Monday, December 29, 2008

This Day In Hockey History - December 29th Edition

December 29th...

1979 - Charlie Simmer's modern era NHL record 13-game goal scoring streak ended in a 4-3 Kings' win over the Minnesota North Stars, at the Forum.

1992 - Trailing 2-0, the Flyers scored 10 goals to win 10-2 over the Kings at the Forum. Rod Brind'Amour scored his first NHL hat trick and three assists, Brent Fedyk had two goals and two assists and Brian Benning added a goal and three assists.

1995 - Detroit's Scotty Bowman became the NHL's all-time leader in games coached, with his record-setting 1,607th game. He broke the record held by Al Arbour, as the Red Wings won 2-1 at Dallas. Bowman improved his record to 939-428-240.

2002 - Mark Messier became the 7th player in New York Rangers history to score 400 assists; the milestone came in a 5-3 loss to the Lightning at Tampa Bay.

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