Today in NHL History, April 9th

1907: Hall of Famer Ebbie Goodfellow born in Ottawa, Ont. Goodfellow played in the NHL 1929-30 through 1942-43 with Detroit.

1931: Cy Wentworth scored at 53:50 of overtime to give the Black Hawks a 3-2 playoff win over the Canadiens, in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Finals, in Montreal. It was the longest overtime game in Finals' history.

1932: Toronto beat the NY Rangers 6-4 in Game 3 of the Finals, to become the 1932 Stanley Cup Champions. Frank Boucher scored a hat trick for the losing Rangers, becoming the first to score a hat trick in Rangers' playoff history.

1936: Toronto's Pep Kelly scored at 15:22 and 19:19 of the 3rd period, then Buzz Boll scored the winning goal at 0:31 of overtime as the Maple Leafs came from behind for a 4-3 win over the visiting Detroit Red Wings, in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Finals

1963: Toronto's Dick Duff set a Stanley Cup playoff record for fastest two goals from the start of a game. He scored twice in the first 1:08 of the game against Terry Sawchuk as Toronto beat Detroit 4-2 in Game One of the Finals.

1964: Former NHL right winger Rick Tocchet born in Scarborough, Ont. Tocchet played in the NHL 1984-85 through 2001-02 with the Philadelphia Flyers, the Pittsburgh Penguins, Los Angeles, Boston, Washington, Phoenix and the Philadelphia Flyers.

1972: Phil Roberto scored a goal and added an assist to lead the Blues to a 3-2 playoff win over the visiting Minnesota North Stars, in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Quarter-Finals.....Bobby Hull scored his second career playoff hat trick, and Pit Martin set a record for fastest overtime goal (:12 seconds of OT) to give the Black Hawks a 6-5 playoff win at Pittsburgh, in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Quarter-Finals.

1976: Don Luce's goal at 14:27 of overtime gave the Sabres a 2-1 win over the Blues at the Aud. It also gave the Sabres the Preliminary Round series victory two-games-to-one over St. Louis. Sabres won two overtime games in 24 hours.

1977: Toronto's Lanny McDonald scored a hat trick and added two assists, and Darryl Sittler picked up four assists as the Maple Leafs won 5-2 at Pittsburgh, in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Preliminary Round.

1978: Philadelphia Flyers honored retiring Gary Dornhoefer, in a pre-game ceremony at the Spectrum. Flyers lost 3-1 to the Minnesota North Stars.....Goaltender Jim Rutherford recorded his 12th career shutout in the Red Wings' 4-0 win over the Canadiens at the Olympia.

1980: Hartford's Gordie Howe scored his 68th (and final) career NHL playoff goal, in an 8-4 Whalers' loss at Montreal, in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Preliminary Round. It was Howe's first NHL playoff goal in 10 years.....Mike Murphy and Andre St. Laurent both scored shorthanded goals in the first period to lead the Kings to a 6-3 win over the Islanders, at New York, in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Preliminary Round.

1981: Minnesota's Tim Young scored a goal and added four assists to lead the North Stars to a 9-6 playoff win at Boston, in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Preliminary Round.....Los Angeles Kings and New York Rangers set NHL playoff records for most penalties (59) and penalty minutes (267) by two teams in one game. Kings won the game, 5-4 in Los Angeles, in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Preliminary Round.

1983: Anders Kallur picked up three assists to lead the Islanders to a 6-2 win at Washington, in Game 3 of the Patrick Division Semi-Finals.

1986: St. Louis' Cliff Ronning picked up an assist in his first NHL game as the Blues beat the North Stars 2-1 at Minnesota, in Game 1 of the Norris Division Semi-Finals.....Mark Messier picked up three assists to lead the Oilers to a 7-3 win over the visiting Vancouver Canucks, in Game 1 of the Smythe Division Semi-Finals.

1987: Edmonton set a Stanley Cup playoff record for most goals in a game, when they beat L.A. 13-3, in game two of the Smythe Division Semi-Finals. Wayne Gretzky had six assists for the Oilers, tying the NHL record for most assists in a playoff game.....Mats Naslund scored at 2:38 of overtime to lead the Canadiens to a 4-3 win over the Bruins in Game 2 of the Adams Division Semi-Finals, in Montreal.

1988: Denis Savard scored his third career playoff hat trick to set a new team record as the Blackhawks won 6-3 over the Blues, in Game 3 of the Norris Division Semi-Finals, at Chicago Stadium.....Petr Klima became the first Red Wings' player to score a penalty shot goal in the playoffs, then added a second goal and an assist as the Red Wings won 6-3 at Toronto, in Game 3 of the Norris Division Semi-Finals.....Winnipeg's Laurie Boschman scored twice and added two assists as the Jets won 6-4 against the visiting Edmonton Oilers, in Game 3 of the Smythe Division Semi-Finals.

1989: Larry Robinson set an NHL record by appearing in his 186th career playoff game, a 4-3 Montreal OT win over the Hartford Whalers in Game 4 of the Adams Division Semi-Finals. Robinson passed Denis Potvin, who had played 185 playoff games.

1990: New York Islanders won 4-3 in the second overtime over the Rangers in Game 3 of the Patrick Division Semi-Finals. It was coach Al Arbour's 114th playoff win, tying him with Scotty Bowman for 1st place on the all-time list.....New Jersey tied an NHL record (set in 1974) for fewest shots in a playoff game, with just 10, but won the game 2-1 over Washington, in Game 3 of the Patrick Division Semi-Finals. Brendan Shanahan led the scoring with a goal and an assist.

1991: Buffalo Sabres scored three goals on their first seven shots and went on to a 6-4 win over the Canadiens, at the Aud.

1994: Mighty Ducks of Anaheim set NHL records for most victories (33) and most road wins (19) by a first-year team as they won 3-1 over the Canucks, at Vancouver. Joe Sacco led the scoring with a goal and two assists.

1995: San Jose's Ulf Dahlen scored his 200th career NHL goal, in a 5-2 win at Edmonton.

1997: Teemu Selanne scored his 50th goal of the season for the second time in his career as Anaheim won 4-1 over the visiting Los Angeles Kings. The win extended the Mighty Ducks' home unbeaten streak to a team-record 14 straight games (10-0-4).....Brett Hull scored his 500th goal as a member of the Blues, and goaltender Grant Fuhr made 23 saves for his 20th career shutout in the Blues 1-0 win, at Chicago.

1999: Dallas clinched the President's Trophy for the 2nd straight year with a 3-1 win over the NY Rangers. Stars set a franchise mark with 110 points, breaking the mark of 109 set the previous season, and set a new record with their 27th home win.

2003: Alexander Mogilny scored his first career playoff hat trick as Toronto won 5-3 at Philadelphia, in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Quarter-Finals