Blaine Stoughton Whalers Career Highlights
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DATE |
HIGHLIGHT |
4/8/1979 | Blaine Stoughton plays his 19th and last carrer playoff game (8th Whalers/8 NHL/11 WHA) vs Montreal. |
10/11/1979 | Blaine Stoughton plays his 1st Whalers NHL game vs Minnesota. |
10/13/1979 | Blaine Stoughton records his 1st Whalers NHL points on a goal and an assist vs Pittsburgh. |
11/21/1979 | Blaine Stoughton scores the Whalers 1st NHL hat trick (on 3 shots - his 3rd career) vs Buffalo. |
12/4/1979 | Blaine Stoughton is named temporary team captain (in place of the injured Rick Ley out with a fractured bone in his foot) vs Washington. |
12/9/1979 | Blaine Stoughton plays his 400th career game vs Edmonton. |
1/4/1980 | Blaine Stoughton records his 100th NHL point (a goal) vs Washington. |
1/26/1980 | Blaine Stoughton plays his 200th NHL game vs the Islanders. |
1/28/1980 | Blaine Stoughton scores his 2nd NHL hat trick (4th career - the 3rd goal is his 30th of the season) vs Atlanta. |
2/8/1980 | Blaine Stoughton records his 300th career point on his 1st of two assists vs Colorado. |
3/8/1980 | Blaine Stoughton plays his 100th Whalers game scoring a goal vs Washington. |
3/28/1980 | Blaine Stoughton records his 100th Whalers point on his 1st of two goals vs Vancouver. |
3/28/1980 | Blaine Stoughton scores his 50th and 51st (the 2nd the GTG) goals becoming the 1st NHL player on an expansion team to reach the milestone vs Vancouver. |
4/4/1980 | Blaine Stoughton scores his 54th goal besting the Whalers franchise record of 53 (Tom Webster 1972/73) vs Quebec. |
4/6/1980 | Blaine Stoughton scores 2 goals to tie for the NHL goal scoring championship (Danny Gare and Charlie Simmer) and lead the Whalers with his 56th while recording his 100th point on his 44th assist (all career highs in a season) vs Detroit. |
12/6/1980 | Blaine Stoughton scores his 100th NHL goal vs Calgary. |
1/21/1981 | Blaine Stoughton scores his 200th career goal on his 2nd of the game vs St. Louis. |
2/2/1981 | Blaine Stoughton records his 200th NHL point on his 1st of two goals vs Quebec. |
2/8/1981 | Blaine Stoughton plays his 500th career game vs Philadelphia. |
2/22/1981 | Blaine Stoughton records his 100th NHL assist while adding a goal vs the Rangers. |
3/3/1981 | Blaine Stoughton records his 400th career point on his 1st of two (goal and an assists) vs Colorado. |
3/14/1981 | Blaine Stoughton scores his 100th Whalers goal vs the Rangers. |
3/22/1981 | Blaine Stoughton plays his 300th NHL game recording an assist vs Toronto. |
4/1/1981 | Blaine Stoughton records his team leading 43rd goal of the season vs Quebec. |
11/4/1981 | Blaine Stoughton records his 200th career assist vs Vancouver. |
11/7/1981 | Blaine Stoughton plays his 200th Whalers game vs Minnesota. |
12/27/1981 | Blaine Stoughton scores his 3rd NHL hat trick (5th career) vs Toronto. |
1/3/1982 | Blaine Stoughton scores his 4th NHL hat trick (6th career - the 1st goal is his 30th of the season) vs Pittsburgh. |
2/2/1982 | Blaine Stoughton records his 300th NHL point (an assist) vs Los Angeles. |
2/3/1982 | Blaine Stoughton is named to the 1982 NHL All-Star game in Washington. |
2/9/1982 | Blaine Stoughton represents the Whalers in the 1982 NHL All-Star game in Washington. |
2/14/1982 | Blaine Stoughton scores his 40th goal of the season vs the Islanders. |
3/7/1982 | Blaine Stoughton scores his 5th NHL hat trick (7th career) vs Los Angeles. |
3/20/1982 | Blaine Stoughton records his 500th career point (an assist) vs Philadelphia. |
3/27/1982 | Blaine Stoughton plays his 600th career game vs the Islanders. |
