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1947:  Former North Stars right winger Danny Lawson born in Toronto, Ont.

1971:  St. Paul was officially awarded a franchise in the new upstart World Hockey Association (WHA) league which planned to begin operations for the 1972-1973 season.  Lou Kaplan, President of the Midwest Saints, Inc. (later named Minnesota Fighting Saints) was at a league meeting in New York, N.Y. when the announcement was made.  He had earlier said that he hoped his team will be able to arrange a schedule that will not compete with the Minnesota North Stars of the National Hockey League.

1974:  J.P. Parise scored a goal and an assist and Jude Drouin added two assists to lead the Minnesota North Stars to a 3-3 tie against the Bruins at Boston.

1975:  Stan Gilbertson had three assists as the Capitals won 6-2 against the Scouts, at Kansas City.

1981:  NY Rangers purchased Tom Younghans from the Minnesota North Stars.

1982:  Tom McCarthy scored twice to lead the Minnesota North Stars to a 3-2 win over the Philadelphia Flyers, at the Met Center.

1985:  Denis Savard scored a goal and added two assists as the Black Hawks won 6-5, at Minnesota.  Brian Bellows had two goals and an assist for the North Stars.

1986:  Devils' Aaron Broten scored two goals, including the winning goal at 4:22 of overtime and added two assists as New Jersey won 7-6 over the visiting Islanders.  Mark Johnson also had two goals and two assists for the Devils.

1990:  Calgary Flames won 9 games in the month of October for the first time in franchise history, when they beat the visiting New Jersey Devils 6-3.  Joel Otto scored twice in the second period to give him 100 career NHL goals.

1996:  Playing in his 1,000th career NHL game, Phil Housley picked up an assist (in a 4-2 Caps' win over the Flyers) to move into 5th place on the career list for defensemen.  Housley's 959th career point moved him ahead of Larry Robinson.

1998:  Florida rookie Mark Parrish scored four goals (a Panthers' team record) including his first career hat trick in a 7-3 win at Chicago. Ray Whitney assisted on three of Parrish's goals.

2000:  Florida's Bret Hedican set a team record for defensemen with 2 power play goals in the 1st period, Ray Whitney tied a team record with 4 assists (and another record with 3 assists in the 1st period) in a 6-5 overtime loss to the Devils at New Jersey.

2001:  Darby Hendrickson scored two goals and added an assist for his 100th career point as the Minnesota Wild beat the Predators 4-2 at Nashville.

2008:  For the first time in NHL history, two brothers faced each other as Captains of opposing teams, when Saku Koivu led the Montreal Canadiens to a 2-1 win over Mikko Koivu's Wild, in Minnesota.

2014:  Minnesota Wild forward, and former Gopher Hockey center Thomas Vanek had 2 assists to earn the teams #2 Star of the Night in the Wild 4-3 shoot-out win over the San Jose Sharks in St. Paul.

2014:   Kyle Brodziak scored twice as the Wild overcame a two-goal deficit in the third period for the second straight game, as Minnesota picked up their 7th straight home win over San Jose, with a 4-3 shootout win over the Sharks.

2014:  Winnipeg Jets forward, and Plymouth, MN native Blake Wheeler had 1 goal and was named the #2 Star of the Night in the Jets' 2-1 shoot-out loss to the New Jersey Devils.

2015:  University of Minnesota Duluth Men's Hockey retired former Bulldog, and NHL goaltender Glenn "Chico" Resch jersey #1 before U-Mass Lowell vs. Bulldogs game at Amsoil Arena.

Tag(s): This Day In MN History