Sports history for April 11

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Friday, April 11, 1997 | 11:59 a.m.

1936 - The Detroit Red Wings win the NHL Stanley Cup with a 3-1 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs.

1965 - Jack Nicklaus shoots a record 271 and wins the Master by nine strokes over Arnold Palmer and Gary Player.

1966 - Jack Nicklaus wins his third Masters and becomes the first to win in consecutive years as he shoots a 70 in an 18-hole playoff, beating Tommy Jacobs and Gay Brewer.

1976 - Ray Floyd shoots a record-tying 271 to win the Masters by eight strokes over Ben Crenshaw.

1981 - Larry Holmes beats Trevor Berbick with a 15-round unanimous decision to retain his world heavyweight title in Las Vegas.

1982 - Craig Stadler beats Dan Pohl in a sudden-death playoff to capture the Masters.

1983 - Spain's Seve Ballesteros captures the Masters by four strokes over Tom Kite and Ben Crenshaw.

1989 - Ron Hextall scores his second career goal and becomes the first goalie to connect for a playoff goal, as his Philadelphia Flyers beat the Washington Capitals 8-5.