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2007

Modano becomes highest-scoring US player

Mike Modano is the all-time goal-scoring and points leader amongst American-born players in the NHL, as well as the last active player in the NHL who played for the North Stars when the team was in Minnesota. Modano was drafted first overall by the North Stars in 1988, and after the team moved to Texas he helped the Stars win the Stanley Cup in 1999.

1991

Magic Johnson announces that he is infected with HIV

After a physical examination before the 1991–92 NBA season, Magic Johnson discovered that he had tested positive for HIV. He later admitted that he contracted the disease through having multiple sexual partners during his career. Although he had retired, he was voted by fans as a starter for the 1992 NBA All-Star Game.

1968

NHL player Red Berenson tallies six goals in a game

His most notable scoring feat came in a road game against the Philadelphia Flyers. Berenson scored 6 goals, including 4 over a 9-minute span. He became the first player to score a double hat trick on a road game. The 6 goal total was one shy of the all-time NHL record and has been accomplished only once since.

1962

Glenn Hall sets NHL record of 503 consecutive games as goalie

Hall took the ice for the Detroit Red Wings' season-opener in 1955-56. The Wings sent him to Chicago in the summer of 1957, and he played all 70 games for the Hawks for 5 consecutive seasons, leading Chicago to a Stanley Cup in 1961. Hall's ironman streak grew to 502 games. But in Game No. 503, against Boston, he had to be lifted in the 1st period due to a back injury.

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