This day in Indianapolis hockey history: June 11

Four birthdays today: former Checkers goaltender Lorne Molleken (58), IHL Ice Kip Miller (45) and late former Capital Hec Kilrea and IHL Ice Bryan Fogarty. More below the jump.

Today in history: November 7

Today in Indianapolis hockey history, November 7

1939: The Red Wings assign players to the Capitals, sending Hec and Ken Kilrea to Indianapolis, along with Jack Keating and Frank "Scotty" Bowman as they prepare for their first-ever home game. 

1946: Capitals beat Springfield 10-0. Tony Bukovich has a four-point night with two goals and two assists. Lloyd Doran adds a goal and three assists, while Red Almas has the shutout in goal. 

1963: The Indianapolis Capitols, without a home rink after the Coliseum explosion on Oct. 31, formally announce their move to Cincinnati after two road games. They had offers to play their home games temporarily at Maple Leaf Gardens and other venues, but permanently moved to Cincinnati and played as the Wings. The following year, they would move to Memphis and eventually to Fort Worth. 

Birthdays

Glen Brydson: A member of the original Capitals team in 1939-40. He was traded to the Caps partway through that season from New Haven, totaling 25 points total between the two teams. It was near the end of a 12-year pro hockey career that began in 1930 and featured eight NHL seasons with the Montreal Maroons, St. Louis Eagles, Chicago Blackhawks and New York Rangers. His best NHL season was an 11-goal year with St. Louis in 1934-35. After his year with the Caps, he had a 20-goal season for the Springfield Indians in 1940-41. A native of Swansea, Ont., he was born in 1910 and passed away in 1993. 

Murray Heatley: Racers right wing from 1974-76, where he had 17 goals and 13 assists in 63 games. Heatley tallied 15 of those goals in 1974-75, the Racers' first season. Heatley played 148 WHA games, also playing two seasons with the Minnesota Fighting Saints before joining the Racers. After his stint in Indianapolis, Murray played in Germany for several seasons. He is the father of NHL player and current Minnesota Wild player Dany Heatley, who was born in Germany while Murray was playing overseas. A native of Calgary, Alberta, he is 63. 

Jim Johnson: Racers center in 1974-75, where he played 42 games and tallied seven goals and 15 assists. That came at the end of a long NHL/WHA career that saw him break in with the New York Rangers in 1962-63, and play 459 games with the Rangers, Philadelphia Flyers, Los Angeles Kings, Minnesota Fighting Saints and the Racers. His best season was an 18-goal, 48-point season with the Flyers in 1969-70, and a 15-goal, 54-point year with the Fighting Saints in 1973-74. He had 107 goals and 289 points in his NHL/WHA career. A native of Winnipeg, Johnson is 69. 

Michel Dubois: Racers defenseman for 34 games in 1975-76, where he had two goals and two assists. He was dealt to Quebec partway through the year and played 25 more games for the Nordiques over that season and into 1976-77. Dubois retired after the 1977-78 season. A native of Montreal, he is 57. 

Brian Felsner: Left wing for the Ice in 1997-98, where he tallied 17 goals and 53 points in 53 games. Felsner got the call to the Chicago Blackhawks for 12 games that year, but finished out the season with the Milwaukee Admirals. Those 12 games in Chicago were his only NHL games in a pro career that lasted from 1996-2008. He played primarily in the IHL through 2001 -- with Orlando, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Detroit and Cincinnati -- and then in Europe for nearly all of the rest of his career. He is the brother of former NHL player Denny Felsner. A native of Mt. Clemens, Mich., he is 39. 

Today in history: June 11

Birthdays on this date in Indianapolis hockey history:

Hec Kilrea: A right wing who played four seasons with the Capitals from 1939-43. He was part of the original Caps team and the 1942 Calder Cup champions. He played 198 games for the Caps, totaling 33 goals and 50 assists. After his career with the Caps, he served in the United States Army in World War II, earning the Distinguished Service Cross, a Purple Heart and the French Croix de Guerre. Kilrea came to the Caps after a long NHL career that began in the 1925-26 season with the Ottawa Senators. He also played for the Toronto Maple Leafs and two stints with the Detroit Falcons/Red Wings. He tallied 167 goals in 633 NHL games. He won the Stanley Cup with Ottawa in 1927 and with Detroit in 1936 and 1937. He assisted on Mud Bruneteau's goal that ended the longest NHL game in history. Hec's brother Ken Kilrea also was his Capitals teammate for much of his time here, and he played with both Ken and brother Wally Kilrea in Detroit. His nephew Brian Kilrea is notable as a longtime junior coach in Canada. A native of Blackburn, Ontario, Hec was born in 1907. He passed away in 1969. 

Lorne Molleken: A goaltender who served two stints with the Checkers as a backup, in the 1981-82 season and again in 1983-84. In the first year, the Chex were balancing Rob Holland and Kelly Hrudey, in the second, Holland and Todd Lumbard. He also started Game 3 of the 1984 Adams Cup Finals, a series in which the Checkers were eventually swept. Upon retiring as a player, Molleken began a long coaching career, primarily in the Western Hockey League. He was both a head coach and an assistant with the Chicago Blackhawks from 1998-2000, compiling an 18-21-8 record as head coach. He currently serves as general manager and head coach of the WHL's Saskatoon Blades in Canadian Major Junior. The Blades were WHL regular season champs this year. A native of Regina, Saskatchewan, he is 55.  

Kip Miller: Center for the Ice from 1995-97, playing 110 games. He had 49 goals and 83 assists in that time, and also had 14 points in nine playoff games those two years. With 32 goals and 59 assists, he led the Ice in scoring in 1995-96. He was a veteran player who broke into the NHL with the Quebec Nordiques in 1990-91 -- shortly after graduating from Michigan State and winning the Hobey Baker Award as the best college hockey player in the country. He followed with the North Stars, Sharks, Islanders, Blackhawks, Penguins, Ducks and Capitals through 2004. He finished his career playing three AHL seasons with Grand Rapids and Chicago. He had 74 NHL goals in 449 games. A native of Lansing, Michigan, he is 42.

Bryan Fogarty: Defenseman who played 36 games for the Ice in 1998-99, totaling 7 goals and 15 assists. Once considered one of the greatest junior hockey players in Canadian history, Fogarty was chosen ninth overall by the Quebec Nordiques in 1987, and totaled a 155-point season in his final junior year of 1988-89. He had 31 points in the NHL with the Nordiques the next year, and split each of the next six seasons between the NHL and the minor leagues. After his stint in Indianapolis, he played two more years in Europe and in the low minors. In total, he played 156 NHL games. Born in Montreal in 1969, he grew up in Brantford, Ontario. He passed away in 2002.