| | With so much going on in today's NHL, it's easy to forget that a lot has happened in past years as well. Here's a look at some great moments in NHL history during the period Nov. 1-7:
Nov. 1, 1985: The Buffalo Sabres' Daren Puppa, age 20, became the 18th
goaltender in history to record a shutout in his NHL debut when he blanked the
defending Stanley Cup champion Edmonton Oilers, 2-0.
Nov. 1, 1987: New York Islanders defenseman Denis Potvin played in his 1,000th
NHL game, a 6-5 overtime win against the Bruins at Boston Garden.
Nov. 2, 1974: After eight games on the road, the Kansas City Scouts played
their first home game at the new Kemper Arena, losing 4-3 to the Chicago
Blackhawks. Chicago's Ivan Boldirev scored the first goal in the new building.
Nov. 3, 1940: Dick Irvin coached his first game with the Montreal Canadiens, a
1-1 tie with the Boston Bruins at the Forum. Irvin would go on to coach 15
seasons with Montreal, winning three Stanley Cups.
|  | | Gretzky notched assist No. 1,000 a full 12 years ago for the Oilers. |
Nov. 4, 1987: Oilers center Wayne Gretzky scored three goals and two assists,
raising his career assist total to 1,000, during Edmonton's 7-2 win over the New
York Rangers. In the same game, Rangers center Marcel Dionne recorded one
assist, the 999th of his career.
Nov. 5, 1983: Two NHL team records were set on this date in two different
rinks. In Quebec, the Nordiques and the New York Rangers recorded the two
fastest goals from the start of a period (14 seconds), two teams. Andre Savard
scored for Quebec at 0:08 of the third period, and Pierre Larouche replied for
the Rangers at 0:14. In Minnesota, the Chicago Blackhawks scored the fastest two
goals from the start of a period, one team (21 seconds). Ken Yaremchuk scored
for Chicago at 0:12 of the second period, and Darryl Sutter followed at 0:21.
Nov. 6, 1995: Mark Messier scored his 500th career goal in a 4-2 Rangers
victory over Calgary at Madison Square Garden. His third goal of the game, at
12:32 of the third period against the Flames' Rick Tabaracci, enabled him to
reach the milestone.
Nov. 7, 1968: Red Berenson of the St. Louis Blues established an NHL record for
most goals scored in a road game (six). Berenson recorded his six goals on 10
shots against Philadelphia Flyers netminder Doug Favell, leading the Blues to an
8-0 triumph at the Spectrum. Four of Berenson's goals came within a span of
9:09 in the second period, tying the record for most goals in one period. The
record, currently shared by 11 players, was accomplished most recently by Mario
Lemieux on Jan. 26, 1997, at Montreal in the third period of 5-2 Penguins
victory.
Nov. 7, 1975: The Boston Bruins and New York Rangers announced a blockbuster
trade. The Rangers sent center Jean Ratelle, and defensemen Brad Park and Joe
Zanussi to Boston in exchange for center Phil Esposito and defenseman Carol
Vadnais.
Nov. 7, 1987: New York Rangers center Marcel Dionne became only the third
player in NHL history to reach 1,000 career assists in a 5-4 loss to the Los Angeles Kings. Dionne joined Gordie Howe and
Wayne Gretzky, who had reached the 1,000-assist mark three nights earlier. Paul
Coffey, Ray Bourque, Mark Messier and Ron Francis have since joined the list.
Courtesy of the NHL | |
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