Today in Boston Bruins History: February 19

Published: 19^th Feb 12 9:00 am

Emma Harger
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Jordan Sigalet tended net for the Boston and Providence Bruins even though he has MS. From butterfunk.com

1944: Jack Hamilton, of the Toronto Maple Leafs, takes a penalty shot on Boston goalie Bert Gardiner. It is successful and contributes to a 10-4 Toronto victory.

1966: John Blue is born in Huntington Beach, California. Blue was a goalie who, while drafted by Winnipeg in 1986, never actually played for the Jets. Instead, he came to Boston after college hockey and time bouncing around many different minor-league teams. He served as the backup goalie from 1992 to 1994. Growing up in California, he’d learned a lot of his craft from playing roller hockey and he also enjoyed surfing. After his career, he became a pastor.

1966: Peter Douris is born in Toronto, Ontario. Like Blue, Douris was also drafted by Winnipeg, but in 1984, and he did play for them for three seasons before becoming a Bruin. He was a right-winger who had a notable first season in Boston for 1989-90: 36 games played, 11 points, 15 penalty minutes. He stayed with Boston until 1993 and in the NHL until 1998. Following that was a stint with the German hockey leagues and retirement in 2002. He now lives in Maine.

1968: Rob DiMaio (full name Robert DiMaio) is born in Calgary, Alberta. DiMaio was a right-winger who played a total of 894 NHL games with many different teams, including the Bruins from 1996-97 to 1999-2000. He was on Tampa Bay’s roster for both their inaugural season and his final season, when he suffered a concussion that ended his playing career. Today he serves as a scout for the St. Louis Blues.

1976: The Bruins and the Los Angeles Kings play a game without a single penalty called. It’s the first time the Bruins had achieved this feat since a little over a decade prior, on January 30, 1966.

1981: Jordan Sigalet (full name Jordan Marvin Sigalet) is born in New Westminster, British Columbia. While goaltending for Bowling Green State, he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis but only missed one game to undergo treatment and spoke out about having MS in 2004. He was featured in Sports Illustrated in 2005. Though he only played one game as a Boston Bruin, in 2005-06, he spent three years with the Providence Bruins and saw more action there. After some time spent playing in Europe, he became a goaltending coach, first for the Everett Silvertips and now for the Abbotsford Heat.

2008: After a game in which the Carolina Hurricanes score twice in 20 seconds with their goalie pulled for an extra attacker, Phil Kessel scores the deciding goal to give the Bruins a 3-2 shootout win. This shootout takes just three rounds to settle, unlike the eight-rounder, finally settled by Petr Tenkrat, that was mentioned recently.

A year ago today: The Bruins win 4-2 against the Ottawa Senators. Making their Bruins debuts are new additions Tomas Kaberle and Chris Kelly, who was traded away from Ottawa only days earlier. Brad Marchand scored twice, Nathan Horton had a goal and and assist and Dennis Seidenberg scored too. (Kelly, who wore number 22 with Ottawa, switched to 23 because 22 is for Shawn Thornton. Kaberle switched from wearing 15 to 12 because 15 is retired as Milt Schmidt’s number.)

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