But the tipping point for 1987 was that you had two of the greatest ... had ever been and were on the verge of breaking up with the NHL and the impending fall of Communism providing the wedge.
Philadelphia Flyers netminder Ron Hextall fired the puck down the ice on this day in 1987 to make NHL history. Brian T. Dessart gives the lowdown in today's NHL Nugget. Here's today's NHL Nugget ...