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1932:  Former NHL left winger Dean Prentice born in Schumacher, Ontario.  Prentice played in the NHL 1952-53 through 1973-74 with the New York Rangers, Boston, Detroit, Pittsburgh and the Minnesota North Stars.

1947:  Former NHL goalie Gary Edwards born in Toronto, Ontario.  Edwards played in the NHL 1968-69 through 1981-82 with St. Louis, Los Angeles, Cleveland, the Minnesota North Stars, Edmonton and Pittsburgh.

1967:  The expansion Minnesota North Stars closed out their first NHL pre-season with a 5-2 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins, at a game played in Kingston, Ontario.  The North Stars finished their first exhibition season with a record of 7-5-1.

1978:  Toronto Maple Leafs acquired Walt McKechnie from the Minnesota North Stars in exchange for a 3rd Round Choice in the 1980 Entry Draft (Randy Velischek).

1978:  The Minnesota North Stars faced off against their NHL counterparts in fall exhibition games vs. the WHA in games played from 1972-78.  The North Stars-5 vs. Winnipeg Jets-5 game was played on this date.

1981:  Buffalo Sabres acquired Yvon Lambert from Montreal and lost Rob McClanahan to Hartford in the NHL Waiver Draft.

1983:  Winnipeg's Scott Arniel scored his first career hat trick in a 6-6 tie against the visiting Red Wings. Reed Larson picked up three assists for Detroit.

1987:  Minnesota North Stars claimed Al Tuer from Edmonton and Richard Zemlak from Quebec in the NHL's annual Waiver Draft.

1989:  Minnesota North Stars rookie Mike Modano scored his first career goal and first career assist in his first NHL game, a 6-5 win over the visiting New York Islanders at Met Center.

1989:  Minnesota's Brian Bellows had two goals and two assists as the North Stars won 6-5 over the visiting New York Islanders.

1989:  Mike Ramsey picked up his 200th career NHL assist as the Sabres won 4-3 over the Quebec Nordiques, at the Aud in Buffalo.

1991:  Minnesota North Stars celebrated the franchises 25th anniversary season on opening night at Met Center, celebrated additionally in the NHL's 75th Anniversary season.  The North Stars skated to a 4-2 win over visiting Chicago Blackhawks before a sold-out standing room only crowd of 15,274 in attendance - which was a stark contrast to the following years opening night when only 5,730 showed up for the opener.  "It was poetry following our trip to Cup Final last year, and first game since then" Norm Green said afterward, with the Stars donning their new ST☆RS jerseys but wearing black at home in NHL's planned reverse-jersey night(s).  Neal Broten was scratched from the line-up as he didn't officially sign until 4 p.m. of the game day.  

1991:  Minnesota North Stars Curt Giles officially announced his retirement from the NHL.   The announcement came by the North Stars PA announcer 7 minutes into the third period of the North Stars vs. Blackhawks game.  The announcement was met by a standing ovation.

1993:  Dallas Stars 1st home game in franchise history played following the re-location from Minnesota.  Roseau, MN native Neal Broten scored the first goal in Dallas in a 6-4 win vs. the visiting Detroit Red Wings - whom coincidentally was the last team the Minnesota North Stars played on the road in North Stars franchise history.

1995:  Ottawa Senators claimed Minneapolis, MN native - Tom Chorske on waivers from New Jersey Devils.

2005:  Marc Chouinard scored his first career hat trick to lead the Minnesota Wild to a 6-3 win against the visiting Calgary Flames.

2005:  Minneapolis, MN native Zach Parise played in his 1st NHL game with the New Jersey Devils where he tallied his first point.

2006:  Todd White scored at 1:03 into overtime to lead the Wild to a 3-2 win over the visiting Colorado Avalanche.

2007:  Dallas rookie defenseman Matt Niskanen from Virginia, MN assisted on the first two Stars' goals to lead the team to a 4-1 win over the visiting Boston Bruins.

2011:  New Jersey Devils named Zach Parise as their new team Captain, the 9th in team history.

Tag(s): This Day In MN History