THIS WEEKEND IN SPORTS HISTORY
Saturday
1921 — NHL Championship: Ottawa Senators sweep Toronto St. Patricks in two games.
1928 — NHL Stanley Cup:
New York Rangers beat Montreal Maroons, 3 games to 2.
1931 — NHL Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Chicago Blackhawks, 3 games to 2.
1948 — NHL Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs sweep Detroit Red Wings in four games.
1955 — NHL Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings beat Montreal Canadiens, 4 games to 3.
1960 — Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens sweep Toronto Maple Leafs in four games.
1968 — First NBA game at Madison Square Garden, New York Knicks beat San Diego Clippers.
1968 — 32nd Golf Masters Championship: Bob Goalby wins, shooting a 277.
1968 — Roberto de Vicenzo loses Masters for signing an incorrect score card.
1969 — The first Major League Baseball regular season game is played outside the United States, in Montréal, as the Montreal Expos play the St. Louis Cardinals at Jarry Park. The Expos win 8-7.
1974 — 38th Golf Masters Championship: Gary Player wins, shooting a 278.
1985 — 49th Golf Masters Championship: Bernhard Langer wins, shooting a 282.
1991 — 55th Golf Masters Championship: Ian Woosnam wins, shooting a 277.
1996 — 60th Golf Masters Championship: Nick Faldo wins, shooting a 276.
1996 — Detroit Red Wings win NHL record 62 regular season games.
Sunday
1896 — Games of the first Olympiad close at Athens, Greece.
1925 — NHL’s New York Americans (formerly Hamilton Tigers) play first game, lose 3-1.
1937 — NHL Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings beat
New York Rangers, 3 games to 2.
1947 — Jackie Robinson debuts for the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking baseball’s colour barrier (first black player in modern major-league baseball).
1952 — Stanley Cup:
Detroit Red Wings sweep Montreal Canadiens in four games.
1958 — First Major League Baseball game in California,
San Francisco Giants beat
Los Angeles Dodgers, 8-0.
1977 — First baseball game at Montreal’s Olympic Stadium.
1979 — 43rd Golf Masters Championship: Fuzzy Zoeller wins, shooting a 280.
1984 — 48th Golf Masters Championship: Ben Crenshaw wins, shooting a 277.
1985 — 14th Boston Women’s Marathon won by Lisa Larsen Weidenbach in 2:34:06.
1985 — 89th Boston Marathon won by Geoff Smith of Great Britain in 2:14:05.
1991 — 20th Boston Women’s Marathon won by Wanda Panfil of Poland in 2:24:18.
1996 — 100th Boston Marathon won by Moses Tanui of Kenya in 2:09:15.9.
1996 — 25th Boston Women’s Marathon won by Uta Pippig of Germany in 2:27:12.6.
1997 — Baseball honours Jackie Robinson by retiring his No. 42 jersey for all teams.