On This Date, November 9, 1996: Curtis Leyschyshyn Debuts With OT Winner vs. Buffalo Sabres

On the day his was acquired from acquired from Washington for Andrei Nikolishin, Curtis Leschyshyn plays his 1st career Whalers game scoring his 1st Whalers goal at 4:55 of OT vs Buffalo.

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Whalers Boxscore of the Day

November 09, 1996
Buffalo Sabres 3 @ Hartford Whalers 4

First Period
1 - Buffalo : Dawe 3 (Peca, Burridge) (power play) 4:56
2 - Buffalo : Barnaby 2 (Shannon) 15:46
3 - Hartford : Primeau 3 (Kron, Wesley) (power play) 17:18
4 - Hartford : Sanderson 8 (A Burt, Dineen) (power play) 19:21

Penalties - HFD - Grimson (elbowing) 4:13 ; BUF - Moore (interference) 6:35 ; BUF - Barnaby (fighting major) 8:56 ; HFD - Primeau (fighting major) 8:56 ; HFD - Malik (double high sticking minor) 10:02 ; HFD - Janssens (high sticking) 12:55 ; BUF - Ward (fighting major) 14:41 ; HFD - Featherstone (fighting major) 14:41 ; BUF - Moore (high sticking) 14:41 ; HFD - Leschyschyn (high sticking) 14:41 ; BUF - Shannon (tripping) 16:11 ; BUF - Ray (double roughing minor) 18:04 ; HFD - Cassels (roughing) 18:04 ;

Second Period
5 - Hartford : Sanderson 9 (Chase, Cassels) 5:42
6 - Buffalo : Burridge 2 (Peca) 19:11

Penalties - BUF - Ray (fighting major) 10:14 ; HFD - Chase (fighting major, game misconduct) 10:14 ; HFD - Malik (holding) 13:33 ; HFD - A Burt (holding) 15:33 ; BUF - Shannon (interference) 16:31 ; HFD - Primeau (unsportsmanlike conduct) 17:37 ; BUF - Barnaby (unsportsmanlike conduct) 17:37 ;

Third Period
No Scoring

Penalties - BUF - Peca (double high sticking minor) 4:31 ; HFD - Sanderson (interference) 5:11 ; HFD - Primeau (hooking) 5:47 ; BUF - Dawe (interference) 13:09 ; HFD - Primeau (interference) 17:06 ; BUF - Moore (interference) 18:09 ; BUF - Barnaby (misconduct, game misconduct) 18:09 ;

Overtime
7 - Hartford : Leschyschyn 1 4:55

Penalties - HFD - Featherstone (roughing) 4:07 ; BUF - Hasek (roughing) 4:07 ;

Goaltenders Sean Burke (HFD) (W) 23 saves on 26 shots - 64:55 mins
Dominik Hasek (BUF) (L) 40 saves on 44 shots - 64:55 mins

Officials Referee: Gregson.
Linesman: Nowak
Linesman: Murphy