THIS DATE IN HISTORY: Aug. 8
Two members of the Hockey Hall of Fame share this birthday.
1927: Defenseman Bill Gadsby is born in Calgary, Alberta. Gadsby comes to the NHL as a 19-year-old with the Chicago Black Hawks in 1946 after being signed as a free agent, is traded to the New York Rangers on Nov. 23, 1954, and is sent to the Detroit Red Wings on June 12, 1961. He plays in eight NHL All-Star Games, is selected as a First-Team All-Star three times and a Second-Team All-Star four times, and ends his career with 130 goals and 568 points in 1,248 games during 20 seasons in the NHL. The only thing that eludes him is playing on a Stanley Cup-winning team; he gets to the Final three times with Detroit without success. Gadsby is inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1970.
1947: Goaltender Ken Dryden is born in Hamilton, Ontario. Unlike Gadsby, Dryden spends seven full seasons in the NHL after joining the Montreal Canadiens for the final six games of 1970-71 but wins six championships. Dryden plays six regular-season games at the end of the 1970-71 season, but wins the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP after helping the Canadiens win the Cup in 1971, then wins the Calder Trophy as the NHL's top rookie in 1971-72. With Dryden in goal, the Canadiens win the Cup in 1973 and take four in a row from 1976-79. Dryden retires after the 1979 championship 258-57-74 with a 2.24 goals-against average and 46 shutouts in 397 NHL games. He wins the Vezina Trophy five times and is inducted into the Hall in 1983.
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1977: The Los Angeles Kings sign free agent left wing Charlie Simmer, who played 80 NHL games during the previous three seasons with the California Seals/Cleveland Barons franchise. Simmer doesn't earn a full-time job with the Kings until midway through the 1978-79 season, but winds up as the left wing on the "Triple Crown Line" with center Marcel Dionne and right wing Dave Taylor. He puts up back-to-back 56-goal seasons in 1979-80 and 1980-81, earning First-Team All-Star honors each time; with 101 and 105 points, he also becomes the first left wing in NHL history to surpass 100 points in consecutive seasons. The Kings trade Simmer to the Boston Bruins early in the 1984-85 season and he retires after playing for the Pittsburgh Penguins in 1987-88, finishing with 342 goals and 711 points in 712 NHL games.
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