One of the greatest NHL players in history is calling it a career.
The Pittsburgh Penguins have called a 2pm et press conference where Mario Lemieux will announce his retirement.
Lemieux has been out of the lineup for over a month with an irregular heartbeat diagnosed as atrial fibrillation.
Lemieux first retired in 1997 following years of back pain, a rare bone infection and a bout with cancer, but unexpectedly came out of retirement five years.
He did not play a full, injury-free season upon his return, missing most of two seasons with hip problems and another full season when the NHL shut down last year.
He recorded seven goals and 15 assists for 22 points in 26 games this season with the disappointing Penguins.
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warehouse wrote:
best hockey player ever.
He's definitely my favorite for sure, but of the players I grew up watching I think Gretzky was still better. However, if Lemieux remained healthy throughout his career I think he could have score more points than Gretzky. They both averaged almost 2 points per game, and Lemieux was at or above 2 points per game up until his injury problems over the past few years.
Him scoring five different ways is the most amazing sports feat in history. There is no way that will ever happen again. I think Gretzky was better, but a case can be made for Lemieux.
Him scoring five different ways is the most amazing sports feat in history.
I don't know if I'd go that far.
they did this on Sportscenter, marios feat, jamal lewis rushing for 295, sayers rushing for 6 TDs on 14 posessions, david duval shooting a 59, all brought on by kobes 81
Him scoring five different ways is the most amazing sports feat in history. There is no way that will ever happen again. I think Gretzky was better, but a case can be made for Lemieux.
anything involving an empty net goal isn't really that amazing.
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Him scoring five different ways is the most amazing sports feat in history. There is no way that will ever happen again. I think Gretzky was better, but a case can be made for Lemieux.
anything involving an empty net goal isn't really that amazing.
well, in the grand scheme of things, it is indeed impressive
Him scoring five different ways is the most amazing sports feat in history. There is no way that will ever happen again. I think Gretzky was better, but a case can be made for Lemieux.
anything involving an empty net goal isn't really that amazing.
well, in the grand scheme of things, it is indeed impressive
Let me re-phrase: adding the empty net goal onto the other 4 goals is silly. It's like saying a batter hit for the cycle, and managed to reach on an error as well. The first four are obviously impressive.
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sad day in the hockey world. best of luck to him.
NOTHINGFAN wrote:
warehouse wrote:
best hockey player ever.
i give the nod to gretzky as the best ever, but super mario is right there behind him.
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