Minnesota is wealthy in hockey historical past and this date introduced some massive moments over time. Additionally, there have been loads of massive offensive performances together with some from defenders on the again finish. The primary-ever empty-net objective in NHL historical past was scored and a brand new franchise revealing its identify are among the many different reminiscences to happen on Nov. 11.
State of Hockey Reminiscences
The Minnesota North Stars have been a part of the 1967 enlargement that noticed the NHL double in measurement from six groups to 12. They remained within the Twin Cities till they relocated to Texas and have become the Dallas Stars in 1993. Of their 26 seasons in Minnesota, the group superior to the Stanley Cup Ultimate twice, in 1981 and once more in 1991. Nov. 11 was a reasonably eventful date throughout the franchise’s time in Bloomington.
On Nov. 11, 1976, the North Stars traded Invoice Goldsworthy, their all-time chief in video games performed, targets, assists, and factors to the New York Rangers, in alternate for veterans Invoice Fairbairn and Nick Beverley. Goldsworthy performed in 68 video games in New York, scoring 10 targets and 23 factors, earlier than becoming a member of the World Hockey Affiliation (WHA) in 1978. Fairbairn and Beverley mixed for 18 targets and 70 factors in 166 video games for the North Stars.
Bobby Smith, the primary general choose of the 1978 NHL Novice Draft, and the North Stars had an enormous night time on Nov. 11, 1981. Smith scored 4 targets and added three assists for a seven-point night time. Two of these targets got here throughout an eight-goal second interval as Minnesota crushed the Winnipeg Jets 15-2. They turned simply the second group for the reason that addition of the crimson line in 1943 to fifteen targets in a recreation. The earlier group to take action was the Detroit Crimson Wings beat the Rangers 15-0, on Jan. 23, 1944.
Dennis Maruk scored twice to provide him 300 profession targets on Nov. 11, 1984, because the North Stars earned a 7-6 highway win on the Toronto Maple Leafs. He scored 356 targets throughout his 14-season NHL profession, 80 of them got here in two separate stints with the North Stars.
Dino Ciccarelli scored a pair of targets on Nov. 11, 1986, in Minnesota’s 2-2 tie with the Washington Capitals. This efficiency gave him 20 targets in simply 15 video games, setting a modern-day file for the quickest 20 targets scored from the beginning of a season. Pittsburgh Penguins legend Mario Lemieux tied this file to start out the 1992-93 season. The all-time file is held by Joe Malone, who scored 20 targets in his first seven video games of the league’s inaugural season of 1917-18.
Loads of Offensive Fireworks
Smith and the North Stars weren’t the one ones to take pleasure in a giant factors night time on this date. Beginning on Nov. 11, 1958, John Bucyk scored his second profession hat trick and added two assists, whereas Don McKenney had two targets and three assists to steer the Boston Bruins to an 8-4 win on the Chicago Blackhawks.
Rick MacLeish recorded his eleventh profession hat trick and 550th NHL level on Nov. 11, 1979, because the Philadelphia Flyers beat the Vancouver Canucks 5-4. He completed his profession with 12 regular-season hat methods and three within the playoffs, all with the Flyers.
A pair of New York Islanders greats had massive nights on this date. On Nov. 11, 1980, Mike Bossy scored 4 instances for his eleventh profession hat trick, throughout a 6-6 tie with the North Stars. Precisely three years later, Bryan Trottier scored his 14th profession hat trick within the Islanders’ 6-5 win on the Penguins.
Rookie Stu Barnes scored his first of 4 profession hat methods on Nov. 11, 1991, with all three targets coming within the third interval of a 6-2 Jets’ win over the Los Angeles Kings. This was the primary Jets’ hat trick in 185 video games with the earlier one scored by Thomas Steen on March 18, 1989.
On Nov. 11, 2010, Alexander Semin stole the present within the Capitals’ 6-3 win over the visiting Tampa Bay Lightning. He overshadowed different stars on the ice like teammate Alex Ovechkin and Steven Stamkos with three targets within the third interval and two assists. His five-point night time gave Washington their sixth straight victory.
On Nov. 11, 2023, the Blues had an offensive explosion when each Brayden Schenn and Pavel Buchnevich had hat methods in an 8-2 win over the Avalanche. They turned the third pair of Blues gamers to take action in the identical recreation, following Doug Gilmour and Mark Hunter (Feb. 23, 1986) in addition to Kevin LaVallee and Dave Barr (Oct. 20, 1984).
On that very same night time, the Arizona Coyotes and Nashville Predators took half in an old-school shootout, with the Coyotes strolling away with a 7-5 win. Clayton Keller and Logan Cooley led the best way with three-point nights for the Coyotes whereas the Predators bought a two-goal efficiency by Filip Forsberg. Cooley turned the ninth participant in Coyotes/Jets historical past to file a three-point recreation earlier than age 20.
Blueliners Be a part of the Enjoyable
Defenseman Larry Robinson scored a objective and added three assists on Nov. 11, 1980, to steer the Montreal Canadiens to an 8-2 win over the Colorado Rockies. 9 years later, on Nov. 11, 1989, Robinson the primary recreation in opposition to his former group because the Kings beat the Canadiens 5-4. It was his 18th recreation with the Kings and the 1,220th of his NHL profession, inserting him twentieth on the all-time video games performed record.
