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October 23rd

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1971:  Minnesota's Bill Goldsworthy scored his 4th career hat trick in the North Stars' 5-1 win against Buffalo.

1982:  Ken Solheim scored twice to lead the Minnesota North Stars to a 3-1 win over the Capitals, at Washington.

1986:  Edmonton traded Don Jackson, Miloslav Horava and Mike Golden to the New York Rangers in exchange for Reijo Ruotsalainen, Clark Donatelli, Jim Wiemer and Ville Kentala.

1998:  The Minnesota State University Mavericks defeated Canisius 11-3 for Head Coach - Don Brose's 500th career victory.

2000:  Anaheim's Marty McInnis scored his second career hat trick (and first with the Mighty Ducks) and Matt Cullen tied a career-high with three assists in a 5-4 loss in overtime against the visiting Los Angeles Kings.

2003:  Rookie Tom Preissing scored his first NHL goal, a power-play goal to help the Sharks to a 3-3 tie with the visiting Chicago Blackhawks.

2005:  Minnesota's Brian Rolston picked up an assist while playing in his 250th career NHL game, a 4-2 loss at Chicago.

2008:  Anaheim Ducks signed free agent defenseman Bret Hedican.

2010:  Erik Johnson scored :50 into overtime and Jaroslav Halak made 31 saves to lead the blues to a 1-0 win over the visiting Penguins, and their 10th straight victory at home.  It was also Halak's 10th career shutout.

2014:  Minnesota Wild goaltender - Darcy Kuemper became the second goalie since 1943-1944 to record 3 shutouts in first 4 appearances - in the Wild 2-0 win over Arizona in St. Paul, MN. -  other was goaltender Pasal LeClaire for the Columbus Blue Jackets in the 2007-2008 season.  Including post season  Keumper improved his record at Xcel Energy Center to 13-3-2, with a 1.61 GAA and a .937 save percentage. 

Tag(s): This Day In MN History