Mario Lemieux (born October 5, 1965) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey centre who played 17 seasons for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League (NHL) between 1984 and 2005...
Mario Lemieux (born October 5, 1965) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey centre who played 17 seasons for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League (NHL) between 1984 and 2005. He is currently the Penguins' principal owner and chairman of the board, having bought the team out of bankruptcy in 1999.
Lemieux led Pittsburgh to two Stanley Cups, and Canada to an Olympic gold medal and two World Cups of Hockey. He has won three Hart Trophies as the NHL's most valuable player during the season, six Art Ross Trophies as the league's leading scorer, and two Conn Smythe Trophies as playoff MVP. At the time of his retirement, he was the NHL's seventh-ranked all-time scorer with 690 goals and 1,033 assists. In 2004, he was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame.
Playing only 915 out of a potential 1428 regular season NHL games, Lemieux's career was plagued by health issues. His numerous ailments included spinal disc herniation, Hodgkin's lymphoma, chronic tendinitis of a hip-flexor muscle, and chronic back pain so severe that other people had to tie his skates. He has retired twice because of his health: first in 1997 after battling lymphoma (he returned in 2000), and for a second and final time after being diagnosed with an atrial fibrillation.
Lemieux was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame immediately after his first retirement, waiving the normal three-year waiting period; upon his return in 2000, he became the third Hall of Famer (after Gordie Howe and Guy Lafleur) to play after being inducted. Lemieux's impact on the NHL has been significant: Andrew Conte of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review called him the "savior" of the Pittsburgh Penguins, ad after Lemieux's retirement, Wayne Gretzky commented that "You don't replace players like Mario Lemieu The game will miss him". Bobby Orr called him "the most talented player I've ever seen"; Orr, along with Bryan Trottier, and numerous fans, speculate that had Lemieux not suffered so many injuries, his on-ice achievements would have been much greater.
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That scumbag saved a franchise that was on the verge of dying. And that scumbag was one of the greatest hockey player there ever was. And you, douchebag, what have you done for hockey????
i to, would save a franchise if it meant i would make millions. and if i could convince the taxpayers to build me an arena and then put a casino in the taxpayer built arena, i would help more then one hockey team.
as far as i am concerned, mario lemieux has benefited more from hockey, then hockey has from mario lemieux.
was he a good hockeyplayer? you bet, but so was gretzky and and clearly they were made for each other. and public money
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what a scumbag
And you, douchebag, what have you done for hockey????
as far as i am concerned, mario lemieux has benefited more from hockey, then hockey has from mario lemieux.
was he a good hockeyplayer? you bet, but so was gretzky and and clearly they were made for each other. and public money
:)
Nice video. = ]
First shift.
First shot.
First goal.
Wow!