When Did They Have Time to Play Hockey?

    On February 26, 1981 the Minnesota North Stars went to the Boston Garden in an attempt to put an end to a 34 game streak without a win in Boston. A win in this game would be there first ever in Boston. The puck was dropped and for a grand total of six seconds a fine hockey game was played. Somebody dropped their gloves and fists started flying. Order was restored however briefly, at 8:58 chaos erupted again. Among the many records beaten into each were: Seven North Stars and five Bruin players were ejected, 42 penalties each club, 84 total penalties, 67 penalties in the first period alone, 34 first period penalties by the North Stars alone, 210 penalty minutes by the North Stars of a total of 406 minutes total.


   Oh Ya, as a sideline to all the fighting a hockey game was played. The Bruins ended up winning where it counted 5-1, the North Stars would have to wait another day to record their first ever win at the Boston Garden. The next time the two teams met in Boston was in the playoffs. On April 8, 1981, the teams went into overtime before the North Stars took the game. The made it two in a row the following day. The following November, they made it three straight with their first ever regular season win. Alls well thats ends well!!!

      The answer to yesterdays trivia question was two regular season September games have been played in the history of the National Hockey League. The two games were played in 2007 when the Los Angeles Kings opened play with the Anaheim Ducks in Toyko, Japan. each team won their "Home" game. Todays trivia question is what is the worlds record for most penalty minutes in a professional hockey game. Todays hint, it was not in the NHL. Opps did I give a hint, my bad. The answer in tomorrows daily blog about an early Lakers-Celtics game.