1958:The Maple Leafs fire coach Billy Reay and replace him with Punch Imlach. He guides the Maple Leafs to the Stanley Cup Final in 1959 and 1960. With Imlach as general manager and coach, the Maple Leafs win the Cup from
1962
-
64
and again in
1967
.
2001:Bryan Murray becomes the eighth coach in NHL history to reach the 1,000-game milestone, although his
Mighty Ducks of Anaheim lose 2-0
to the visiting Edmonton Oilers. Edmonton's
Jussi Markkanen
makes 27 saves to become the 14th goalie in League history to have a shutout in his first appearance.
2009:The Atlanta Thrashers
end a 14-game losing streak to the Philadelphia Flyers
with a 1-0 victory at Philips Arena.
Johan Hedberg
makes 34 saves, and
Rich Peverley
scores for Atlanta, which hadn't defeated Philadelphia since Nov. 18, 2005.
2014:
Martin St. Louis
gets the
1,000th point of his NHL career
when he scores a second-period goal for the New York Rangers in a 3-0 win against the Flyers. At 39 years and 163 days, St. Louis is the third-oldest player at the time to reach 1,000 points, behind
Ray Whitney
(39 years, 328 days) and
Nicklas Lidstrom
(39 years, 170 days). St. Louis is inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2018.