Associated – The Legendary Massive Three on Protection
Mark Howe picked up his 500th profession help on Nov. 11, 1991, because the Crimson Wings misplaced 6-4 on the Tampa Bay Lightning. He completed his profession with 545 assists, the 21st-most by a blueliner in league historical past.
Calle Johansson turned the second defenseman in Capital’s historical past to file 300 assists on Nov. 10, 1999, as Washington misplaced 5-4 to the visiting Rangers. He retired with 361 assists, which have been probably the most by all Capitals’ defensemen till John Carlson handed him up throughout the 2019-20 season.
Rookie Jay Bouwmeester scored his first profession NHL objective on Nov. 11, 2002, because the Florida Panthers and Blackhawks skated to a 2-2 tie. He scored 53 of his 88 profession targets throughout his six seasons with the Panthers.
Andy Greene scored on an extra time penalty shot on Nov. 11, 2016, to provide the New Jersey Devils and 2-1 win over the Buffalo Sabres. He turned the primary Devils participant to ever rating an extra time penalty-shot objective. He was additionally the primary New Jersey defenseman to attain on a penalty shot since Scott Niedermayer did precisely 18 years earlier, on Nov. 11, 1998.
Kaiden Guhle (21 years, 297 days) scored his first profession game-winning objective on Nov. 11, 2023, to provide the Canadiens a 3-2 win over the Bruins. He turned the second-youngest defenseman in Canadiens historical past to attain an extra time objective, behind P.Ok. Subban (21 years, 249 days on Jan. 17, 2011).
Odds & Ends
Town of Philadelphia hosted its first-ever NHL recreation on Nov. 11, 1930, because the Quakers misplaced to the Rangers 3-0. The Quakers went 4-36-4 throughout their one and solely season within the league. The NHL didn’t return to Philadelphia till the Flyers debuted in 1967.
Clint Smith scored twice on Nov. 11, 1943, together with the primary empty-net objective in NHL historical past. Bruins’ head coach Artwork Ross pulled goaltender Bert Gardiner along with his group down a objective and Smith made historical past with lower than a minute to play to provide the Blackhawks a 6-4 victory.
On Nov. 11, 1962, Terry Sawchuk turned the primary goaltender in franchise historical past to file 350 victories because the Crimson Wings beat the Rangers 3-2. Alex Delvecchio led the scoring with a pair of targets.
Tragedy struck the hockey world, on Nov. 11, 1985, when Flyers’ goaltender Pelle Lindbergh died a day after struggling extreme accidents in an vehicle accident. The Swedish-born goaltender had performed in 157 video games for the Flyers over 5 seasons. He performed in 65 video games throughout the 1984-85 season which noticed him win the Vezina Trophy and assist the Flyers advance to the Stanley Cup Ultimate. He acquired probably the most fan votes for the 1986 NHL All-Star recreation, marking the primary time a participant was chosen posthumously for an All-Star group in a serious North American group sport.
Man Lafleur scored a objective on Nov. 11, 1989, to assist the Canadiens get previous the Quebec Nordiques 3-2. This was the 544th objective of his profession, tying fellow Montreal legend Maurice Richard for the eighth-most all-time. When Richard retired in 1960, his 544 targets have been probably the most ever scored in NHL historical past.
The brand new NHL franchise in Columbus, OH introduced that the group can be referred to as the Blue Jackets on Nov. 11, 1997. The announcement got here simply lower than three years earlier than they debuted within the 2000-01 season.
Joe Sakic picked up three assists, on Nov. 11, 2000, to develop into the Colorado Avalanche’s franchise all-time chief in assists. He broke the outdated file of 668 assists, held by Peter Stastny, in a 3-1 win over the Mighty Geese of Anaheim.
On Nov. 11, 2023, Elias Pettersson hit the 25-point mark and have become the second participant in Canucks historical past to succeed in 25 factors in a marketing campaign in 14 video games or fewer, becoming a member of Tony Tanti in 1983-84.
Zach Hyman scored a pure hat trick on Nov. 11, 2023, to steer the Oilers to a 4-1 win over the Seattle Kraken. He turned the fourth Oilers participant in over a decade to take action, becoming a member of Connor McDavid, James Neal, and Milan Lucic. He additionally recorded the second first-period pure hat trick in Oilers historical past. The one different occasion was by Wayne Gretzky on Dec. 17, 1986.
On Nov. 11, 2023, Jaccob Slavin handed Dave Babych and have become the Hurricanes/Whalers’ all-time chief in assists when he recorded his 197th helper in a 4-0 win over the Lightning. Pyotr Kochetkov additionally posted his fifth profession shutout, surpassing Peter Sidorkiewicz for probably the most by a Hurricanes/Whalers rookie.
Pleased Birthday to You
A complete of 15 present and former NHL gamers have been born on Nov. 11. The most effective of this group contains Michel Bergeron (70), Steve Konowalchuk (52), Chris Kelly (44), Jean-Gabriel Pageau (32), and the late Corridor of Fame goaltender, Harry Lumley.
*Initially constructed by Greg Boysen
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