{"id":72912,"date":"2020-04-09T09:30:02","date_gmt":"2020-04-09T13:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/?p=72912"},"modified":"2025-12-01T20:19:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T01:19:10","slug":"today-in-hockey-history-florida-panthers-jaromir-jagr-gets-1800th-point","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2020\/04\/09\/today-in-hockey-history-florida-panthers-jaromir-jagr-gets-1800th-point\/","title":{"rendered":"Today in Hockey History: Florida Panthers Jaromir Jagr Gets 1,800th Point"},"content":{"rendered":"

During the NHL\u2019s hiatus, we at the Last Word on Hockey are going to look back at each date\u2019s historical <\/span>significance<\/span> to the game. We\u2019ll <\/span>remember the moments that shaped the sport of hockey that happened on this day. Here\u2019s our look at this date in hockey history for April 9th, featuring Jaromir Jagr<\/a>.<\/strong>
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Today in Hockey History<\/h2>\n

Jaromir Jagr Gets 1,800th Career Point<\/h3>\n

2015:<\/strong> The ageless Czech forward gets a pair of assists in the Florida Panthers<\/a> 4-2 win over the Boston Bruins<\/a>. Jagr becomes the fourth player to reach 1,800 career points with the points. He joins Wayne Gretzky<\/a>, Mark Messier<\/a><\/strong> and Gordie Howe<\/a><\/strong> as the only players to get the mark.<\/p>\n

Jagr would play into the 2017-18 with the Calgary Flames before heading back to the Czech league with Kladno. He finished with 1,921 NHL points, but the 48-year-old is still playing hockey.<\/p>\n

Other Notable Events<\/h3>\n

1931: Cy Wentworth<\/a><\/strong> scores 53:50 into overtime of Game 1 as the Chicago Blackhawks<\/a> edge the Montreal Canadiens<\/a>, 3-2. It’s the longest game in Stanley Cup Final history until 1990.<\/p>\n

1942: Eddie Bush<\/a><\/strong>‘s five points are the most by a defenceman in a Cup Final game. The Detroit Red Wings<\/a> beat the Toronto Maple Leafs<\/a>, 5-2, in Game 3.<\/p>\n

1963: Dick Duff<\/a><\/strong> of the Leafs scores the fastest two goals to start a game in a 4-2 win over the Wings. Duff beats Terry Sawchuk<\/a><\/strong> twice as the Toronto wins Game 2 of the Final.<\/p>\n

1968: Wayne Connelly<\/a><\/strong> of the Minnesota North Stars<\/a> is the first to score on a penalty shot in a playoff game. Connelly beats Sawchuk as the North Stars beat the Los Angeles Kings,<\/a> 7-5.<\/p>\n

1972: Pit Martin<\/a><\/strong> scores the fastest OT goal as the Blackhawks would sweep the Pittsburgh Penguins,<\/a> 6-5. Martin would score 12 seconds into the extra session.<\/p>\n

1980: <\/strong>Howe scores his final NHL goal as the Hartford Whalers<\/a> lose 8-4 to the Canadiens. It was the 68th post-season goal of his career.<\/p>\n

1987:<\/strong> Gretzky ties a playoff record for most assists in a post-season game with six. The Edmonton Oilers<\/a> would thump the Kings, 13-3, in Game 2 of the Smythe semis.<\/p>\n

1993:<\/strong> Pittsburgh would break the consecutive wins record with 16 in a 10-4 rout of the New York Rangers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

2006: Joe Thornton<\/a><\/strong> sets the NHL record for most points by a player traded during the season. The San Jose Sharks<\/a> forward nets his 113th of the season and finishes with 125.<\/p>\n

2017:<\/strong> Detroit wins the final game at the Joe Louis Arena as the top the New Jersey Devils<\/a>, 4-1.<\/p>\n

Happy Birthday to You<\/h3>\n

1907: Ebbie Goodfellow<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

1940: Jimmy Roberts<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

1964: Rick Tocchet<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

1980: Alexei Ponikarovsky<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

1985: Brian Elliott<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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During the NHL\u2019s hiatus, we at the Last Word on Hockey are going to look back at each date\u2019s historical significance to the game. We\u2019ll remember the moments that shaped the sport of hockey that happened on this day. Here\u2019s our look at this date in hockey history for April 9th, featuring Jaromir Jagr. Today […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2352,"featured_media":13754,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6,8245,6331],"tags":[248,106,757,3534,410,332,2155,2012,2194,590],"class_list":["post-72912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-panthers","category-history","category-today-in-hockey-history","tag-brian-elliott","tag-florida-panthers","tag-gordie-howe","tag-hockey-history","tag-jaromir-jagr","tag-joe-thornton","tag-pit-martin","tag-rick-tocchet","tag-terry-sawchuk","tag-wayne-gretzky"],"modified_by":"Michael Kovacs, ADMIN","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2352"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72912"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72912\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":479043,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72912\/revisions\/479043"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}