Today in NHL History, March 6th

1904: Former NHL goalie Andy Aitkenhead born in Glasgow, Scotland. Aitkenhead played in the NHL 1932-33 through 1934-35 with the New York Rangers.

1920: Toronto loaned their goaltender Howard Lockhart to Quebec for one game, then beat the Bulldogs, 11-2. Rookie Mickey Roach scored five goals and added an assist to lead the scoring.

1934: Former NHL defenseman Pete Goegan born in Fort William, Ont. Goegan played in the NHL 1957-58 through 1967-68 with Detroit, the New York Rangers and Minnesota.

1938: Herbie Lewis scored his second (and final) career hat trick as the Red Wings beat the Bruins, 4-3 at the Olympia in Detroit.

1949: Montreal goalie Bill Durnan recorded his fourth consecutive shutout (and the 25th of his career) as the Canadiens won 1-0 at Boston. Durnan surpassed Frankie Brimsek's 1938 mark of three straight shutouts.

1969: Yvan Cournoyer scored his third career hat trick and Jean Beliveau and J.C. Tremblay each had three assists to lead the Canadiens to a 5-3 win over the Maple Leafs, in Montreal.

1971: Montreal's Henri Richard scored a goal and added four assists, and Jacques Lemaire had two goals and two assists in the Canadiens' 8-2 win against the visiting Los Angeles Kings.....Bruins' Phil Esposito extended his modern NHL record, with his 6th hat trick of the season, and began a team-record 9 game goal scoring streak as Boston won 6-3 at Pittsburgh.

1976: Orest Kindrachuk scored his first career hat trick as the Philadelphia Flyers extended their team-record home winning streak to 12 straight games, with a 6-1 win over the Detroit Red Wings.....Chuck Lefley scored a goal in the first period and added 4 assists in the 3rd to lead the Blues to a 7-4 win over the Black Hawks in St. Louis. The Blues set a team record with 2 shorthanded goals within a span of :51 during the third period.

1977: Montreal's Guy Lafleur hit the 50 goal mark for the third straight season. The milestone came in a 4-1 Canadiens' loss at Buffalo.

1979: Philadelphia's Robbie Moore became the 15th NHL goaltender to record a shutout in his first career game when the Flyers won 5-0 over the visiting Colorado Rockies. Paul Holmgren led the scoring with two goals and an assist.....Bryan Trottier scored his 100th point of the season (for the second year in a row) when he picked up an assist in a 3-2 Islanders' loss to the visiting Buffalo Sabres.

1983: Minnesota's George Ferguson and Steve Payne each scored hat tricks in the North Stars' 8-3 win over the L.A. Kings. It was Ferguson's first career hat trick, the 6th for Payne who also had an assist and Bobby Smith added a goal and four assists.

1986: Philadelphia Flyers honored retiring left wing Bill Barber at the Spectrum, as the Flyers won 7-4 over the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs. Barber finished with 420 goals, 463 assists, for 883 points in 903 career games.

1988: Buffalo's Tom Barrasso earned his 13th career shutout (and his final one with the Sabres) while Phil Housley scored his 400th career point in a 3-0 win over the visiting Boston Bruins.

1990: New York Rangers obtained Mike Gartner from the Minnesota North Stars, in trade for Ulf Dahlen.....Quebec Nordiques traded veteran Peter Stastny to New Jersey in exchange for Craig Wolanin.

1991: Minnesota's Brian Bellows had a goal and an assist to become the first U.S. born player to score 60 (or more) points for seven straight seasons (also a club record) in a 5-1 North Stars' win over the visiting Edmonton Oilers.

1992: Rick Tocchet scored his 9th career hat trick (and his first with Pittsburgh), and Mario Lemieux had a goal and three assists to lead the Penguins to a 7-3 win over the Sharks, in Daly City, California.

1993: Playing in his final NHL game, Jets' veteran defenseman Randy Carlyle scored the only goal of his 17th NHL season to get his 500th career point. It came in a 4-2 Winnipeg loss at Toronto, where Carlyle's career had begun in 1976.

1994: Detroit Red Wings retired uniform #1, the jersey won by Terry Sawchuk. It joined Gordie Howe's #9, Ted Lindsay's #7, and Alex Delvecchio's #10. The ceremony came before a 3-2 Red Wings' loss to Buffalo, at Joe Louis arena.

1995: Los Angeles' Jari Kurri scored his 561st NHL goal to pass Guy Lafleur into eighth place on the all-time scoring list. Kings lost 8-2, at Dallas.

1996: Vancouver's Russ Courtnall scored a power-play goal, an shorthanded goal and an even-strength goal within a span of 9:35 during the second period (for his first hat trick with the Canucks) in a 5-2 win over the visiting Buffalo Sabres

1997: Mike Gartner scored twice to give him 30 goals for the season -- for an NHL-record 17th time in his career, as the Phoenix Coyotes won 5-0 in Tampa Bay. Gartner's second goal of the night gave him 1,300 points in his NHL career.

2003: Phoenix veteran Paul Ranheim became the 188th player in NHL history to appear in 1,000 NHL games; the milestone came in a 6-3 Coyotes loss to the Blues in St. Louis.

2004: Mike Sillinger became just the third player in NHL history to play for 10 different teams during his career, when he appeared in his first game with the St. Louis Blues, and picked up two assists in a 4-2 win over the Islanders in New York.....Ottawa's Peter Bondra scored his 25th goal of the season for the 11th time in his career and added an assist in a 4-2 win over the visiting Nashville Predators. Senators Jacques Martin became the 14th NHL coach to win 400 regular season games.