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.
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