This date in Nationwide Hockey Historical past has seen fairly a little bit of motion in New York, each on Broadway and Lengthy Island. Plus, one of many sport’s all-time greats has his quantity retired three years earlier than he wears it once more. A few of the finest gamers and coaches of their generations hit vital milestones on Nov. 19. So, let’s hop aboard the THW time machine to relive all the very best moments.
66 Heads to the Rafters
Simply two days after being inducted into the Hockey Corridor of Fame, on Nov. 19, 1997, Mario Lemieux had his No. 66 retired by the Pittsburgh Penguins. He was joined by quite a few particular visitors throughout the pregame ceremony and made an emotional speech to a packed home on the Mellon Area.
His quantity stayed within the rafters for simply over three years earlier than it returned to Lemieux’s again when he acquired again on the ice on Dec. 27, 2000. He confirmed that he hadn’t misplaced a lot throughout his time away by scoring 35 targets and 76 factors within the closing 43 video games of the 2000-01 season. He retired for good in 2006 with 690 targets and 1,033 factors in 915 video games performed.
A Banner Day for the Blue Shirts
A few of the largest names within the historical past of the New York Rangers had memorable moments on this date over the many years.
Beginning on Nov. 19, 1958, Dean Prentice scored 4 targets for his second profession hat trick in a 7-4 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs. He completed his 22-season profession with six hat methods, 4 of which got here in a Rangers uniform. Andy Bathgate scored a objective and picked up 4 assists within the profitable effort. He led the group with 40 targets, 48 assists, and 88 factors throughout the 1958-59 season.
Don Marshall scored twice to provide him 200 profession NHL targets on Nov. 19, 1967, within the Rangers 5-2 win over the Minnesota North Stars. This was the first-ever sport between these two franchises.
On Nov. 19, 1991, Mark Messier scored his first hat trick as a member of the Rangers in a 4-3 win on the Vancouver Canucks.
His third objective of the night time was not solely the game-winner, nevertheless it was additionally No. 400 in his outstanding profession. He additionally had an help on the one Rangers’ objective he didn’t rating, a shorthanded tally by Adam Graves.
Precisely 15 years later, on Nov. 19, 2006, Jaromir Jagr scored his 600th profession objective in New York’s 4-1 win over the visiting Tampa Bay Lightning. He acquired the key milestone out of the way in which early by scoring lower than two minutes into the sport.
Good Occasions on the Island
The Rangers weren’t the one group within the Empire State to take pleasure in success on this date, because the New York Islanders had some highlights of their very own, as effectively.
The basis of their early Eighties dynasty began to take form on the finish of the Nineteen Seventies. On Nov. 19, 1976, Clark Gillies scored his first profession NHL hat trick to guide the Islanders to a 6-4 street win in Vancouver.
One 12 months later, Bryan Trottier scored a objective and added 4 assists to paved the way in one other win over the Canucks, this time on house ice. Rooke Mike Bossy scored a pair of targets and added two assists within the 9-2 blowout victory.
The Islanders beat the Rangers 2-1 on Nov. 19, 2007, at Madison Sq. Backyard, to turn into the primary group in NHL historical past to play in seven straight contests determined by one objective, all ending in regulation. Goaltender Rick DiPietro made 18 saves for his 100th profession victory and the group’s 500th street win in franchise historical past.
Milestones in Vancouver
Bobby Schmautz scored 4 targets on Nov. 19, 1972, together with a pure hat trick within the second interval, to turn into the primary Canucks participant to attain hat methods in consecutive video games. Wayne Maki added 4 assists as Vancouver beat the Buffalo Sabres 8-5.
Harold Snepsts turned the third participant in Canucks historical past to look in 500 video games on Nov. 19, 1981, in an 8-3 win over the Detroit Pink Wings. Stan Smyl earned his two hundredth profession level within the sport, the ninth participant in group historical past to take action.
Mike Keenan turned the sixth coach in NHL historical past to succeed in 500 victories on Nov. 19, 1998, when the Canucks defeated the Colorado Avalanche 5-0. The victory ended their 15-game winless streak (0-12-3) towards the Avs.
A Massive Date for the Dionne Household
On Nov. 19, 1984, Marcel Dionne scored his 28th and closing hat trick to guide the Los Angeles Kings over the Calgary Flames 5-4. The three targets gave Dionne precisely 1,400 factors in his profession.
Six years later, on Nov. 19, 1990, Gilbert Dionne, Marcel’s youthful brother, performed in his first NHL sport, a 5-2 Montreal Canadiens’ win on the Quebec Nordiques. Gilbert’s profession was not as almost as profitable as his older brother’s was. He performed in 223 profession video games with the Canadiens, Philadelphia Flyers, and Florida Panthers. He scored 60 targets and 130 factors, 1,631 fewer factors than the Corridor of Famer Marcel.
Let’s Hear It for the Defensemen
On Nov. 19, 1929, two defensemen scored 4 targets in the identical sport for the one time in NHL historical past. John McKinnon of the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Maple Leafs’ Hap Day every scored 4 occasions in a 10-5 win for the Pirates.
Jerry Korab turned the primary Sabres defenseman to attain a hat trick on Nov. 19, 1978, and he added an help in a 9-2 win over the North Stars. Andre Savard additionally scored three targets as Buffalo prolonged their unbeaten streak to eight video games (5-0-3).
