Vintage Minnesota Hockey - History

1960:  Former U.S. Olympic goalie Jack McCartan made his first appearance in goal for the NY Rangers and recorded his only career NHL shutout to lead New York to a 2-0 win over Chicago at Madison Square Garden.

1967:  Minnesota North Stars traded defenseman Jean-Guy Talbot to the Detroit Red Wings in exchange for defenseman Bob McCord.

1968:  Danny O'Shea had three assists to lead the North Stars to a 4-1 win over the Kings in Minnesota.

1973:  Former NHL right winger Kirk Nielsen born in Grand Rapids, MN.  Nielsen played in the NHL 1997-98 with Boston.

1979:  Minnesota's Steve Payne scored twice as the North Stars lost 3-2 at Winnipeg in their first game against the Jets.

1986:  Minnesota goalie Don Beaupre recorded his 100th NHL career victory as the North Stars won 8-5, at Chicago. Minnesota's Dino Ciccarelli led the scoring with two goals and two assists.

1998:  Philadelphia Flyers traded right wing Trent Klatt to the Vancouver Canucks for a 2000 sixth-round draft pick.

1999:  Anaheim's Matt Cullen scored a goal and added four assists in the Mighty Ducks 7-1 win at Washington.

2002:  The newly built Ridder Arena on the University of Minnesota campus, the first of it's kind in the nation solely for Women's Collegiate Hockey, hosted it's first Gopher Women's Hockey game before a 8-0 win over the visiting St. Cloud State Huskies.

2005:  Minnesota rookie Derek Boogaard scored his first career NHL goal (the game winner) and picked up 9 penalty minutes, and the Wild scored a team-record five goals in the third period to beat the visiting San Jose Sharks 6-1.

2010:  Brent Burns became the first defenseman to get 100 career assists as a member of the Minnesota Wild; he reached the milestone in a 6-2 win vs Vancouver.