Sports Fact of the Day 4/1/2007

Palm Sunday

4/1/1954

Gordie Howe sets a playoff record by scoring only nine seconds into the game and assists on the game-winning goal by Ted Lindsay in double overtime as the Detroit Red Wings defeat Toronto, 4-3, at the Olympia to advance to the Stanley Cup finals. Howe’s quick tally betters the mark of 10 seconds set by Dickie Moore of Montreal just last week.

Birthdays

Bo Schembechler b. 1929

Ron Perranoski b. 1936

Rusty Staub b. 1944

Norm Van Lier b. 1947

Scott Stevens b. 1964