Henrik Sedin's iron man streak ends, a look back when it started

The year was 2004 and MSN Messenger was still a thing. 

The Vancouver Canucks top line of Markus Naslund, Todd Bertuzzi and Brendan Morrison had been recently split up after the Steve Moore incident, with Bertuzzi suspended for the remainder of the season and the playoffs.

The Wire was in its third season, and Henrick Sedin scored a goal in a 4-3 loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets, starting a streak of 679 consecutive games which will end Tuesday when he sits out with a rib injury. 

Looking back -- and we're not trying to make you feel old -- the political landscape was much different, too. In Canada, Stephen Harper had just assumed power of the Conservative Party of Canada and Paul Martin was still the Prime Minister. 

If that means nothing to you, it was also a day after the one-year anniversary of the Iraq war, and CNN was reporting the tipsters of the D.C. Sniper would split the $500,000 reward. 

Hockey, meanwhile, had just watched a young Sidney Crosby had just become the youngest to score a goal at the World Juniors at 16 years, 4 months, and 21 days. 

In the NHL, the New Jersey Devils were the defending Stanley Cup Champions, Martin St. Louis was on his way to be the league's points leader, and the NHL was on its way to a Lockout in 2004.

Most of the current NHL draft class would turn 10. Nathan MacKinnon, meanwhile, was just eight and a half years old.

Still don't feel old? Do you remember when Justin Timberlake ripping off part of Janet Jackson's clothes to kick off Nipplegate? That was 2004. Sorry.