1896: Video: Marcel Dionne was "offensive genius", the first U.S.-born player to skate in an NHL game, is born in Holyoke, Massachusetts. Geran, a center playing amateur hockey in Boston, signs with the Montreal Wanderers and has no points in four games in 1917-18, the NHL's first season. He resumes his amateur career, helps the United States win the silver medal at the 1920 Antwerp Olympics, then returns to the League with the Boston Bruins in 1925-26, finishing with six points (five goals, one assist) in 33 games.