NHL Nugget: Neal Broten Reaches A First For American-Born Players This Day In 1986

Neal Broten (Jerome Miron-Imagn Images)

Here's today's NHL Nugget – this Wild Wednesday Rewind looks at March 26, 1986, when Neal Broten set an NHL record for players born in the United States.

It went down in a Minnesota North Stars victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs, when Broten recorded two assists. He ended up with a career-high campaign in scoring.

On this day in 1986, Neal Broten became the first American-born player to reach a significant milestone.

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