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#21
12-03-2010, 08:51 AM
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On This Day in Hockey History - December 3rd
1962 TRADE - Boston Bruins obtained Forbes Kennedy from the Detroit Red Wings, in exchange for Andre Pronovost. 1970 COACHING CHANGE - Claude Ruel resigned as coach of the Montreal Canadiens and was replaced by Al MacNeil, who went on to lead the team to the Stanley Cup Championship five months later 1982 TEAM MILESTONE/STAT - Steve Tambellini became the first New Jersey Devils' player to score a hat trick. It came in a 5-4 win over the Hartford Whalers, in New Jersey. It was also the first hat trick of Tambellini's NHL career. 1987 The Boston Bruins retired Phil Esposito's uniform #7 1996 TEAM ANNOUNCEMENT - San Jose Sharks named Todd Gill as their new team captain, the fourth in franchise history. 2001 COACHING CHANGE - Florida Panthers named Mike Keenan as their new head coach and Cliff Fletcher as the new interim General Manager. The announcment came one day after the club fired GM Bill Torrey and head coach Duane Sutter. 2002 COACHING CHANGE - Calgary Flames fired head coach Greg Gilbert. Assistant General Manger Al MacNeil was named as the interim head coach. COACHING STAT - Paul Maurice became the first coach to win 250 games with the Carolina Hurricanes' franchise, when the team had a 2-1 win over the Predators in Nashville. Born On This Day 1952 Former NHL right winger Bob MacMillan born in Charlottetown, P.E.I. MacMillan played in the NHL 1974-75 through 1984-85 with the New York Rangers, St. Louis, Atlanta, Calgary, the Colorado Rockies, New Jersey and Chicago. 1960 Former NHL center Igor "The Professor" Larionov born in Voskresensk, Soviet Union. Larionov played in the NHL 1989-90 through 2003-04 with Vancouver, San Jose, Detroit, Florida and New Jersey. Former NHL defenseman Mike Ramsey born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Ramsey played in the NHL 1979-80 thru 1996-97 with Buffalo, Pittsburgh, and Detroit. 
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#22
12-06-2010, 04:37 PM
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On This Day in Hockey History - December 6
1959 Chicago's Bobby Hull scored the first hat trick of his NHL career, and added an assist as the Black Hawks won 6-3, at Boston. 1987 COACHING CHANGE - L.A. Kings fired head coach Mike Murphy. Rogie Vachon was named as his interim replacement. Robbie Ftorek later took over as new head coach. STAT - Washington's Scott Stevens set a club record with five assists as the Capitals won 10-3 over the visiting Los Angeles Kings. 1989 MILESTONE - Mario Lemieux scored his 317th NHL goal to pass Jean Pronovost, and become the Penguins' all-time goal scoring leader. It came in his 395th game, and led the Penguins to a 5-3 win over Washington, at the Civic Arena. ....and Lemieux never looked back. MILESTONE/STAT - Defenseman Larry Robinson scored his 200th career goal and 900th career NHL point as the Kings won 5-4 over the Canucks. Robinson became the first NHL player to score 200 career goals without ever getting as many as 20 in one season. 1995 TRADE - Colorado Avalanche obtained goaltender Patrick Roy and Mike Keane from the Montreal Canadiens, in exchange for Andrei Kovalenko, Martin Rucinsky and goalie Jocelyn Thibault. Hab fans will remember this trade  2002 STAT - Ilya Kovalchuk scored his first career hat trick in the second period and added an assist in the Thrashers 7-6 loss in overtime to the Capitals at Washington. Maybe this will get him going, remember that day Ilya - let's do it again! TRADE - San Jose Sharks obtained Dan McGillis from the Philadelphia Flyers, in exchange for Marcus Ragnarsson.
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#23
12-07-2010, 12:25 PM
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On This Day in Hockey History - December 7
1919 Toronto "Arenas" changed their team name to "St. Patricks". They remained the St. Pats until 1926-27 when they changed their named once again -- this time to the "Maple Leafs". 1966 STAT - Montreal's Henri Richard joined his brother Maurice as the first set of brothers to score 250 career NHL goals, when he scored in a 6-3 win over the visiting Torongo Maple Leafs. 1967 STAT - Montreal's John Ferguson became the first player in NHL history to be assessed a triple minor penalty, in a 2-2 tie against Detroit, in Montreal. 1982 GAME STREAK - Wayne Gretzky extended his NHL-record point scoring streak to 30 straight games as Edmonton won 3-2 over the visiting St. Louis Blues. Gretzky scored 24 goals and 52 assists for 76 points during the 30 game streak I guess Crosby has a ways to go yet 1985 STAT/MILESTONE - Marcel Dionne became the first player to score 500 goals as a member of the Los Angeles Kings. The milestone came in a 3-2 win over the Jets, in Winnipeg. 1996 JERSEY RETIREMENT - New York Islanders retired jersey #9, worn by Clark Gillies, in a pre-game ceremony before a game against the Washington Capitals. Gillies had played 12 seasons with the Islanders 2000 TRADE - Philadelphia Flyers obtained P.J. Stock and a sixth round draft pick from the Montreal Canadiens, in exchange for Gino Odjick.
