The Magnificent One
| 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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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 | Center | ||
| 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 2000–2005 |
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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 | |
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 of the Pittsburgh Penguins team. He played parts of 17 seasons in the National Hockey League's (NHL) with the Pittsburgh Penguins, between 1984 and 2006. Dubbed "The Magnificent One" or "Le Magnifique" (as well as "Super Mario"), he is widely acknowledged to have been one of the best players of all time. He is the only player to score one goal in each of the five possible situations in a single NHL game, a feat he accomplished in 1988. A gifted playmaker and fast skater despite his large size, Lemieux often beat defencemen with fakes and dekes.
Lemieux led Pittsburgh to consecutive Stanley Cups in 1991 and 1992. Under his ownership, the Penguins won additional Cups in 2009, 2016 and 2017. 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 as playoffs MVP in 1991 and 1992. At the time of his retirement, he was the NHL's seventh-highest ranked career 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 Mike Bossy (0.762). In 2004, he was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame.
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