Defenseman Jay Wells scored the primary objective of his NHL profession on Nov. 19, 1980, throughout the Kings’ 7-2 victory over the Winnipeg Jets. This was the 400th win in franchise historical past since becoming a member of the league in 1967.
Larry Robinson turned the fifth defenseman in NHL historical past to document 500 profession assists on Nov. 19, 1984, within the Canadiens 6-4 loss to the Maple Leafs.
On Nov. 19, 2021, Cale Makar recorded the eighth three-point sport of his profession in a 7-3 win over the Seattle Kraken to tie John-Michael Liles for third-most by a defenseman in Avalanche/Quebec Nordiques historical past. Tyson Barrie is first with 17, and Sandis Ozolinsh is second with 11.
On Nov. 19, 2022, Mark Giordano scored the thirteenth shorthanded objective of his profession, tying Chris Chelios for fifth-most by a defenseman in NHL historical past, behind Mark Howe (28), Paul Coffey (20), Ray Bourque (16) and Bobby Orr (16).
A Busy Evening in 1983
A memorable night time, on Nov. 19, 1983, started in Toronto, with Bruce Hood turning into the primary referee to work 1,000 NHL video games. He laid down the legislation within the Maple Leafs’ 5-4 win over the rival Pink Wings. He retired on the finish of the season after officiating 1,033 regular-season video games and one other 157 within the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
In the meantime, in Bean City, Keith Crowder scored the 12,000th objective in Boston Bruins franchise historical past throughout a 6-6 tie with the Rangers.
Lastly, out west, Wayne Gretzky had an eight-point sport with three targets and 5 assists within the Edmonton Oilers’ 13-4 thrashing of the visiting New Jersey Devils. Jari Kurri scored 5 targets, and Willy Lindstrom added a hat trick of his personal. The Devils jumped out to a 2-0 lead earlier than giving up 13 straight targets. Â
Highs & Lows for Paiement
Wilf Paiement felt a gambit of feelings on this date in his profession. First, on Nov. 19, 1977, he scored his third NHL hat trick to provide him 100 profession targets. He added two assists because the Colorado Rockies gained 7-2 over the Cleveland Barons. His five-point efficiency set a Colorado group document for many factors in a sport.
Precisely 10 years later, in his 14th NHL season, Paiement was demoted to the minors for the primary time in his profession. He was despatched all the way down to the Muskegon Lumberjacks of the Worldwide Hockey League, by the Penguins, after simply two targets and 7 factors within the first 17 video games of the season. On Jan. 1, 1988, he returned to Pittsburgh however was despatched again to the IHL after one help in six video games. He retired on the finish of the season. On the time of his retirement, he was the final lively participant who had performed for the Kansas Metropolis Scouts.
Odds & Ends
Alec Connell turned the primary NHL goaltender to earn 70 profession shutouts on Nov. 19, 1932, by serving to the Ottawa Senators defeat the visiting Pink Wings 2-0. He completed his profession with 81 shutouts and was finally inducted into the Hockey Corridor of Fame in 1958.
Gordie Howe scored two targets and added an help on Nov. 19, 1955, because the Pink Wings beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-1. This gave him 600 factors in 591 profession NHL video games.
Associated – The Greatest #9’s in NHL Historical past
On Nov. 19, 1981, Wayne Cashman tied an NHL document with 4 assists in a single interval throughout the Bruins’ 6-1 victory over the Hartford Whalers.
Scotty Bowman turned the primary coach in Sabres historical past to win 200 video games on Nov. 19, 1985. Tom Barrasso earned his ninth profession shutout as Buffalo blanked the Whalers 2-0 on the Hartford Civic Heart.
Joe Nieuwendyk turned the primary rookie in Flames’ historical past to attain 4 targets on Nov. 19, 1987, in a 9-1 win over the visiting Nordiques. This was the second hat trick of his younger profession. In that very same sport, Hakan Loob and Perry Berezan mixed to set an NHL document by scoring shorthanded targets solely eight seconds aside.
On Nov. 19, 1998, Geoff Courtnall turned the primary participant in NHL historical past to attain at the least 75 targets for 4 completely different groups within the St. Louis Blues’ 3-2 loss on the Nashville Predators. Earlier than scoring his seventy fifth objective with the Blues, he did the identical for the Bruins, Washington Capitals, and Canucks.
Connor McDavid scored his first NHL hat trick on Nov. 19, 2016, to guide the Oilers to a 5-2 street win on the Dallas Stars. He scored one objective in every interval after going the ten earlier with out a single objective.
On Nov. 19, 2022, Mitch Marner prolonged his level streak to 12 video games, turning into the second participant in Maple Leafs historical past to have a number of level streaks of at the least 12 video games. He joined Lorne Carr (14 in 1942-43 and 13 in 1943-44) within the feat. Marner’s different streak got here in a 13-game run from March 15 to April 9, 2022.
Seven hundred was a well-liked quantity on Nov. 19, 2022, as Kyle Palmieri performed his 700th sport and Tyler Seguin recorded his 700th level, which made him the primary participant from the 2010 NHL Draft to succeed in the milestone.
Comfortable Birthday to You
A really spectacular group of 23 NHL gamers have been born on this date. One of the best of the Nov. 19 birthday boys are Dennis Hull (79), Reggie Lemelin (69), Grant Ledyard (62), Dmitry Yushkevich (52), Petr Sykora (47), Patrick Kane (35), John Moore (33) and Cale Fleury (25).
*Initially constructed by Greg Boysen
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