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Guest4178
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 Posted - 06/27/2011 : 12:52:53
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With Mark Recchi's recent retirement, it was pointed out that he sits in 12th place overall in points (577 goals and 956 assists, for 1,533 points), which is pretty good career in the NHL.
He sure moved around a lot during his career, starting with Pittsburgh, then to Philadelphia, Montreal, back to Philly, then back to Pittsburgh, then Carolina, Pittsburgh (again), Atlanta, Tampa Bay, finishing up in Boston. (Interestingly, all eastern-based teams.)
The most interesting stat is his plus/minus – he finished his NHL career dead even. Yes, his career plus/minus was 0 during the regular season.
It doesn't mean a lot, but it's interesting to see a guy play an entire NHL career (1533 games), who was probably on the ice for around 4,000 goals (2,000 each way), and finish up dead even in plus/minus.
With his 3 Stanley Cup rings (and numerous other achievements), I hardly think his quirky plus/minus stat means much to him!
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Guest4178
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Posted - 06/27/2011 : 13:01:47
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One correction to the above. Recchi played 1652 games. If he played 1,533 games, that would mean he scored exactly one point for every NHL regular season game.
Paul Kariya holds that distinction. He tallied exactly 989 points in 989 regular season games. |
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leigh
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Posted - 06/27/2011 : 13:37:08
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If what you are saying is true then that is pretty interesting for sure....Imagine that...playing over 1600 games and breaking even....seems like a hell of a waste of time. 
Kidding aside, he was a stand up player his whole career and for a small-ish guy he played pretty big. I think he had 9 or 10 All-Star appearances too (and an All-Star MVP to boot)
What's coolest is that he won his 3 cups on 3 different teams, that says a lot about what he brought to a team and also demostrates that he was willing to embrace his evolving role as his career progressed.
I did a wikipedia.org check and he has a few interesting records too (copied and pasted from wikipedia.org):
- Second longest span between Stanley Cup wins (1991–2006), at fifteen years.
- His 123 points (53 goals, 70 assists) in the 1992–1993 season is the Flyers regular season scoring record.
- Oldest player to record 5 assists in a game on March 1, 2009 at 41 years, 28 days.
- 13th player in NHL history to score 1,500 points during his career.
- Oldest player to score a Stanley Cup Finals goal on June 6, 2011 at 43 years, 126 days.
- Second oldest player to hoist the Stanley Cup after Chris Chelios.
- One of only ten players in modern day NHL history to win the Stanley Cup with three different teams. |
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