This Week in Centennial History

The NHL is going to China for the first time. The League announced Thursday that the Los Angeles Kings and Vancouver Canucks will play preseason games in Shanghai and Beijing, on Sept. 21 and 23, respectively, as part of the 2017 NHL China Games presented by O.R.G. Packaging. The 2022 Winter Olympics will be held in Beijing.
As part of the League's Centennial Celebration, NHL.com is taking a look back at memorable events each week.
Here are Centennial highlights for the week of March 26-April 1:

April 1, 1978:
Mike Bossy backs up his prediction
that he'd become the first rookie in NHL history to score 50 goals.

March 31, 1928:
Gordie Howe is born
in Floral, Saskatchewan.

March 30, 1979: The NHL as we know it today is shaped when the League
votes to absorb four members
of the World Hockey Association.

March 30, 1918: The Toronto Arenas become
the first team to win the Stanley Cup
as a member of the NHL.

March 29, 1981: Wayne Gretzky
breaks Phil Esposito's single-season record
of 152 points, set 10 years earlier.

March 28, 1982: Gretzky scores
the 92nd and final goal
of his record-setting 1981-82 season.

March 27, 1973: Mickey Redmond
does something that not even Howe could achieve
with the Detroit Red Wings when he becomes a 50-goal scorer.

March 26, 1980: Tony Esposito of the Chicago Blackhawks
becomes the first goaltender in NHL history
to have eight 30-win seasons.