Today in history: January 13

January 13 in Indianapolis hockey history

1946: The Capitals and St. Louis Flyers combine for 17 goals at the Coliseum. The Caps win 12-5. 

1949: Rod Morrison (G, 3A) and Nels Podolsky (2G/2A) each have four points as the Caps beat the Providence Reds 12-2. It's the Caps' second straight 10-goal victory. 

1961: The Chiefs and Muskegon go down to the wire. Hank Therrien scores with five seconds left to give the Chiefs a 5-4 victory. 

1980: Bruce Andres scores the first hat trick in Checkers history against the Houston Apollos. The Checkers win 8-3. 

Birthdays

Kelly Hrudey: Checkers goaltender who joined the team in the 1981 playoffs and then teamed with Rob Holland in the 1981-82 and 1982-83 season to win the Adams Cup championship each year. He also played with the team the following year in a six-game conditioning stint. Hrudey played 104 games for the Checkers in the regular season, He had a 56-38-6 record and a GAA right at 3.00, with three shutouts. He had an 18-5 record in the playoffs in the two championship seasons. The Isles' second-round pick in 1980, Hrudey began to replace Billy Smith as the Islanders' top goaltender after 1984 and was a top goaltender in the NHL through 1998. Hrudey was the Islanders' goaltender in the famed 4OT "Easter Epic" game, making 73 saves in a Game 7 victory over Washington that ended after 128:47 of playing time. In 1993, he backstopped the Los Angeles Kings to the Stanley Cup Finals, winning 10 playoff games in 20 starts. He had a 271-265-88 record in 677 NHL games, with a 3.42 GAA and 17 shutouts. Hrudey was also 36-46 in 85 playoff games with a 3.28 GAA. After retiring in 1998, he joined the Hockey Night in Canada crew, and is one of the network's primary studio announcers. A native of Edmonton, he is 51. 

Chad McIver: Ice defenseman in 2003-04. He had three goals and 11 assists in 49 games. The Ferris State grad played five pro seasons from 2002-07 in the ECHL and CHL. A native of Thunder Bay, Ont., he is 34.

Today in history: October 19

October 19

1943: Future Hall of Famer Harry Lumley makes his Capitals debut in net, beating the Buffalo Bisons 2-1 in front of 7357 at the Coliseum. Bucko McDonald would score the game-winner. Another player who would be a Capital fixture – defenseman Rod Morrison – played the first of his team-record 319 games in a Capital uniform that night. Morrison would total 88 goals and 130 assists in a career that spanned from 1943-44, and again from 1945-49.

1975: Gerry Moore is fired as the Racers coach, and player personnel director Jacques Demers is hired. The Racers are 1-4-0 in their second season, and would go on to win the East Division championship. Demers would post a 70-72-14 record in Indianapolis, and later coach the Montreal Canadiens to the Stanley Cup in 1993. 

Birthdays

Bob Ferguson: Very popular Ice coach from 1995-98 during the IHL days. Fergie's teams posted a 127-98-21 record. They made the playoffs each year he coached, and won the IHL's Central Division championship in 1997. His teams never won a playoff series, but dropped best-of-5 five-game thrillers in both 1996 (to Detroit) and 1998 (to Orlando). Ferguson came to the Ice after a long career in the USHL coaching Sioux City and Des Moines from 1981-95. After leaving the Ice, he coached in the ECHL for three seasons, returned to the USHL with Des Moines in 2001 for three years, and then went back to coaching in the ECHL for three more seasons. He is currently the assistant GM of the AHL's Syracuse Crunch. A native of Kingston, Ont., he is 57. 

Jake Skjodt: Ice forward who is a second-generation hockey player in Indianapolis. Skjodt played for the Ice from 2006-08, with 42 goals and 44 assists in 117 games. He also had 172 PIMs. He took his talents to Nebraska-Omaha where he played two collegiate seasons, and then went to Wisconsin-Stevens Point. Skjodt's father is former Checkers legend Charlie Skjodt, who also currently serves as the Indiana Ice team president and has served two stints as the team's coach. A native of Carmel, he is 24.