THIS DATE IN NHL HISTORY, MARCH 30:
1918: The Toronto Arenas defeat the Vancouver Millionaires 2-1 in the final game of their best-of-five series to become the first NHL team to win the Stanley Cup.
The NHL is in its first season, born out of the ashes of the National Hockey Association. The Arenas, who later would be renamed the Toronto St. Patricks, and then the Maple Leafs, win the inaugural NHL championship and earn the right to play the Millionaires of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association in a Stanley Cup challenge between the two leagues.
It isn't easily done because the leagues play by different rules: The NHL uses six players on the ice while the PCHA employs a rover as a seventh skater. An agreement is reached: PCHA rules will be used in even-numbered games, NHL rules employed in the odd-numbered games.
The Millionaires win Games 2 and 4 using a seventh player. Toronto sweeps Games 1, 3 and 5 with one fewer player on the ice.
Alf Skinner scores eight goals in five games for Toronto. Vancouver's Cyclone Taylor scores nine goals.
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1916: The Montreal Canadiens, a member of the pre-NHL National Hockey Association, win the first of their 24 Stanley Cups, defeating the Portland Rosebuds of the PCHA 2-1 in the fifth and deciding game of the Final. Each Montreal player receives $238 for the victory.
1957: Montreal's Maurice "Rocket" Richard has a goal and an assist to become the first NHL player with 100 career points in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Richard's milestone comes in an 8-3 victory against the New York Rangers at the Montreal Forum in Game 3 of the Semifinals.
1969: The Chicago Blackhawks' Pat Stapleton ties an NHL single-game record for defensemen with six assists in a 9-5 win against the Detroit Red Wings. Stapleton also becomes the first defenseman in League history to be credited with 50 assists in one season.
1975: The Philadelphia Flyers become the first NHL team to win 13 games in one month with a 4-1 victory against the Chicago Blackhawks at the Spectrum. Rick MacLeish has a goal and two assists for the Flyers.
1989: Mario Lemieux of the Pittsburgh Penguins sets a single-season NHL record with his 13th shorthanded goal, breaking Wayne Gretzky's mark set in 1983-84. It's one of four goals by Lemieux in a 9-5 loss to the visiting Hartford Whalers.
1993: Winnipeg Jets rookie Teemu Selanne becomes the first NHL player to score 20 goals in one month. He has a goal and has two assists in a 5-4 win at the Calgary Flames.
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