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The new game records section of FHM allows us to look back at the greatest single game achievements and this league had a few of them. The real life record for goals in a game is 7 by Joe Malone in 1920 (with the modern record being 6 jointly held by Red Berenson and Darryl Sittler).

In the sim the record is 6 goals and was accomplished 3 times in the 120 year history. The first to do it was Don Marcotte of the Los Angeles Kings in 1975 with Philadelphia's Tim Kerr equalling the feet 8 years later. The final player to score 6 times in a single game was Colorado's Owen Nolan in 2003.

Marcotte had a decent real life career, winning a pair of Cups with Boston over a 12 year career that saw the two-way forward earn 484 points in 868 NHL games. Marcotte was much more productive offensively in the sim, playing 1141 NHL games while scoring 433 goals and 1027 points.

After 41 games with the Oklahoma City Blazers, Marcotte made his NHL debut by playing 1 game for the 65-66 Bruins. He would stick in the NHL for good the following season but would spend just under 3 years in Boston as he was moved to the Los Angeles Kings in a deadline day deal in 1969. Before leaving Boston Marcotte did manage to enjoy the only Stanley Cup victory of his career, when he helped the Bruins sweep the expansion Oakland Seals in the 1968 finals.

His career bloomed in Los Angeles as Marcotte won 3 Selke Trophy's as the top defensive forward and also become an offensive force. He scored a career high 48 goals and 101 points in 1977-78.

Tim Kerr spent a decade in the NHL in this sim, playing all but the final 2 of his 886 career games with the Flyers. He won a Cup with the Flyers in 1986, scoring 14 goals and 32 points in 18 playoff games but the Conn Smythe Trophy went to linemate Brian Propp (14-24-38) that season. Kerr was nominated for the Calder Trophy after scoring 39 goals as a 21 year old rookie in 1981-82 but that was the closest he got to an individual accolade. He did manage 4-straight 50 goals seasons starting in 1983-84 when he scored a career best 67 goals - third behind Gretzky (70) and Bossy (69) that year. When it was all said and done Kerr finished his career with 459 goals and 910 points. His career ended with minor league stops in Hamilton and PEI along with 2 games for the 1993-94 Vancouver Canucks.

In real life Kerr played 655 NHL games, scoring 370 goals and 674 points.


The third player to score 6 goals in a single game was Owen Nolan. Nolan played his entire career in the sim with Quebec/Colorado and was a key member of their first Cup winning team in 2004-05. Because Nolan stayed healthy he played a couple of hundred more games in the sim than his real-life totals but he was not as productive. The sim-Nolan only reached the 30 goal plateau twice and finished with 309 goals and 623 points in 1418 games. In real-life Nolan played 1200 NHL games but had 422 goals and 885 points.

POINTS IN A GAME
Darryl Sittler holds the real-life record by scoring 10 points in a single game. The total was matched twice in the 120 year sim history. Murph Chamberlain was the first to do it, while playing for Toronto in 1941. That record was matched 80 years later when John Tavaras of the 2020-21 New York Islanders had a goal and 9 assists in a game.

Tavaras' 9 assists are also a single game record. In the sim he would enjoy an outstanding career, playing 1302 games and scoring 642 goals with 1679 points. The goal total ties Tavaras with Mickey Redmond for 22nd all-time while his point total is good for 21st on the list. He spent his entire career with the Islanders, leading the club to 3 Stanley Cup titles: in 2023,25 and 26. Their only other Cup win in this sim came in 1982 with Trottier, Bossy, Potvin and company.

Rookie of the year in 2009-10 when he scored 40 goals and 90 points, Tavaras would go on to win 6 Hart Trophy's and a Conn Smythe. A 7-time first team all-star, he led the NHL in scoring 3 times and also won a pair of Selke Trophy's. Bothered by injuries late in his career, Tavaras would accept a demotion to Bridgeport Sound in 2027-28 at the age of 37 and finish his career with the Toronto Marlies of the AHL.

Murph Chamberlain is about as unlikely a 10-point scorer as you could find. His career spanned 376 games from 1937-38 until 1945-46 with Toronto and Chicago. He scored 104 goals and 266 points during that time with his best season being the year he had his 10 point game: 1940-41 when Chamberlain had 23 goals and 26 assists. He added another 31 points in 58 career playoff games, winning 3 Stanley Cups while with the Leafs.

In real life Chamberlain had 100 goals and 275 points in 510 NHL games. He played for Toronto, Montreal, the NY Americans and Boston Bruins.