1943: Bruins’ 16-year-old rookie Bep Guidolin scored twice and had an assist, and Frank Brimsek got his 26th career shutout in a 3-0 win over Chicago, at Boston, in the second of 4 games to benefit the American Red Cross war fund. $10,624 was raised.
1955: Former NHL right winger Alex Pirus born in Toronto, Ont. Pirus played in the NHL 1976-77 through 1979-80 with the Minnesota North Stars and Detroit.
1958: Former NHL left winger Curt Fraser born in Cincinnati, Ohio. Fraser played in the NHL 1978-79 through 1989-90 with Vancouver, Chicago and the Minnesota North Stars. He later coached in the league with Atlanta, the NY Islanders and St. Louis.
1967: Former NHL player Ulf Dahlen born in Ostersund, Sweden. Dahlen played in the NHL 1987-88 through 2002-03 with the New York Rangers, the Minnesota North Stars, Dallas, San Jose, Chicago and Washington, and later became an assistant coach with the Stars.
1969: Former NHL defenseman Jayson More born in Souris, Man. More played in the NHL 1988-89 through 1998-99 with the New York Rangers, the Minnesota North Stars, San Jose, Phoenix, Chicago and Nashville.
1974: Buster Harvey scored twice and added an assist as the Minnesota North Stars lost 4-3 to the NY Islanders at the Met Center.
1983: Minnesota’s Al MacAdam scored twice for the 200th goal of his NHL career, in a 7-0 North Stars’ win over the Penguins, at Pittsburgh. Markus Mattsson made 40 saves for his 4th career shutout (and his only one with Minnesota).
1984: Minnesota North Stars traded Jordy Douglas to the Winnipeg Jets in exchange for Tim Trimper.
1984: Brian Bellow had two goals and an assist when the Minnesota North Stars won 5-4 in overtime over the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs.
1985: Brian Bellows scored two goals and added an assist in the North Stars’ 5-4 win over the Hartford Whalers, in Minnesota.
1991: Toronto Maple Leafs traded Tom Kurvers to the Vancouver Canucks in exchange for Brian Bradley.
2001: J.J. Daigneault became the 2nd player in NHL history to play for 10 different NHL teams, when he appeared in his first game with the expansion Minnesota Wild, in a 5-0 loss to the Colorado Avalanche. Daigneault tied the mark set by Michel Petit.
2004: Sergei Zholtok scored on a slap shot with 13 seconds remaining in regulation to lead the Wild to a 3-3 tie with the visiting Nashville Predators.
2014: Danny Heatley had a goal and an assist, and rookie goaltender Darcy Kuemper made 23 saves for his first career shutout as the Minnesota Wild beat the Nashville Predators 4-0 on the road.
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