THIS DATE IN HISTORY: Dec. 27
2000: Mario Lemieux returns to the ice and plays like he's never left.
After 44 months in retirement, during which he is inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame and becomes owner of the Pittsburgh Penguins, Lemieux makes a memorable comeback. He gets an assist on Jaromir Jagr's goal 33 seconds into his first shift, has a goal and an assist in the second period and finishes with a three-point night in Pittsburgh's 5-0 victory against the Toronto Maple Leafs at Mellon Arena.
Three nights later, Lemieux has a goal and three assists against the Ottawa Senators in his second game. He finishes the season with 35 goals and 76 points in 43 games.
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1952: Detroit Red Wings goaltender Glenn Hall plays his first NHL game, a 2-2 tie against the Montreal Canadiens at Olympia Stadium. Hall makes 29 saves, helping the Red Wings extend their team-record undefeated streak to 14 games (seven wins, seven ties).
1979: The Red Wings open their new home, Joe Louis Arena, with a game against the St. Louis Blues. A crowd of 19,742 turns out to see the Blues rally for a 3-2 victory. St. Louis forward Brian Sutter's goal 11:05 into the game is the first in the arena's history. Detroit leads 2-1 after two periods, but Bernie Federko ties the game at 11:16 of the third and sets up Blair Chapman for the game-winner at 13:41.
On the same night, Charlie Simmer extends his goal-scoring streak to 13 games. Simmer scores his 33rd and 34th goals of the season in the Los Angeles Kings' 3-0 victory against the Quebec Nordiques at the Forum in Inglewood, California.
1981: Wayne Gretzky reaches the 100-point mark in his 38th game of the season by scoring four goals and assisting on another in the Edmonton Oilers' 10-3 victory against the Kings at Northlands Coliseum. It's the fastest anyone has ever reached 100 points; that mark lasts until he does it in 34 games two years later. Gretzky finishes the night with 400 points in 197 NHL games.
1990: The Oilers earn their 500th NHL victory by defeating the visiting Calgary Flames 4-1. The win gives the Oilers a lifetime record of 500-295-120 in 915 games; their .612 winning percentage is the best of any NHL franchise at that time.
1999: Joe Sakic becomes the 56th NHL player to reach 1,000 points when he has an assist in the Colorado Avalanche's 5-1 victory against the Blues in Denver. Sakic is the 14th player to reach 1,000 points with the same franchise.
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