Feb. 8: Gretzky scores four goals at NHL All-Star Game
Plus: Bowman earns 1,000th win; Messier gets 19th regular-season hat trick
THIS DATE IN HISTORY: Feb. 8
1983:Wayne Gretzky puts on a show for the sellout crowd attending the NHL All-Star Game at Nassau Coliseum, scoring four goals in the third period of the Campbell Conference's 9-3 win against the Wales Conference.
With the Campbell Conference leading 3-2, Gretzky scores his first goal at 6:20, beats goalie Pelle Lindbergh at 10:31 and again at 15:32, then ends the night with his fourth goal of the period at 19:18.
He breaks Ted Lindsay's record of three goals in an All-Star Game, set in 1950.
MORE MOMENTS
1958:Harry Lumley becomes the second NHL goalie to reach 300 wins. Lumley's milestone victory comes in the Boston Bruins' 7-3 win against the Toronto Maple Leafs at Maple Leaf Gardens.
1991:Gretzky begins a pair of streaks when he gets a second-period assist during the Los Angeles Kings' Video: Gordie Howe, 'Mr. Hockey,' enjoyed five-decade career against the Buffalo Sabres at Memorial Auditorium. It's the start of a 23-game assist streak and a 25-game point streak.
1997: Scotty Bowman becomes the Video: Gordie Howe, 'Mr. Hockey,' enjoyed five-decade career when Video: Gordie Howe, 'Mr. Hockey,' enjoyed five-decade career scores 2:01 into overtime to give the visiting Detroit Red Wings a 6-5 victory against the Pittsburgh Penguins. The victory moves Bowman to 1,000-452-255 with the St. Louis Blues, Montreal Canadiens, Buffalo Sabres, Penguins and Red Wings. At the time, he has more victories than all but seven NHL franchises, the Original Six teams and the Flyers.