1923 - The Montreal Canadiens sign Howie Morenz.
1933 - At the NHL Board of Governors meeting it was decided that two referees would henceforth be used for each game, instead of one referee and one linesman. This system lasted five years, before it went back to one ref and one linseman.
1997 - Toronto Maple Leafs named Mats Sundin as their new Team Captain.
Happy Birthday to Ryane Clowe,
1926 - New York Rangers obtained Frank Boucher from Vancouver (of the WHL) in exchange for cash.
1929 - At the semi-annual NHL meetings (held in New York), the league made a new rule change permitting forward passing in any of the three zones (but not across either blue line). Until this time forward passing was not allowed in the attacking zone.
1935 - The St. Louis Eagles requested 
1972 - The first NHL game was played at Nassau Coliseum, in New York. 11,053 watched as the Rangers beat the Islanders 6-4, in an exhibition game.
1991 - The L.A. Kings defeated the NY Rangers before a crowd of 13,000 outdoors, in an exhibition game played at Caesar's Palace Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Happy Birthday to Tommy Smith, Dennis Kearns, Al MacNiel, Daymond Langkow, Jay Bouwmeester
1925 - NY Americans purchased the roster of the suspended-Hamilton Tigers for $75,000 when the Hamilton franchise was dropped from the NHL. At the same time, the new Pittsburgh team bought out the Pittsburgh Yellow Jackets of the U.S. Amateur league.
1926 - During the NHL annual governors meeting, it was decided that blue lines would be measured 60' from each goal line, rather than 20' from 
1926 - National Hockey League officially granted franchises to two new teams -- Chicago Black Hawks and Detroit Cougars (later changed to Red Wings) raising the NHL total to ten teams.
1984 - Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto inducted it's newest members: Phil Esposito, Jacques Lemaire, Bernie Parent, Jake Milford and George "Punch" Imlach.
1987 - New York Islanders defenseman Denis Potvin
1927 - Overtime in NHL regular season play was changed to a 10-minute period.
1937 - NHL adopted a new "icing rule", whereby a team which deliberately shot the puck out of its defensive zone (when not shorthanded) would have the ensuing face-off brought back to the defensive zone point from where the puck was shot.
1938 - Montreal Canadiens purchased Herb Cain and Buddy O'Connor from the 
Phil Esposito admires his own caricature. This comes from The Toronto Star's recently released 1972 Summit Series photo gallery. Great stuff. A must see for all 1972 Summit Series fans.