This Day In Hockey History - January 7th Edition

January 7th...

1928 - Montreal's Howie Morenz scored his third career hat trick to give him 100 goals in his NHL career. The milestone came in a 9-1 victory in Toronto, as the Canadiens became the first NHL team to allow two goals or less in 20 straight games.

1987 - Bernie Federko became the first 300 goal scorer in St. Louis Blues history. Number 300 came in a 6-3 win over the Hartford Whalers. Federko also had three assists in the game.

1999 - Kings Luc Robitaille scored twice to become the 27th player in NHL history to reach 500 goals as Los Angeles won 4-2 against the visiting Buffalo Sabres.

2000 - Joe Sakic became the Colorado franchise all-time leader in games, when he appeared in his 814th career game with the team, a 4-1 win over the visiting Montreal Canadiens. Sakic replaced Michel Goulet, and picked up two assists in the game.