We bring it back for the playoffs as we search for moments on This Day In Hockey History for Monday, April 9th. For a moment like today’s, it was a tough one as in a sense this was a goodbye of sorts. Let’s go back to 1980 for this gem and we’ll have “Mr. Hockey” take it away for us……
April 09, 1980
Hartford’s Gordie Howe scored his 68th (and final) career NHL playoff goal, in an 8-4 Whalers’ loss at Montreal, in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Preliminary Round. It was Howe’s first NHL playoff goal in 10 years.
