Today in Hockey History (April 16th)

 

 April 16th 1992 - Brett Hull becomes the second player with three straight 70 goal seasons. Hull scores his 70th goal in a 5-3 victory over the Minnesota North Stars, joining Wayne Gretzky, who accomplished the feat twice.

Today in Hockey History (April 2nd 1967)

 April 2nd 1967, the Chicago Black Hawks beat the New York Rangers 8-0 as Stan Mikita picked up two assists to give him 97 points tieing Bobby Hull's NHL record for most points in a season set in 1965-66.

Today in Hockey History (December 17th)

December 17th 1991: The Pittsburgh Penguins scored 8 goals in the 2nd period vs. San Jose Sharks including 1-2—3 from Joe Mullen. It was one shy of the NHL record for most goals by one team in a period (BUF: 9 vs. TOR on Mar. 19th 1981).

Today in NHL History (March 20th)

March 20th 1971

For the first time in NHL history two brothers faced each other in goal. Ken Dryden (Montreal Canadiens) beat Dave Dryden (Buffalo Sabres) 5-2.

Today in Hockey History (January 25th)

January 25th 1991

 Brett Hull of the St. Louis Blues became the 5th player in NHL history to score 50 goals in 50 or fewer games. Hull scored his 50th in the Blues 49th game of the year, a nine-four route of the Detroit Red Wings.

Today in Hockey History (January 3rd)

January 3rd 1991

Wayne Gretzky scores his 700th career goal

Evgeni Malkin Scores 800th Career Point

December 27th 2016

Evgeni Malkin scores his 800th and 801st career point in the NHL.  He is 4th on the Penguins all time list of point scorers.  He sits 157th all time in the NHL, 3 points behind Garry Unger for 156th.

Today in Hockey History (December 22nd 2016)

December 22, 1996

Brett Hull became the 24th player in NHL history to score 500 goals, notching a hat trick in a home game against Stephane Fiset and the Los Angeles Kings.  

Brett and his father Bobby became the first father and son to join the 500-goal club.

Jaromir Jagr ties Mark Messier for second all-time in points 12/20/16

Jaromir Jagr picks up a secondary assist on Nick Bjugstad's goal to tally his 1,887th career point, tying Mark Messier for second all-time

Today in Hockey History (December 20th)

December 20th 1983

Guy Lafleur and Steve Shutt of the Montreal Canadiens score their 500th and 400th career goal, respectively, in a 6-0 rout of the New Jersey Devils at Byrne Meadowlands Arena in New Jersey.

During the game against the Devils on December 20th,1983, Shutt took a pass from Ryan Walter in the second period and faked Devils’ goalkeeper "Chico" Resch to the right to score his 400th career goal and put Montreal up 3-0. Lafleur scored his own milestone goal at 8:34 into the third period, taking a rising shot from about 30 feet away to beat Resch. With the shot, Lafleur became only the 10th player in the history of the NHL to score 500 goals.

Today in Hockey History (November 22nd)

November 22nd 2006

Anaheim Ducks Teemu Selanne joins the 500 goal club with a against the Colorado Avalanche.  
He reached 500 in his 982nd game.  
He would finish his career with 684 goals and 11th on the all time list.

Today in Hockey History (October 11th)

October 11th 1967 

The St. Louis Blues play the first game in their history, 50 years ago. 

Below is a picture of the ceremonial puck drop by then NHL President Clarence S. Campbell.

Taking the face off are Al Arbour of the Blues and Len Lunde of the Minnesota North Stars.

The box score from the 1st NHL game of the St. Louis Blues

October 11th 1967

Today in Hockey History (October 4th)

October 4th 1991

The New York Rangers acquired Mark Messier from the Edmonton Oilers for 3 players including Bernie Nicholls.   Messier showed his value right away, leading the Rangers to the best record in the NHL and winning his 2nd Hart Trophy.

Today in Hockey History (September 13th)

September 13th 1967

Detroit Red Wings star Gordie Howe waves a contract he just signed for his 22nd season with the Red Wings in Detroit.  At right is Red Wings' GM and coach Sid Abel, and behind them are members of the St. Clair Shores, MI., Shorians peewee hockey team.

(AP Photo/Preston Stroup)

Today in Hockey History (August 30th)

August 30th 1966

The debut of the expansion St. Louis Blues jerseys 

(St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

This Week in Hockey History (July 17th)

July 17th 1994 - The St. Louis Blues announced the hiring of Mike Keenan to become the new coach and general manager. 

St. Louis fans were elated, as Keenan had just led the New York Rangers to the Stanley Cup. All Keenan did was run the franchise into the ground

Today in Hockey History (June 9th)

June 9th 1984 

The Pittsburgh Penguins used their fist pick overall to select Mario Lemieux in the NHL Entry Draft. 

Today in Hockey History (June 7th)

June 7th 1997

The Detroit Red Wings won their first NHL championship in 42 years. They swept the series with the Philadelphia Flyers

Mike Vernon 

(Detroit goaltender) 

Conn Smythe Trophy winner as playoff MVP

Today in Hockey History (1973)

May 6th 1973

The New England Whalers beat the Winnipeg Jets 9-6 in Hartford, Conn. to win the 1st WHA Hockey Championship Avco World Trophy.  

 New England won the Series 4 games to 1.

In the deciding game Larry Pleau scored a hat trick.  After winning the game, the Avco World Trophy had not yet been completed.  As a result of the this the Whalers skated their "victory lap" with their divisional trophy causing an embarrassment for the WHA officials.

Did You Know?

Joel Quenneville has become the 2nd coach in NHL History to reach 800 Wins with Chicago's 6-4 victory over Boston yesterday April 3rd 2016