3/28/1982 | Blaine Stoughton scores his 50th goal of the season (his 2nd 50 goal season of his career) vs Minnesota. |
3/31/1982 | Whalers announce "The Team of the Decade" (voted by readers of the Hartford Sports Extra): Blaine Stoughton (LW), Mike Rogers, Tom Webster (RW), Rick Ley, Mark Howe (D), Al Smith (G), and Harry Neale (coach). |
3/31/1982 | Blaine Stoughton scores his 52nd goal of the season to lead the team for the 2nd consecutive season vs Montreal. |
3/31/1982 | Blaine Stoughton records his team leading 91st point of the season on a goal vs Montreal. |
10/5/1982 | Blaine Stoughton is suspended 8 games for receiving a high sticking match penalty on Paul Baxter during the October 2 pre-season game vs Pittsburgh. |
11/27/1982 | Blaine Stoughton plays his 400th NHL game vs Boston. |
12/11/1982 | Blaine Stoughton scores his 200th NHL goal (on his 2nd goal), his 300th Whalers point (on his 1st), and 5th NHL hat trick (while adding an assist) vs Philadelphia. |
1/8/1983 | Blaine Stoughton plays his 300th Whalers game scoring a goal vs Philadelphia. |
1/13/1983 | Blaine Stoughton scores his 6th NHL hat trick (8th career) vs Montreal. |
1/20/1983 | Blaine Stoughton scores his 300th career goal vs Los Angeles. |
2/13/1983 | Blaine Stoughton scores his 7th NHL hat trick (9th career) vs Toronto. |
3/5/1983 | Blaine Stoughton fails to score on the Whalers 2nd NHL penalty shot (against Clint Malarchuk) vs Quebec. |
3/16/1983 | Blaine Stoughton scores his 200th Whalers goal vs Washtington. |
3/16/1983 | Blaine Stoughton scores his 40th of the season (4 consecutive season with 40+ goals) and his 200th Whalers goal vs Washington. |
3/20/1983 | Blaine Stoughton records his 400th NHL point (a goal) vs Calgary. |
3/29/1983 | Blaine Stoughton scores the Whalers 1st successful NHL penalty shot goal (3rd NHL, against Bob Sauve) with 9 seconds left to win the game vs Buffalo. |
4/3/1983 | Blaine Stoughton scores his 45th goal of the season to lead the team for the 3rd consecutive season vs Quebec. |
9/22/1983 | Blaine Stoughton is named temporary team captain before the pre-season game vs Philadelphia. |
11/26/1983 | Ron Francis wins a key faceoff with 11 seconds left in OT, passes to Blaine Stoughton who scores with 8 seconds left to record the Whalers 1st NHL overtime goal/win vs the Rangers. |
11/30/1983 | Blaine Stoughton records his 600th career point on his 1st of two goals vs Vancouver. |
12/3/1983 | Blaine Stoughton scores his 220th career Whalers goal tying the franchise record set by Tom Webster vs St. Louis. |
12/4/1983 | Blaine Stoughton plays his 700th career game recording an assist vs Philadelphia. |
12/8/1983 | Blaine Stoughton scores his 221st career Whalers goal besting the franchise record set by Tom Webster vs Toronto. |
1/17/1984 | Blaine Stoughton plays his 500th NHL game recording an assist vs New Jersey. |
2/18/1984 | Blaine Stoughton plays his 393rd and last Whalers game (357th NHL/36WHA) scoring his team record 228th goal (219NHL/9WHA) vs Toronto. |
1/27/1989 | Ron Francis scores his 7th NHL hat trick (tying Blaine Stoughton for the franchise NHL record) and adding 2 assists vs New Jersey. |
11/3/1989 | Ron Francis scores his 220th career goal to move past Blaine Stoughton as the Whalers all time leading goal scorer vs Los Angeles. |
9/14/1993 | Blaine Stoughton is hired as an assistant coach in Springfield. |
2/8/1995 | Blaine Stoughton resigns from his assistant coach position in Springfield. |
10/26/1996 | Kevin Dineen scores his 220th Whalers goal surpasing Blaine Stoughton for 2nd all time in frachise history vs Buffalo. |