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#24
12-13-2010, 05:42 PM
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On This Day in Hockey History - December 13th
1970 STAT/MILESTONE - Boston's Bobby Orr recorded his 300th career NHL point, with a goal in his 279th career game. He also began a team-record 14 game assist streak, with two assists as Bruins beat Detroit, 6-2. 1983 STAT - Playing in his 350th career game, Wayne Gretzky scored his 300th career goal, and added an assist. The milestone came in an 8-5 Oilers' loss to the Islanders at New York. 1985 MILESTONE - Edmonton's Wayne Gretzky scored twice and added two assists to give him 1,200 career points in career game #504, as the Oilers won 6-3 against the Jets, at Winnipeg. 1987 STAT - Calgary's Joe Nieuwendyk became the first NHL rookie since Cully Wilson (Toronto 1919-20) to score four goals twice in his first season, in a 7-1 Flames in at Buffalo. 1989 TRADE -St. Louis Blues obtained defenseman Jeff Brown from the Quebec Nordiques, in exchange for goalie Greg Millen and Tony Hrkac. 1992 After 67 years and 535 games against Montreal, the New York Rangers finally hit double figures, in a 10-5 win over the visiting Montreal Canadiens. New York rookie Alexei Kovalev scored a goal and added three assists to lead the scoring. 1997 MILESTONE - Vancouver's Gino Odjick became the 5th NHL player to accumulate 2,000 career penalty minutes with one team, in the Canucks 5-2 loss to Colorado. Odjick joined Boston's Terry O'Reilly, Mtl's Chris Nilan, NJ's Ken Daneyko and Buffalo's Rob Ray
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#25
12-14-2010, 07:37 AM
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On This Day in Hockey History -December 14th
1968 STAT - Boston's Bobby Orr recorded his first career NHL hat trick and added two assists in a 10-5 win over Chicago, at Boston Garden. 5 point night for a dman - no big deal STAT - Toronto's Johnny Bower became the 9th goaltender in NHL history to win 250 career games, when the Maple Leafs won 3-2 over the visiting St. Louis Blues. It was Bower's final NHL victory. 1983 STAT/TEAM RECORD - Winnipeg's Dale Hawerchuk tied a team record for most points in a game, with three goals and three assists, for six points in an 8-4 Jets' win at Toronto. It was the 6th career hat trick for Hawerchuk. 1984 TRADE - Minnesota North Stars traded Brent Ashton along with Brad Maxwell to the Quebec Nordiques, in exchange for Tony McKegney and Bo Berglund 1996 STAT - Philadelphia goalie Garth Snow recorded his first NHL career shutout as the Flyers won 4-0 against the Whalers, at Hartford. It was the first of four straight shutouts for the Flyers. 1997 STAT/MILESTONE - Phoenix' Mike Gartner scored twice to become the 5th player in NHL history to get 700 career goals, as the Coyotes tied 3-3 with the visiting Detroit Red Wings. Very impressive to say the least 1998 STAT/MILESTONE - Calgary's Theoren Fleury became the first player in franchise history to score 350 goals as a member of the Flames. The milestone came in a 5-2 loss to the Rangers,at New York. BORN ON THIS DAY 1966 Former NHL goalie Bill Ranford born in Brandon, Man. Ranford played in the NHL 1985-86 thru 1999-2000 with Boston, Edmonton, Washington, Tampa Bay and Detroit.
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#26
12-23-2010, 10:31 AM
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Sorry for slacking on this lately. I have been busy with Christmas' and shopping and seeing old friends.
On This Day in Hockey History - December 23rd 1943 WEIRD EVENT - Red Wings beat the Rangers 5-3. In the final period N.Y. goalie Ken McAuley was injured and had to leave the game. With no backup on the bench, the Rangers used 17-year-old Harry Lumley, who had played goal for Detroit the night before. 1980 COACHING STAT - Winnipeg Jets beat the Colorado Rockies 5-4 to end their 30 game winless streak (0-23-7). During the streak the Jets went thru three coaches (Tommy McVie, Bill Sutherland, and Mike Smith). Doug Smail led the scoring with a goal and two assists That's a slew of coaches. 1983 MILESTONE - John Ogrodnick scored his 4th career hat trick and had two assists and Rookie Steve Yzerman also scored a hat trick (the first of his NHL career) and added an assist in the Red Wings' 9-2 win against the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs. 1999 MILESTONE/STAT - Carolina Hurricanes' Paul Coffey picked up an assist to become the first defenseman (and 8th player) in NHL history to score 1,500 career points. The milestone came in a 4-3 loss at Ottawa. I was surprised to see Coffey play in 1999. I thought he had retired before then. What a beauty 2000 MILESTONE/NHL RECORD - Nashville's David Legwand scored the first overtime penalty shot goal in NHL history as the Predators won 3-2 against the Rangers at New York. We need more OT Penalty shots awarded. MILESTONE - Washington's Ron Wilson picked up his 250th career coaching victory, when the Capitals beat the Florida Panthers 5-3. 10 years later, Ron Wilson now has 253 coaching wins j/k
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#27
12-24-2010, 12:24 PM
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On the way out the door for christmas celebrations but I will post a quick `On This Day in Hockey History present for all the dobberites`to enjoy. There isn't a lot of recent news on Christmas Eve as teams get the day off but here`are a few
On This Day in Hockey History - December 24th (Christmas Eve) 1921 Future Hall of Famer King Clancy scored his first career NHL goal, in a 10-0 Ottawa Senators' win over Montreal. Clint Benedict recorded the shutout, the 11th of his NHL career. 1929 HAPPY BIRTHDAY - Former NHL center George "Red" Sullivan born in Peterborough, Ont. Sullivan played in the NHL 1949-50 through 1960-61 with Boston, Chicago and the New York Rangers. 1966 Toronto's Johnny Bower recorded his 30th career shutout in a 3-0 win over the visiting Boston Bruins. 1987 Kelly Kisio was named the 24th Captain in New York Rangers' history. 1993 At the age of 13, Dean Youngblood got drunk on his first taste of Egg Nog loaded with Rum 2000-2010 Each year, Dean Youngblood has about 6 too many `fun` beverages while enjoying the Christmas celebrations with family and friends.....wakes up with a hangover Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas. Have fun and please do not drink and drive. Cheers, DY GO CANADA GO!
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