THIS DATE IN HISTORY: Dec. 7
This is a date Hall of Famer Johnny Bucyk will never forget.
1967: Bucyk scores twice to become the Boston Bruins' all-time leading scorer with his 576th point. Bucyk passes Milt Schmidt's record of 575 points and the Bruins defeat the New York Rangers 3-1 at Boston Garden.
1968: One year later, Bucyk becomes the first player to score 250 goals as a member of the Bruins. Bucyk has a second-period goal and two assists in a 4-1 win against the Detroit Red Wings at Boston Garden.
1975: Bucyk, now Boston's captain, scores his 507th career goal to tie longtime Montreal Canadiens star Jean Beliveau for sixth place on the NHL's all-time list. The goal comes during a 2-2 tie with the visiting Canadiens. Bucyk finishes his career with 556 goals, 545 as a member of the Bruins.
MORE MOMENTS
1919: The Toronto Arenas change their team name to the Toronto St. Patricks. The name remains until 1926-27, when they changed their name to the Toronto Maple Leafs.
1966: Henri Richard of the Canadiens scores his 250th NHL goal in a 6-3 victory against the Maple Leafs at the Forum. He becomes the seventh player in team history, and the second in his family, to reach 250 goals. He and older brother Maurice (544 goals) become the first pair of brothers to get 250 goals each.
1977: The Washington Capitals end a 20-game winless streak by defeating the Cleveland Barons 5-3 at Richfield Coliseum. Bob Sirois scores twice and Gary Smith makes 23 saves.
1982: Wayne Gretzky scores two goals to extend his NHL-record point streak to 30 games and help the Edmonton Oilers defeat the visiting St. Louis Blues 3-2. Gretzky scores 24 goals and has 52 assists for 76 points during the streak, which ends two days later.
1985: Marcel Dionne becomes the first player to score 500 goals as a member of the Los Angeles Kings. Dionne reaches the milestone when he scores in the Kings' 4-1 victory against the Winnipeg Jets at Winnipeg Arena. Dionne scores 550 of his 731 NHL goals for the Kings.
1988: Eight months after he leads the New York Islanders to a division title, coach Terry Simpson is fired. Al Arbour comes out of retirement to replace him. Arbour gets the Islanders to the Semifinals of the 1993 Stanley Cup Playoffs and retires after New York's first-round loss in 1994.
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