Today in NHL History, March 25th

1922: Toronto goaltender John Roach blanked the Vancouver Millionaires 6-0, in the first shutout in Stanley Cup play by an NHL rookie.

1924: Montreal beat Calgary 3-0 in Game Two of the Finals (played in Ottawa), to become the 1924 Stanley Cup Champions. Georges Vezina got the shutout as the Canadiens won their first Cup since the formation of the NHL in 1917-18.

1937: Lionel Conacher of the Montreal Maroons took the NHL's first penalty shot in the playoffs. He was stopped by the Bruins' Tiny Thompson who went on to shut out the Maroons 4-0, in Game Two of the Stanley Cup Quarter-Finals in Boston.

1941: Toronto's Nick Metz became the first NHL player to get three assists in one period of a playoff game; they came in the second period of a 7-2 Leafs win over Boston, in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Semi-Finals, in Toronto. Metz also scored a goal.

1951: Detroit's Alex Delvecchio played in his first NHL game, rookie goalie Terry Sawchuk earned his 11th shutout of the season and the Wings became the first NHL team to get 100 points in a season, with a 5-0 win over the visiting Montreal Canadiens.

1952: Detroit's Terry Sawchuk recorded his first of four shutouts in the 1952 playoffs (and the second of his playoff career) in the Red Wings' 3-0 win over Toronto, in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Semi-Finals at the Olympia.....Maurice Richard scored twice and added an assist to lead the Canadiens to a 5-1 playoff win over the Bruins in Montreal, in Game One of the Stanley Cup Semi-Finals. It was Richard's 8th straight game with a goal, tying his own NHL playoff record.

1957: Hap Day resigned as General Manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs. He was replaced by a "Committee of Seven" (including Stafford Smythe, John Bassett and George Gardiner) for the 1957-58 season.

1962: Bobby Hull became the third player in NHL history to score 50 goals in a season, tying the NHL record shared by Maurice Richard and Bernie Geoffrion, as Chicago lost 4-1 to the Rangers at New York.

1968: Toronto Maple Leafs purchased defenseman Pat Quinn from the St. Louis Blues.

1970: Pittsburgh goaltender Les Binkley recorded his 9th career shutout, and Ken Schinkel had two assists as the Penguins beat the visiting Minnesota North Stars 2-0, to end a 10 game winless streak (0-7-3).

1972: Gerry Cheevers extended his NHL-record unbeaten streak to 32 straight games (24-0-8) when the Bruins tied the Black Hawks 5-5 at Boston Garden. John Bucyk led the scoring with a goal and two assists. The record ended with a loss in his next game. Also in that game, Bobby Hull became just the second player in NHL history to score 600 career goals.

1978: Chuck Arnason scored his first career hat trick in the Cleveland Barons' 4-4 tie against the Islanders, in New York

1979: Goaltender Tony Esposito recorded his 67th career shutout as the Black Hawks won 3-0 over the Colorado Rockies at Chicago Stadium.

1980: Minnesota's Bobby Smith scored his first NHL hat trick as the North Stars extended their team-record winning streak to 6 straight games, with a 7-2 win against the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs.....Charlie Simmer became the second player in NHL history to score a goal against 20 teams in one season, when he connected for the Kings in a 5-2 win over the Rockies, in Colorado.

1982: Wayne Gretzky scored two goals and two assists to become the first player in NHL history to score 200 points in a season. The four points gave Gretzky 203 points for the 1981-82 season, and came in a 7-2 Oilers' win at Calgary. He also set an NHL record for fastest two shorthanded goals, scoring twice in :27 in the second period.....Boston's Barry Pederson became the fifth rookie in NHL history to score 40 goals. Bruins won 5-1 over the visiting Sabres, extending their home winning streak against Buffalo to seven games.

1987: New Jersey's Aaron Broten had a goal and four assists, and Pat Verbeek scored his second career hat trick as the Devils won 8-2 over the Rangers, at New York.....New Jersey won 8-2 over the Rangers to earn a franchise record 60 points in one season. Kirk Muller picked up five assists in the game to tie the Devils' single-game assist mark set by Greg Adams on October 10, 1985.

1988: Pittsburgh's Mario Lemieux scored two goals & three assists in a 5-2 win over Montreal, and brought his point total to 155, the highest single-season total by any player in NHL history except Wayne Gretzky. Phil Esposito had 152 in 1970-71.

1991: St. Louis' Adam Oates picked up four assists as the Blues beat the North Stars 5-4 at Minnesota.

1993: Buffalo's Grant Fuhr became just the second goaltender in NHL history to win 10 or more games with two teams in one season, when the Sabres won 6-4 at Chicago. Fuhr had previously won 13 games with Toronto before being traded to Buffalo.

1994: Brett Hull scored his 21st career hat trick, including his 50th goal of the season as the Blues won 5-3 over Dallas in St. Louis. Hull reached the 50-goal mark for the fifth consecutive season.

1997: Hartford Whalers announced that they would move from Connecticut, following the 1996-97 season.

1999: Dallas Stars beat the Kings 2-1 in Los Angeles in their 27th consecutive road game where they allowed three goals or less (three games short of the record of 30 games set by the 1952-53 Detroit Red Wings).

2001: Jaromir Jagr became the first player in team history to appear in 800 games as a member of the Pittsburgh Penguins; he reached the milestone in a 4-2 victory at New Jersey. Robert Lang led the scoring with a goal and three assists.

2003: Detroit goaltender Curtis Joseph recorded his 40th career shutout in the Red Wings 4-0 win against the visiting Minnesota Wild.