Friday, March 14, 2008

Today in NHL History, March 14th

1877: Hall of Famer Jack Marshall born in St. Vallier, Quebec. Marshall is the only man in NHL history to win Stanley Cups with four different teams (all before the NHL began).

1908: Making his Stanley Cup debut, "Newsy" Lalonde scored twice to lead the Montreal Wanderers to a 6-4 win and a successful defense of their championship title against the Toronto Trolley Leaguers

1929: George Hainsworth recorded his 22nd shutout of the 1928-29 season to lead the Canadiens to a 1-0 win over the Maroons. Hainsworth finished the year with a league record 0.98 GAA, along with 22 shutouts in 44 games.

1933: Chicago Black Hawks forfeited the only game in team history, when players refused to return to the ice after their coach Tom Gorman was ejected from the game. Boston (who led 3-2 at the time of the incident) was awarded a 1-0 victory.

1939: Toronto's Nick Metz scored four goals, including his first career hat trick as the Maple Leafs won 7-3 over the NY Americans.

1940: 'Red' Heron scored four goals (including the only hat trick of his career) and added an assist, and Pep Kelly picked up five assists as the Toronto Maple Leafs won 8-4 over the Canadiens at Montreal.

1944: Boston's Herb Cain's had two assists to give him 75 points for the season, a new NHL single season scoring record. They came in a 6-4 Bruins' win over Chicago, at Boston Garden. Bill Cowley chipped in a goal and two assists.

1948: Maurice Richard scored 4 goals as Montreal beat the Rangers 6-3. Richard scored twice after the Rangers pulled their goalie in the final minute, including one goal that was shot the entire length of the ice, for his 13th career hat trick.

1962: Detroit's Gordie Howe became the second player in NHL history to get 500 career goals. #500 came in Howe's 1,045th career game, but the Red Wings lost 3-2 to the Rangers at MSG. Maurice Richard was the first player to accomplish the feat.

1965: Jean Beliveau became the third player in franchise history to score 350 goals as a member of the Canadiens. The milestone goal came during Montreal's 6-4 victory over the New York Rangers.....Chicago's Stan Mikita scored two goals and added two assists to lead the Black Hawks to a 5-3 win over the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs.

1966: Former NHL goalie Darcy Wakaluk born in Pincher Creek, Alberta. Wakaluk played in the NHL since 1990-91 thru 1997-98 with Buffalo, Minnesota, Dallas, and the Phoenix Coyotes.

1968: Philadelphia Flyers skated to a 0-0 tie with Los Angeles in a "home game" for the Flyers at Quebec City. Shutouts were recorded by Bernie Parent and Kings' Terry Sawchuk. It was the first scoreless draw in Flyers' history.

1971: Buffalo's Dave Dryden recorded his 5th career shutout (and his first as a Sabre) in a 5-0 win against the North Stars at Minnesota.....Goaltender Ken Dryden made his NHL debut when the Montreal Canadiens beat the Penguins 5-1 at Pittsburgh.

1975: Pierre Plante scored his third (and final) career hat trick in the Blues 6-1 win over the visiting Kansas City Scouts. The win increased the Blues' home unbeaten streak to 6-0-2.

1976: Buffalo's Gil Perreault and Jim Lorentz each scored three goals to lead the Sabres to an 8-2 win over the North Stars at Minnesota. It was the 6th hat trick of Perreault's NHL career and the second for Lorentz.

1977: Montreal Canadiens extended their NHL-record home undefeated streak to 30 games (25-0-5) with a 3-0 win against the Kings. Ken Dryden got his 34th career shutout, as the Canadiens won their team-record 11th staight home game.

1980: Montreal's Guy Lafleur scored twice to become the 4th player in team history to record 400 goals. The milestone came in a 4-3 Canadiens win against the Jets, at Winnipeg. Lafleur became, at age 28, the youngest 400 scorer in NHL history.

1981: Dave Taylor scored four goals and an assist to give him 100 points on the season (for the first time in his NHL career) as the Kings won 10-4 over the Minnesota North Stars, at the Forum.....Darryl Sittler became the all-time leading goal scorer in Toronto Maple Leafs history, when he scored his 18th career hat trick in a 5-3 win over the Capitals. Sittler's three goals moved him past Dave Keon, who had scored 365 goals with Toronto.....Buffalo's Craig Ramsay became the fifth player in Sabres history to score 200 goals, in a 2-1 loss to the Canucks, at Vancouver.

1983: Calgary's Paul Reinhart became the 100th player in NHL history to score a penalty shot goal. He beat New Jersey's Ron Low in the Flames' 7-0 win over the Devils. Don Edwards picked up his 15th career shutout (and his first with Calgary).

1984: Toronto's Rick Vaive scored twice, including his 50th goal of the season for the third straight year. The milestone came in a 3-3 Maple Leafs' tie with the visiting Minnesota North Stars.

1986: Edmonton's Paul Coffey scored two goals and added six assists for eight points -- to tie Tom Bladon's NHL record for most points in a game by a defenseman. His eight points helped the Oilers to a 12-3 win over the Red Wings in Edmonton.

1991: Chicago's Eddie Belfour set a team record with his 39th win of the season, a 6-3 victory at Los Angeles. Belfour broke Tony Esposito's old mark of 38 set in the 1969-70 season. Also in that game, Los Angeles' Wayne Gretzky set an NHL record with an assist in his 18th consecutive game -- breaking the old mark of 17 that he shared with Paul Coffey.

1992: Jon Casey recorded his 100th career NHL victory when the Minnesota North Stars beat Detroit 4-1.....Mario Lemieux scored his 400th NHL goal, but it wasn't enough in a 6-3 Penguins' loss at Toronto. Lemieux became the first player in franchise history and the 38th player in the NHL to reach the 400 goal mark.

1995: St. Louis Blues' veteran Peter Stastny scored his 450th (and final) career NHL goal in a 6-5 loss at Edmonton.

1996: Los Angeles Kings obtained Mattias Norstrom, Ian Laperriere, Ray Ferraro, Nathan Lafayette and the Rangers' 4th round pick in the 1997 Entry Draft from the New York Rangers, in exchange for Marty McSorley, Jari Kurri and Shane Churla.

1997: Pittsburgh's Joey Mullen scored his 500th NHL career goal and added an assist in the Penguins' 6-3 loss, at Colorado. Mullen became the first American-born player (and the 25th in NHL history) to score 500 goals.

1999: Mike Modano reached the 30-goal plateau for the sixth time in his career, when he scored his team's only goal in a 1-1 Dallas Stars tie at Philadelphia.

2000: New Jersey traded center Brendan Morrison and center Denis Pederson to Vancouver for right wing Alexander Mogilny.

2001: Ron Francis became the first player to score 1,000 points with the Carolina Hurricanes' franchise (dating back to Hartford). His milestone point came as an assist in a 6-3 loss to the visiting Montreal Canadiens.

2004: Sergei Fedorov scored his 25th goal of the season for the 12th time in his career when the Anaheim Mighty Ducks lost 5-1 to the Kings at Los Angeles.