Today in Hockey History

1906 - Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Queen's U (Kingston Ont) in 2 games

1929 - Chicago Black Hawks lose record NHL 15th straight game at home


1960 - US wins Olympic hockey gold medal by defeating Czechoslovakia 9-4

1988 - Pat Verbeek (the little ball of hate) becomes 1st New Jersey Devil to score 4 goals in an NHL game

1998 - Vancouver Canucks Mark Messier is 4th NHLer to get 1,600 points