Mark Messier
| Mark Messier | |||
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| Hockey Hall of Fame, 2007 | |||
Messier in 2016
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| Born |
January 18, 1961 Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
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| Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | ||
| Weight | 210 lb (95 kg; 15 st 0 lb) | ||
| Position | Centre | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for |
WHA Indianapolis Racers Cincinnati Stingers NHL Edmonton Oilers New York Rangers Vancouver Canucks |
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| National team |
 Canada
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| NHL Draft | 48th overall, 1979 Edmonton Oilers |
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| Playing career | 1978–2004 | ||
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| Representing Canada
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| Ice hockey | ||
| World Cup | ||
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1996 Canada | |
| Canada Cup | ||
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1991 Canada | |
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1987 Canada | |
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1984 Canada | |
| World Championships | ||
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1989 Sweden | |
Mark Douglas Messier (/ˈmɛsi.eɪ/; born January 18, 1961) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey center of the National Hockey League and former special assistant to the president and general manager of the New York Rangers. He played a quarter of a century in the NHL (1979–2004) with the Edmonton Oilers, New York Rangers, and Vancouver Canucks. He also played professionally with the World Hockey Association (WHA)'s Indianapolis Racers and Cincinnati Stingers. He was the last former WHA player to be active in professional hockey, and the last active player who had played in the NHL in the 1970s.
Messier is considered one of the greatest NHL players of all time. He is second on the all-time career lists for playoff points (295) and regular season games played (1756), and is third for regular season points (1887). He is a six-time Stanley Cup champion - five with the Oilers and one with the Rangers, and is the only player to captain two different professional teams to championships. His playoff leadership while in New York, which ended a 54-year Stanley Cup drought in 1994, earned him the nickname "The Messiah", a play on his name. He was also known, over the course of his career, as "The Moose" for his aggression and strength. He twice won the Hart Trophy as the league's most valuable player, in 1990 and 1992, and in 1984 he won the Conn Smythe Trophy as the most valuable player during the playoffs. He is a 15-time NHL All-Star. In 2007, he was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame, in his first year of eligibility. On January 27, 2017, in a ceremony during the All-Star Weekend in Los Angeles, Messier was part of the second group of players to be named one of the '100 Greatest NHL Players' in history.
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