With the NHL season in full swing and the Sharks making strides to be the best team in the Western Conference. I wanted to know some of the things that have happened on this day in history throughout the history of the NHL.

We start with the good old days of hockey, when the Original Six (Boston Bruins, Chicago Blackhawks, Detroit Red Wings, Montreal Canadiens, New York Rangers and Toronto Maple Leafs), were all there was.

On November 10, 1934, the NHL saw its first penalty shot in history. The shot taken by Armand Mondou of the Montreal Canadiens, but was no good as Toronto Maple Leafs goalie George Hainsworth made the save.

On November 10, 1963, Gordie Howe of the Detroit Red Wings scores his 545th career goal, passing Maurice “The Rocet” Richard for the most goals in NHL history.

Howe would finish his career with 801 goals, a mark that was tops of the NHL until 1989 when “The Great One” Wayne Gretzky passed Howe.

Howe, one of the greatest hockey players of all time was humble about the record, that took him 18 years to accomplish, saying after the game in a press conference “now I can start enjoying life again.”

Though Howe received most of the attention that day for the record-breaking score. Detroit goalie Terry Sawchuk tied former Toronto and Montreal goalie George Hainsworth for more career shutouts with 94. Sawchuk would go on to have 115 shutouts in his 22-year playing career. Sawchuk had 103 shutouts in the regular season and 12 in the playoffs. Sawchuk’s record of 103 regular season shutouts stood until December 21, 2009, when Martin Brodeur took the record. Sawchuk was inducted into the NHL Hall of Fame in 1971, only one year after the goaltenders playing career ended.

Moving into the modern era of hockey.

On November 10, 2009, Jose Theodore, goaltender for the Washington Capitols faces three penalty shots in the same game, stopping all three. Theodore was one of three goalies to face three penalty shots in the 2009-2010 season, but was the only one to save all three shots.