Mario
Lemieux has led his Pittsburgh Penguins team to two Stanley
Cups in the early 90's and he is trying to make this year be
his third Stanley Cup season.
Mario
scored 16 goals and 28 assists during his 23 playoff games in
1991. His 44 playoff points was the second highesttotal in
Stanley Cup history.
In the 1995-96 season he won his 3rd Hart Trophy as the
NHL's Most Valuable Player, becomming only the seventh player to win
the trophy at least three times.
Mario
Lemieux's NHL Records
Most
shorthanded goals in one season (13)
Most
overtime goals, career (9)
Most
overtime points, career (19)
Highest
goals per game average, career (.823)
Most
goals in one period (4 shared with 10 others)
Mario
Lemieux's Playoff Records
Highest
goals per game average, playoff career (.775)
Most
goals in one playoff game (5 shared with 4 others)
Most
goals in one playoff period (4 shared with Tim Kerr)
In
December of 2000 after a 3 and a half year retirement, durring
which he became the owner of the Penguins franchise saving them
from bankruptcy. He made all Penguins fans hopes come true by
returning to the ice.