two assists in the Rangers' 8-2 win over the Americans.....Detroit's John Roach became the first goaltender in NHL history to record 200 career victories when the Red Wings won 3-1 over the visiting Montreal Canadiens.

1935: St. Louis Eagles beat Detroit 3-2 in their final home game of the 1934-35 season -- the final NHL game in St. Louis for 32 years.

1936: On a first period goal by Chicago's Earl Seibert, four assists were awarded (before the NHL changed rules), as the Black Hawks tied the visiting Montreal Maroons, 3-3.

1944: Herbie Cain had a goal and an assist (in the Bruins 6-5 win over Montreal, at Boston Garden) to tie the NHL record for most points in a season (73) shared by Cooney Weiland and Doug Bentley.

1961: Chicago's Bobby Hull scored his 100th career NHL goal as the Black Hawks lost 6-2 to the visiting Montreal Canadiens. Hull scored the third fastest 100 goals in NHL history (after Maurice Richard and Jean Beliveau).

1966: Bobby Hull became the first player in NHL history to score more than 50 goals in a season when he picked up #51 in a 4-2 win over the Rangers. Hull broke the record shared by Maurice Richard and Bernie Geoffrion in front of 22,000 fans in Chicago.

1967: Glenn Hall got his 68th career shutout as Chicago clinched a first place finish with a 5-0 win over Toronto. It was the Black Hawks' first ever league championship since the team was organized in 1927.....During a 2-2 tie between Montreal and New York, Canadiens' goalie Gump Worsley was injured when hit on the head by an egg tossed from the crowd. He was replaced in goal by rookie Rogie Vachon.

1969: Chicago's Bobby Hull extended his team-record goal scoring streak to 10 straight games in the Black Hawks' 4-1 loss to the visiting Oakland Seals. Hull scored 15 goals during the 10 game streak.

1974: Boston's Bobby Orr became the first player to score 100 points for five straight seasons, when he picked up an assist in a 4-0 win over the Sabres. Gilles Gilbert recorded his 7th career shutout.

1975: Atlanta's Curt Bennett scored twice and added three assists, and the Flames set a team record, with five goals within a span of 4:48, during a 9-4 win over the Minnesota North Stars.....Montreal Canadiens extended their NHL-record road undefeated streak to 23 straight games (14-0-9) with a 3-3 tie against the Maple Leafs, at Toronto. The streak ended with a loss in the next road game.

1977: Bryan Trottier scored a goal and added three assists as the Islanders won 8-3 over the Cleveland Barons, in Long Island.....Bill Clement scored his second career hat trick to lead the Flames to a 6-3 win over the New York Rangers in Atlanta.....Montreal's Guy Lafleur picked up four assists as the Canadiens extended their team-record home winning streak to 10 games, and their NHL-record home undefeated streak to 29 straight games (24-0-5) with a 5-1 win over the Chicago Black Hawks.

1978: N.Y.'s Mark Heaslip tied Walt Tkaczuk's team record for rookies, with four assists in an 8-2 Rangers' win against Washington.

1980: In his final NHL season, in his final game in Detroit, Hartford's Gordie Howe skated on a line with his sons Mark and Marty, and Hartford's Bobby Hull scored the 610th (and final) goal of his NHL career, and added an assist in a 4-4 Whalers' tie against the Red Wings.....In a strange game, Flyers and Black Hawks had a scoreless tie after one period, a 2-2 tie after 2, then each team scored 4 times in the third for a 6-6 tie at Chicago Stadium. Chicago's Ron Sedlbauer scored two goals and added two assists.....NY Rangers' Phil Esposito scored his 30th goal of the season for the 13th consecutive year, and John Davidson recorded his 7th (and final) career shutout as the Rangers won 6-0 over the Colorado Rockies.....Edmonton Oilers became just the 2nd team in NHL history to use six different goaltenders in one season, when Ron Low made his debut with the team in a 6-3 win over the Nordiques at Quebec. Low was the Oilers' 5th goalie within a span of 5 games!

1983: Mike Bossy scored twice, to give him 50 goals for the season - for the sixth straight year - in a 6-2 Islanders' win over the visiting Washington Capitals.....Pat Boutette scored a goal and four assists as the Penguins won 7-2 over the Whalers at Hartford, to end a team-record 18 game road losing streak.....New Jersey's Aaron Broten picked up four assists as the Devils won 7-3 at Montreal.

1985: Los Angeles Kings purchased left wing Dave "Tiger" Williams from Detroit.

1988: Joe Nieuwendyk scored twice to become the second rookie in NHL history to get 50 goals in a season, as the Flames came back from a 4-0 deficit to beat Buffalo, 10-4. Mike Bossy had scored 53 in 1977-78.

1989: Mario Lemieux scored his 19th career hat trick and assisted on the other three goals to lead Pittsburgh to a 6-5 win against at Chicago Stadium. Tom Barrasso set a team record with 57 saves.

1990: Minnesota's Brian Bellows began a team-record 10 game goal scoring streak in the North Stars' 4-1 win at Toronto.

1991: Winnipeg Jets' Phil Housley scored his 200th career NHL goal, in a 5-3 loss at Calgary. It was his 22nd of the season, tying him for the club record for goals in a season by a defenseman, set by Dave Ellett in 1988-89.

1993: Michigan State's Ron Mason became the winningest coach in college hockey history, with his 674th career victory.

1994: Dave Andreychuk set a Maple Leafs team record for left wings with his 49th goal of the season, in a 3-1 win over the visiting Winnipeg Jets. Andreychuk broke the mark of 48 set by Frank Mahovlich in 1961.

1997: Anaheim's Jari Kurri scored his 594th NHL goal to give him 1,369 points, to tie John Bucyk for 11th on the NHL career scoring list. Mighty Ducks won 2-1 over the visiting Detroit Red Wings, to extend their team-record unbeaten streak to 6-0-3.

2000: Dallas head coach Ken Hitchcock became the 5th fastest coach in NHL history to get 200 career victories when the Stars beat the St. Louis Blues, 4-2. Hitchcock got his 200th win in 358 games. Don Cherry had the fastest 200 wins (in 341 games).

2001: Sharks tied a team record with their 35th win of the season as rookie goalies Evgeni Nabokov and Miikka Kiprusoff combined for the second shared shutout in team history, 3-0 victory against the visiting Montreal Canadiens.

2004: Edmonton Oilers extended their NHL record by playing in their 7th straight overtime game, a 4-3 loss to the visiting Vancouver Canucks. Geoff Sanderson scored the winning goal for Vancouver at 4:27 of OT.....Tampa Bay Lightning set a franchise record for most points in a season (95) by extending its unbeaten streak to 11 games, with a 5-2 win over the visiting New York Rangers. Vincent Lecavalier had two goals and two assists to lead the scoring.