This Day in NHL History 1991 Dec 31

December 31

Tim Watters had 1 assist and 4 PIM but his Los Angeles Kings still lost to the Vancouver Canucks by a 5-3 score.

84/85 OPC # 350

Obtained black sharpie sig TTM.

This Day in NHL History 1981 Dec 30

December 30

Quebec Nordiques traded Robbie Ftorek to the NY Rangers, in exchange for Jere Gillis and Dean Talafous (later changed to Pat Hickey - trade on 3/8/82 - when Talafous decided to retire).

80/81 OPC # 132

Obtained blue ink sig TTM.

This Day in NHL History 1998 Dec 29

December 29

Ken Hitchcock of the Dallas Stars and Lindy Ruff of the Buffalo Sabres were named as the head coaches for the 1999 NHL all-star game.

80/81 OPC # 319 RC

Obtained blue ink auto IP.

This Day in NHL History 1974 Dec 28

December 28

Dennis Hull became the 5th player in franchise history to score 250 goals as a member of the Black Hawks. The milestone came in a 2-1 win over the Flyers, at Chicago Stadium.

68/69 OPC #  153

Obtained blue ink sig IP.

This Day in NHL History 1967 Dec 27

December 27

Pittsburgh Penguins' rookie Les Binkley and Seals' rookie goalie Gary Smith recorded the first 0-0 tie in Penguins' history, in a game against Oakland at the Civic Arena. It was the third career shutout for Binkley and the 1st for Gary Smith.

70/71 OPC #200

Obtained blue ink auto IP.

This Day in NHL History 1970 Dec 26

December 26

Paul Henderson scored his second career hat trick (and his first with Toronto) and added an assist as the Maple Leafs won 9-1 against the visiting Philadelphia Flyers.

91/92 Future Trends # 98

Obtained blue sharpie auto IP.

This Day in NHL History 1946 Dec 25

Merry Christmas/Joyeux Noel

to all my readers on this Day

December 25

Chuck Rayner recorded his third career shutout in a 2-0 Rangers' win over the Montreal Canadiens.

52/53 Parkhurst # 22

Obtained black ink sig TTM.

This Day in NHL History 1987 Dec 24

December 24

Kelly Kisio was named the 24th Captain in New York Rangers' history.

84/85 OPC # 56

Obtained blue ink sig TTM.

This Day in NHL History 1998 Dec 23

December 23

Olaf Kolzig became the third goaltender in team history to record 10 shutouts in a Washington uniform as the Capitals won 4-0 against the Panthers, at Florida.

10/11ITG BTP # A-OK

Obtained black sharpie auto as a contest win.

This Day in NHL History 1985 Dec 22

December 22

 Scott Bjugstad collected his second career hat trick in the North Stars' 8-3 win at New Jersey.

86/87 OPC #23

Obtained blue ink sig TTM.

This Day in NHL History 1983 Dec 21

December 21

Edmonton's Wayne Gretzky scored his 23rd career hat trick and added two assists, and Jari Kurri had two goals and two assists as the Oilers won 7-4 against the visiting Winnipeg Jets. Andy Moog picked up his 50th career victory in the game.

83/84 OPC # 40

Obtained blue ink sig IP.

This Day in NHL History 1992 Dec 20

December 20

Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Doug Crossman scored his 100th NHL goal in a 4-1 win over Philadelphia.

82/83 OPC # 63

Obtained black sharpie auto IP..

This Day in NHL History 1989 Dec 19

December 19

Derek King picked up four assists to lead the Islanders to a 5-4 win in overtime over the visiting Devils.

95/96 Score # 238

Obtained blue sharpie auto IP..

This Day in NHL History 1990 Dec 18

December 18

Paul Coffey scored a goal and two assists to become the third defenseman in NHL history to score 700 career assists. The three points came in a 9-2 Penguins win over the Winnipeg Jets, at the Civic Arena.

83/84 OPC # 25

Obtained blue ink sig IP.

This Day in NHL History 1990 Dec 17

December 17

Buffalo Sabres traded their captain, Mike Foligno to the Toronto Maple Leafs, in exchange for Lou Franceschetti and Brian Curran.

87/88 OPC # 90 RC

Obtained blue ink sig TTM.

This Day in NHL History 1981 Dec 16

December 16

Dave Lumley scored 2 goals and 2 assists to extend his goal scoring streak to 12 consecutive games, in a 7-4 Oilers' win over the Rockies, at Colorado. His streak was second only to Charlie Simmer who held the "modern" NHL record of 13 straight.

