Mario Lemieux
| Mario Lemieux | |||
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| Hockey Hall of Fame, 1997 | |||
Lemieux in his last season as a player, the 2005-06 season
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| Born |
October 5, 1965 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
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| Height | 6 ft 4 in (193 cm) | ||
| Weight | 230 lb (100 kg; 16 st 6 lb) | ||
| Position | Centre | ||
| Shot | Right | ||
| Played for | Pittsburgh Penguins | ||
| National team |
 Canada
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| NHL Draft | 1st overall, 1984 Pittsburgh Penguins |
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| Playing career | 1984–1997 2000–2006 |
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| Representing Canada
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| Men's Ice hockey | ||
| World Cup | ||
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2004 World Cup | |
| Olympic Games | ||
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2002 Salt Lake City | |
| Canada Cup | ||
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1987 Canada | |
| World Championships | ||
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1985 Czechoslovakia | |
| World Junior Championships | ||
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1983 Soviet Union | |
Joseph Roger Mario Lemieux, OC, CQ (/mærioʊ ləˈmjuː/; French pronunciation: [maʁjo ləmjø]; born October 5, 1965) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and current owner for the Pittsburgh Penguins. He played parts of 17 seasons with the National Hockey League's (NHL) Pittsburgh Penguins between 1984 and 2006. Dubbed "The Magnificent One" or "Le Magnifique" (as well as "Super Mario"), he is widely acknowledged to be one of the best players of all time. On January 27, 2017, in a ceremony during the All-Star Weekend in Los Angeles, Lemieux became part of the second group of players to be named one of the '100 Greatest NHL Players' in history. A gifted playmaker and fast skater despite his large size, Lemieux often beat defencemen with fakes and dekes.
Lemieux led Pittsburgh to two consecutive Stanley Cups in 1991 and 1992. Under his ownership, the Penguins won a third Cup in 2009 and a fourth in 2016. He is the only man to have his name on the Cup as both a player and an owner. He also led Team Canada to an Olympic gold medal in 2002, a championship at the 2004 World Cup of Hockey, and a Canada Cup in 1987. He won the Lester B. Pearson Award as the most outstanding player voted by the players four times, the Hart Trophy as the NHL's most valuable player (MVP) during the regular season three times, the Art Ross Trophy as the league's points leader six times, and the Conn Smythe Trophy in 1991 and 1992. At the time of his retirement, he was the NHL's seventh-ranked all-time scorer with 690 goals and 1,033 assists. He ranks second in NHL history with a 0.754 goals-per game average for his career, behind only Islanders' Mike Bossy (0.762). In 2004, he was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame.
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