Today in NHL History April 17th

1933: Red Wings' Carl Voss was voted the best rookie in the NHL for the 1932-33 season. The Calder Trophy wasn't officially presented to the NHL's top rookie until the 1936-37 season.

1943: Former NHL center Dennis Hextall born in Winnipeg, Man. Hextall played in the NHL 1968-69 through 1979-80 with the New York Rangers, Los Angeles, Oakland, Minnesota, Detroit and Washington.

1951: Ted Kennedy scored the winning goal at 4:47 of overtime to lead the Toronto Maple Leafs to a 2-1 playoff win over the Canadiens at Montreal, in Game Three of the Stanley Cup Finals.

1976: Philadelphia's Reggie Leach began an NHL playoff record 10 game goal scoring streak during a 4-3 loss at Toronto, in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Quarter-Finals.

1977: Don Kozak of the Los Angeles Kings scored the fastest goal from the start of an NHL playoff game, tallying just six seconds into his club’s 7-4 win over the Boston Bruins in Game Four of their Quarter-final series.

1978: Brad Park scored :24 into the game, and Terry O'Reilly had a goal and three assists to lead the Bruins to a 6-1 win over the Black Hawks in Boston, in Game 1 of the Quarter-Finals.

1980: Bruins and Islanders combined to set an NHL playoff record for most penalty minutes in one period, with 248 in the first at Boston. Each team received 124 minutes. Bob Bourne went on to score after 84 seconds of overtime, as the Isles won 5-4.

1981: Defenseman Denis Potvin scored three power play goals and added two assists as the Islanders won 6-3 over Edmonton in Game Two of the Quarter-Finals. Potvin became the third defenseman in modern NHL history to score a playoff hat trick.

1983: New York Islanders and Rangers tied a playoff record for most shorthanded goals in a game, with four. The Islanders had three and Rangers had one, as the Rangers won the game 7-6, in Game 3 of the Patrick Division Finals.....Edmonton's Paul Coffey set a Stanley Cup record for defensemen, with a goal in his fifth consecutive playoff game, a 10-2 Oilers win over the Flames in Calgary, in Game 3 of the Smythe Division Finals.....Buffalo's Mike Ramsey became the second defenseman in NHL history to score goals in four straight playoff games, when the Sabres defeated the Boston Bruins 4-3 at the Aud, in Game 3 of the Adams Division Finals.

1993: New York Rangers named Mike Keenan as their new head coach, replacing interim coach Ron Smith (who had taken over for Roger Neilson).

1997: New Jersey Devils goaltender Martin Brodeur became just the second goaltender in NHL playoff history to score a goal, coming in a 5-2 win over the Montreal Canadiens in Game One of their Eastern Conference Quarter-final. Philadelphia’s Ron Hextall was the first goaltender to score a goal in the playoffs, on April 11, 1989 versus the Washington Capitals.

1999: Goaltender Martin Brodeur tied Ken Dryden's 1975-76 NHL-record of 25 road wins when the Devils won 4-1 at Nashville.