Posts About "Mario Lemieux"
NHL Hat Tricks History & Fun Facts
April 20th, 2018 A hat trick is one of the NHL's rarest achievements with only 81 during the 2017-18 season, or roughly one in 6.4 percent of games. That's more rare than a shutout, with 144 in 2017-18, or one in 11.3 percent of games, or a shorthanded goal, of which there were 211 last season, or one in 16.6 percent of games. Of the 7,552 goals scored...
McDavid Shouldn't Win the Hart Trophy
March 30th, 2018 With the NHL season winding down and the Stanley Cup Playoffs in sight, it's time to turn our attention to some of the NHL Awards that are handed out for the regular season. Recently, some debate has surrounded the Hart Memorial Trophy and how it should be awarded. The award is given to the player that's judged to be the most valuable to...
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,...
Penguins 1992-93 Win Streak One for the Record Books
January 8th, 2018 It didn't seem like a big deal at the time. A 3-2 win by the Pittsburgh Penguins over the visiting Boston Bruins at The Igloo on Mar. 9, 1993, stopped a two-game losing streak. Joe Mullen's second goal of the game 25 seconds into the third period proved to be the difference. That victory ignited a National Hockey League-record winning...
