Vintage Minnesota Hockey - History

1979:  Al MacAdam scored two goals and an assist and Bobby Smith added three assists to lead the Minnesota North Stars to a 5-3 win against the Red Wings, at Detroit.

1981:  Roseau, MN native - Aaron Broten scored his 1st NHL goal, in his 1st NHL game with the Colorado Rockies in a 6-4 win over Washington Capitals.  Brotens' go-ahead goal came on a slap-shot over goalie Dave Parro in the 3rd period with 8 minutes remaining for a score of 5-4. 

1985:  Los Angeles Kings obtained winger Bryan 'Butsy' Erickson from Washington, in exchange for Bruce Shoebottom.

1993:  Jimmy Waite made 30 saves in his first appearance with the Sharks, in a 2-1 win over the Anaheim Mighty Ducks.  Tom Pederson scored the winner at 1:47 of overtime, in the Sharks first road victory of the 1993-94 season.

2002:  Rookie Tyler Arnason tied the game at 19:25 of the third, and Phil Housley scored a power-play goal at 1:35 of overtime to give the Blackhawks a 2-1 win over the visiting Los Angeles Kings.

2002:  Sergei Zholtok scored his second goal of the game with 9.1 seconds remaining in overtime as the Wild won 2-1 over the visiting San Jose Sharks.

2002:  Montreal Canadiens obtained Sylvain Blouin from the Minnesota Wild, in exchange for a 7th round draft pick in 2003.