On November 11, 1984, Toronto-born Dennis Maruk reached a personal milestone and did it in front of the fans at Maple Leaf Gardens. Entering the season just seven goals shy of 300, the Minnesota North Stars forward wasted little time in closing the gap. After netting number 299 a night earlier against Vancouver, he returned home to face the Toronto Maple Leafs and made history.
At 10:28 of the second period, Maruk buried his 300th NHL goal past Leafs netminder Allan Bester, assisted by Tom McCarthy. The crowd may have had mixed emotions, but Maruk wasn’t done. Late in the third, he scored again, his 301st, sealing a 7-6 victory for Minnesota.
Supporting Cast Shines
Tom McCarthy had a standout game with five points (two goals and three assists), while goaltender Don Beaupre stopped 40 shots to earn the win. For Maruk, it capped an impressive stretch of six points in three games, though he’d briefly cool off before heating up again against the same Leafs later that month.
A Goal-Scoring Career
Maruk’s career was defined by his scoring touch. He finished with 356 regular-season goals, highlighted by back-to-back monster seasons with Washington, scoring 50 goals in 1980-81 and 60 in 1981-82. Between 1975-76 and 1988-89, he played 888 regular-season and 34 playoff games across four franchises: the California Golden Seals, Cleveland Barons, Washington Capitals, and Minnesota North Stars.
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