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Throwback Thursday: This Week in Hockey History

History buffs rejoice! Lads and gals who just want to kill some work time, also rejoice! We’ve got a brand new feature for you where I’m gonna hit you with the raddest hockey stuff that’s gone down in history on teams across The Nation Network. Now you can march around the office all day dropping these knowledge bombs! My apologies in advance to all of those who are reminded of their growing age when they read some of these facts from the dinosaur ages and realize they were around for it! Let’s dig in to what the week of March 30 – April 5 gave us, hockey fans:

*Note that this article is posted across the Network*

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April 5, 1980: With 31 goals and 47 assists for 78 points, and 204 penalty minutes in 77 games, the small but mighty, Stan Smyl became the first and only NHL player to lead his team in all four categories.