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THIS DATE IN HISTORY: Aug. 23
1973:
Doug Harvey
, a defenseman who's a cornerstone of the Montreal Canadiens during their dynasty in the 1950s, is among five inductees to the Hockey Hall of Fame.

Though Harvey never reaches double figures in goals or finishes a season with more than 50 points, he wins the
Norris Trophy
as the NHL's top defenseman a record seven times (a mark since broken by
Bobby Orr
), and is a First-Team All-Star 10 times. He also plays on six Stanley Cup-winning teams with the Canadiens.
But Harvey is nowhere to be found at the ceremony, where goalie
Chuck Rayner
, pre-NHL star Tommy Smith, longtime referee Frank Udvari and former Canadiens owner Hartland Molson are also inducted. He's angered by the fact he wasn't inducted the previous year alongside
Gordie Howe
and longtime Montreal teammates
Jean Beliveau
and
Bernie Geoffrion
, so he boycotts the ceremony.
Harvey is named to the
100 Greatest NHL Players
in 2017.

MORE MOMENTS
1962:
Glenn Healy
is born in Pickering, Ontario. Healy spends 15 seasons as a goalie in the NHL with the Los Angeles Kings, New York Islanders, New York Rangers and Toronto Maple Leafs, finishing 166-190 with 47 ties, a 3.37 goals-against average and .887 save percentage in 437 appearances. He backs up
Mike Richter
on the Rangers' 1994 Stanley Cup-winning team. After Healy's playing career ends in 2001, he becomes a television hockey analyst and later becomes president of the NHL Alumni Association.
1964:
Ray Ferraro
is born in Trail, British Columbia. The Hartford Whalers select the 5-foot-9 center in the fifth round (No. 88) at the 1982 NHL Draft; he comes to the League in 1984-85 and plays 18 seasons with six teams, including stints as a teammate of Healy's with the Islanders (1990-93) and Rangers (1995-96). Ferraro finishes his NHL career in 2002 with 898 points (408 goals, 490 assists) in 1,258 games; like his former teammate, he soon goes into broadcasting as an analyst.