82/83 OPC # 114

Obtained blue ink sig IP.

This Day in NHL History 1979 Dec 15

December 15

Winnipeg's Peter Sullivan set a Jets' team record with three assists in one period (the third) in a 6-2 win over the visiting Montreal Canadiens. Sullivan had a total of five points in the game - a goal and four assists.

80/81 OPC # 29

Obtained blue ink sig TTM.

This Day in NHL History 1969 Dec 14

December 14

Rookie Cliff Koroll scored his first NHL hat trick, and Stan Mikita added three assists to lead the Black Hawks to a 4-1 win against the Philadelphia Flyers, at Chicago Stadium.

69/70 OPC # 147 RC

Obtained black sharpie auto TTM.

This Day in NHL History 1969 Dec 13

December 13

Derek Sanderson picked up three assists to lead the Bruins to a 5-3 win at Philadelphia.

76/77 OPC # 20

Received blue ink sig (with Peace inscription) TTM.

This Day in NHL History 1991 Dec 12

December 12

Jyrki Lumme scored a goal and picked up three assists to lead the Canucks to a 7-5 win over the visiting Minnesota North Stars.

91/92 UD # 114

Obtained blue sharpie auto IP.

This Day in NHL History 1992 Dec 11

December 11

James Patrick scored his 100th career goal to help the Rangers to a 5-4 win at Tampa Bay. Patrick became just the second defenseman to score 100 goals in a Rangers' uniform.

84/85 OPC # 150 RC

Obtained black sharpie auto IP.

This Day in NHL History 1980 Dec 10

December 10

Bill Sutherland replaced Tom McVie as head coach of the Winnipeg Jets.

68/69 Topps # 196

Obtained black ink sif TTM.

This Day in NHL History 1992 Dec 9

December 09

Boston's Gordie Roberts became the first U.S. born player to play in 1,000 NHL games. The milestone came in a 5-2 Bruins loss at Buffalo.

84/85 OPC # 107

Obtained blue ink sig IP.

This Day in NHL History 1982 Dec 8

December 08

 John Ogrodnick picked up two assists as the Red Wings won 2-0 over the Islanders in Detroit.

84/85 Topps # 46

Obtained black sharpie auto IP.

This Day in NHL History 1997 Dec 7

Up and running again, no thanks to Microsoft. They wanted to charge me to maybe fix my problem. Went online, read a few articles, watched some youtube videos and fixed the problem myself. Next up, the dishwasher (not me)

December 07

San Jose Sharks obtained John MacLean and Ken Sutton from the New Jersey Devils, in exchange for Doug Bodger and Dody Wood.

86/87 OPC # 24

Obtained faded black sharpie auto IP.

Technical Difficulties Dec 7

Due to technical difficulties, the This Day in NHL History feature will not be available. I usually have a couple of weeks worth done in advance, ready to post, but not this week. Pictures are scanned in but can't log in to my computer. I will have to see if what can be done before finding and re-scanning everything.

This Day in NHL History 2001 Dec 6

December 06

 Fredrik Modin scored his 100th NHL goal as the Lightning won 1-0 against the visiting Columbus Blue Jackets.

97/98 UD # 162

Obtained blue sharpie auto IP.

This Day in NHL History 1974 Dec 5

December 05

Shayne Corson had 1 goal but was minus 2 as the Montreal Canadiens lost to the Toronto Maple Leafs in OT.

94/95 UD BAP # 172

Pulled black sharpie auto from pack.

This Day in NHL History 1987 Dec 4

December 04

Greg Stefan made 19 saves for his 5th (and final) career shutout in the Red Wings' 12-0 win against Chicago. 

84/85 OPC # 65 RC

Obtained blue ink sig IP.

This Day in NHL History 1983 Dec 3

December 03

Darcy Rota scored his 20th goal (in his 27th game of the season), as the Canucks tied the Maple Leafs 5-5, at Toronto.

82/83 OPC # 355

Obtained blue ink sig TTM.

This Day in NHL History 1981 Dec 2

December 02

Buffalo Sabres traded Danny Gare, Jim Schoenfeld and Derek Smith to Detroit in exchange for Mike Foligno, Dale McCourt and Brent Peterson.

81/82 OPC # 25

Obtained blue ink sig IP.

This Day in NHL History 2000 Dec 1

December 01

Calle Johansson picked up two assists to become the Washington Capitals all-time leader in assists by a defenseman, in a 3-2 win over the visiting Boston Bruins. Johansson broke the mark of 331 set by Scott Stevens.

86/87 OPC # 126

Obtained black sharpie auto IP.