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January 20th, 1995: The first set of games of the 94’ – 95’ season are played after half the season was wiped out due to the NHL lockout. On January 11th, 1995 NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman and NHLPA Executive Director Bob Goodenow reach an agreement for a new CBA, which would last nine years. In 2004, the NHL once again shut down due to an unresolved CBA only this time it was the entire season that was cancelled.

January 21st, 1969: The 22nd NHL All-Star Game was played in Montreal where the West beat the East by a score of 3 – 3 (if anyone knows how the game was decided please share because I have no idea) and Frank Mahovlich scored the game winning goal. This was the first time the East/West format was used in an NHL All-Star Game and was the 8th time Montreal hosted it.

January 21st, 1990: Our best friend Bob Goodenow is appointed Executive Director taking over for another class act Alan Eagleson…I won’t get into the details about Eagleson but all I can say is pathetic. Goodenow was well respected by his union members and is one of the main reasons why players are filthy rich. He also almost single handedly destroyed the NHL and contributed to the lockout in 94’ – 95’ and 04’ – 05’. He stepped down in 2005.

January 22nd, 1982: A blizzard wreaks havoc on the New Jersey area. As a result only 334 people were on attendance for the game between the Devils and the Flames. New Jersey won the game by a score of 7-5. On another note, not much has changed…their average attendance is 13,521. Good enough for 26th in the league.

January 22nd, 1998: Minnesota names their new NHL franchise the Wild. Minnesota was part of the previous expansion that took place, which also consisted of Columbus who named themselves the Blue Jackets…”tough guise.” Minnesota’s last team, the North Stars was moved to Dallas in 1993. Dallas went on to win the cup in the 98’ – 99’ season.

January 23rd, 1944: The Detroit Red Wings demolish the New York Rangers by a score of 15 – 0. This game is the most lopsided in NHL history and also set an NHL record of the most consecutive goals scored in one game by one team…talk about a beating. Moreover, the team combined a total of 37 points in the game.

January 25th, 1991: Brett Hull becomes the 3rd player to reach the 50 goal mark in less than 50 games (50G in 49GMs). Wayne Gretzky achieved the milestone in only 39 games and Maurice “The Rocket” Richard was the first player in NHL history to set the mark. The Canadian National Team must have been crying themselves to sleep for not taking “The Golden Brett”…on second thought, we were better off without him.

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