Posts About "Mario Lemieux"
The 600-Goal Club
March 13th, 2018 For most hockey players, winning the Stanley Cup is the ultimate goal. From being drafted to helping a team through the regular season, playoffs and eventually Stanley Cup Finals, hoisting the cup is always the end-goal. Along the way, however, players all seek to play the best they can for a variety of purposes. While players always...
Art Ross Trophy | 5 Things You Didn't Know
March 9th, 2018 The Art Ross Trophy is awarded annually to the NHL's top scorer. While looking into this year's race we came across some unusual/little known facts: 1. Art Ross Was a Defenseman I had erroneously assumed that because the trophy that bears his name is for the league's top scorer, that Art Ross himself would have been a high scoring...
Crosby Passes Jagr but Who's Better?
January 27th, 2018 Sidney Crosby tallied three points in a 6-3 Pittsburgh Penguins win over the Minnesota Wild on Thursday night to overtake the one and only Jaromir Jagr on the Penguins' all-time points list. With 1082 points and counting, Crosby sits solely as the 2nd leading scorer in franchise history, trailing only the legendary Mario Lemieux. It is...
Five Most Important Players in Penguins History
January 27th, 2018 Since their NHL inception in 1967, the Pittsburgh Penguins have seen many hockey heroes of past and present don the fabled black and gold. From the rise, to the the ashes of the Igloo, and onward to the PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh has proven itself a hockey city through and through. Although, there have been dark days in...
1st Overall Draft Picks - What are the Odds of Success?
January 20th, 2018 Young players strive to be the best at their craft - no matter the sport. For some, it pays off and they’re scouted as prospects for the game’s next generation. While expectations are significantly high for any player taken in the first round of the NHL Draft, they’re exponentially higher for those taken first overall. Some,...
Remembering What Made Mario Lemieux Greatest
January 13th, 2018 Equal parts exhilarating and devastating, sports are quite simply unpredictable. Ask the city of Pittsburgh. This week 25 years ago, Penguins fans experienced both emotions at the same time. Riding back-to-back Stanley Cup championships and looking like a team destined to three-peat, Mario Lemieux stepped to the podium at a sudden press...