This Day In Hockey History: Feb 28th
Updated: 2012-02-28 12:20:00
1929 - The Chicago Black Hawks set a NHL record when they were shutout for the 8th consecutive game. New York Rangers tied Chicago 0-0.
1953 - Montreal held "Emile Bouchard Night," giving "Butch" gifts including a car and a television set. However visiting Detroit beat Montreal 4-3.
1960 - The U.S. Olympic hockey team scored six goals in the final period, to beat Czechoslovakia 9-4 and win 
1947 - Doug Bentley scored 4 goals and brother Max Bentley netted 3 in a 9-7 Chicago win over New York Rangers.
1955 - Doug Harvey picked up his 41st assist of the season, to set a new NHL record for assists by a defenseman, as the Canadiens won 4-1 over the Bruins, at the Forum. Harvey surpassed the old mark of 40 set by Toronto's Babe Pratt in 1943-44.
1966 - Toronto's Frank Mahovlich
1904 - Ottawa Silver Seven star Frank McGee recorded the first five-goal game in Stanley Cup history in an 11-2 win over the challenging Toronto Marlboros.
1940 - New York Rangers faced the Montreal Canadiens in the first hockey game televised in the U.S. The game aired on station W2XBS in NY, with one camera in a fixed position to 300 TV receivers in New York.
1947 - Hockey Hall of Fame
1952 - Montreal's Elmer Lach became the NHL's all time scoring leader, when he got a goal and three assists in a 7-0 win over Chicago. The four points gave Lach 550 career NHL points, two more than Bill Cowley, who had held the record since 1946.
1964 - Camille Henry was named new Captain of the New York Rangers, replacing Andy Bathgate.
1972 - Boston Bruins obtained defenseman Carol Vadnais
1934 - Lionel Hitchman played his final NHL game in a 3-1 Bruins' loss to Ottawa, the team with which he started his career, at Boston Garden. Art Ross declared his jersey #3 retired at the conclusion of the game.
1956 - Lou Fontinato set a new NHL penalty minute record; his 169 PIM for the season broke the old record of 167 set by Red Horner in 1935-36.
1959 - Ted Lindsay scored his 6th and
1952 - The Bruins' home game was moved to 4,000 seat Boston Arena when a section of roof over the North station track platform in Boston Garden collapsed.
1977 - Rod Gilbert scored a goal and added an assist to become the first player in NY Rangers history (and the 11th in NHL history) to score 1,000 career points
1980 - Washington beat Montreal 3-1 to end the Canadiens' 34 game unbeaten