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1959
Montreal’s Jacques Plante becomes first NHL goaltender to wear facemask
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1917
National Hockey League opens its first season
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1980
U.S. hockey team beats the Soviets in the “Miracle on Ice”
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1989
Wayne Gretzky breaks NHL points record
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1960
U.S. Olympic hockey team beats Soviet Union
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1988
The Great One gets traded
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