THIS DATE IN HISTORY: Nov. 16
1926: The New York Rangers are a hit in their NHL debut.
One season after the New York Americans join the NHL and show that hockey can attract big crowds in the Big Apple, the Rangers (owned by Madison Square Garden, where the Americans are a tenant) draw more than 13,000 fans for their first NHL game, a 1-0 victory against the defending Stanley Cup champion Montreal Maroons.
Rangers captain Bill Cook scores late in the second period and Hal Winkler makes it stand up, becoming the first goaltender to earn a shutout in his NHL debut.
Perhaps the most ironic event occurs in the third period, when Rangers center Frank Boucher and Montreal's Bill Phillips drop the gloves. It's the only fight of Boucher's 10-year NHL career; he goes on to win the Lady Byng Trophy as the NHL's most gentlemanly player seven times in eight years, winning it so often that Lady Byng finally gives him the original trophy to keep and has a second one made.
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1969: Bobby Orr has the first four-assist game of his NHL career, helping the Boston Bruins outlast the Los Angeles Kings 7-4 at Boston Garden. Orr assists on three of Boston's four goals in the second period and gets his fourth on Phil Esposito's power-play goal early in the third.
1986: New York Islanders forward Mike Bossy scores the 545th goal of his career, passing Hall of Famer Maurice Richard to move into sixth place on the NHL's all-time scoring list. Unfortunately for the visiting Islanders, it's their only goal in a 3-1 loss to the Winnipeg Jets.
2001: Two Detroit Red Wings reach career milestones in an 8-3 victory against the Minnesota Wild at Joe Louis Arena. Steve Yzerman scores twice, including the 650th NHL goal of his career, and Brett Hull has two assists to give him 1,200 career points.
2003: The Calgary Flames acquire goalie Miikka Kiprusoff in a trade with the San Jose Sharks for a second-round pick in the 2005 NHL Draft. Kiprusoff goes on to lead the NHL with a 1.69 goals-against average and has a 24-10-4 record with the Flames after going 5-14-0 with the Sharks in the previous season. He goes on to help the Flames reach Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final in the spring of 2004 before they lose to the Tampa Bay Lightning.
2014: Troy Grosenick makes 45 saves in his debut to help the Sharks to a 2-0 victory against the Carolina Hurricanes at PNC Arena. Grosenick, an undrafted free agent after playing at Union College, becomes the third U.S.-born goalie to have a shutout in his first NHL game. He makes Tomas Hertl's first-period goal stand up until Joe Thornton hits the empty net with eight seconds remaining.
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