Gary “Suitcase” Smith made 46 saves in a 6–4 loss to Los Angeles on April 3, 1971. It was his 48th defeat with California that season, an NHL record that still stands.

The next season, he shared the Vezina Trophy with Tony Esposito in Chicago.

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NHL Playoff Hat Tricks Of The 1960s: Three goals. One playoff game. A place in hockey history.

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Feb. 15, 1974: Yvan Cournoyer scored just 10 seconds into the game before Chuck Lefley struck shorthanded late in the first. Lefley’s goal held up as the winner in Montreal’s 9–4 victory over Detroit. He finished with three points. #GoHabsGo #HockeyHistory

Today's hockey birthday: Orest Kindrachuk

Orest Kindrachuk was born on September 14, 1950 in Nanton, Alberta and turns 76 today!

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Hockey birthdays today:

Joe Nieuwendyk was born on September 10, 1966 in Oshawa, Ontario and turns 60 today!

Jim Pappin was born 87 years ago on September 10, 1939 in Copper Cliff, Ontario. Jim passed away in 2022 at the age of 82.

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Born Sept. 5: John Ferguson (1938), Dave Dryden (1941), Stan Jonathan (1955) & Don Maloney (1958)—four Canadians whose NHL careers spanned nearly three decades of hockey history.
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