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THIS DATE IN HABS HISTORY Nov. 21, 1943: Rookie goalie Bill Durnan improved his career record to 9-0-1 with a 13-4 win over the visiting Boston Bruins, while Bu...ddy O’Connor had his second five-point game in as many days with three goals and two assists. One night earlier, O’Connor had a goal and four assists in a 7-2 win over the Maple Leafs in Toronto. Durnan set an NHL record for rookie goalies by going 12-0-2 in his first 14 games. Nov. 21, 1948: Durnan recorded his 20th career shutout in a 3-0 win over the Red Wings in Detroit. Nov. 21, 1953: Gerry McNeil recorded his second consecutive shutout in a 1-0 win over the Detroit Red Wings at the Forum. It was the McNeil’s 26th career shutout. Nov. 21, 1968: Gump Worsley (photo below) recorded his 36th career shutout in a 3-0 win over the Philadelphia Flyers. Nov. 21, 1976: Steve Shutt scored his fifth career hat trick in a 9-5 win over the Maple Leafs at the Forum. Nov. 21, 1977: Guy Lafleur scored three goals in a 5-0 win over the Maple Leafs. Nov. 21, 1981: Keith Acton recorded his second career hat trick and added three assists, while Lafleur had a goal and four assists in a 9-5 over the Pittsburgh Penguins at the Forum. Nov 21, 1987: King Olav V of Norway watched from behind the Montreal bench as the Canadiens beat the New Jersey Devils 2-1 at the Forum. Bobby Smith and Chris Chelios each scored a goal and added an assist in the second period for the Canadiens. Nov. 21, 1996: Mark Recchi had a hat trick in a 6-2 win over the Bruins. Nov. 21, 2001: The Canadiens obtained Donald Audette and Shaun Van Allen from Dallas in exchange for Benoît Brunet and Martin Rucinsky. (Source: Carl Lavigne/Montreal Canadiens)

Billy Smith tipping back a cold Bud before lifting the Stanley Cup and the Conn Smythe in 1983. What a different game the NHL was back then. Cheers, Billy!

Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms, especially mine.

One of my all time favourite old school goalie pics... Gump was truly one of kind.

More Cooper in 1981 at Can-Am hockey camp in Portsmouth, R.I.

Avant une nouvelle soirée de hockey sur glace, on vous propose un entraînement de gardiens avec les conseils du légendaire Jacques Plante et les explications d'Olivier Anken et Thierry Andrey. Les archives de la RTS

My all-time favourite, should be in the HHOF!

On this day in 1904, Charlie Gardiner is born in Edinburgh, Scotland. Gardiner moved with his family to Canada as a child. Playing all of his junior hockey in o...r around Winnipeg, Manitoba, Gardiner joined the Chicago Black Hawks in 1927. He played seven seasons with Chicago, winning two Vezina Trophies for allowing the fewest goals, was named to the First All-Star team three times and Second All-Star team once in recognition as one of the best goalies in the league. In 1934, Gardiner became the only NHL goaltender to captain his team to a Stanley Cup win. A few months after winning the Cup, Gardiner died from a brain hemorrhage brought on by a tonsillar infection. When the Hockey Hall of Fame was established in 1945, Gardiner was named one of the inaugural inductees. In 1998, he was ranked number 76 on The Hockey News' list of the 100 Greatest Hockey Players. In 2005, he was the subject of Antonia Chambers book "Before the Echoes Fade: The Story of Charlie Gardiner". See more