Mario Lemieux

Life Story

Mario Lemieux was born on October fifth nineteen sixty-five in Montreal Canada. His parents, Jean-Guy and Pierrette Lemieux lived in a working section of the city. Jean-Guy was a construction worker. While Pierrette stayed at home and took care have Mario and his two brothers, Alian and Richard. Mario and his family was French Canadian like most of the population in Montreal. Mario spoke French and did not learn English until he made the Penguins. Mario was like most of the children in Canada, to have the dream to play in NHL, but unlike most of the children Mario did not only dream about achieving this goals he accomplished it.

Many New Records

Mario Lemieux has set many records in his time in the NHL. HE was on the NHL All Team #1 squad four times, in eighty-eight eighty-nine ninety-three and in ninety-six. He also won the Art Ross Trophy six times, Lemieux averages at least one goal a game every year that he won the Art Ross Trophy. Lemieux also was named Rookie Of The Year in eighty-five the year after Gertzky.

Stanley Cup

Mario Lemieux won two Stanley Cup throughout his entire career so far. They came in back to back years in ninety and ninety one. Mario was the MVP both of these series. The Penguins had a great team again in ninety two but did not make it to the Stanley Cup, coming up just short losing in the Eastern Conference championship game to the Philadelphia Flyers who went on to win the Stanley Cup.

Career Points

Mario Lemieux scored many points throughout his career in the NHL. He has scored two thousand three hundred twenty-five to be exact. He has nine hundred twenty-six goals and one thousand three hundred ninety-nine assists. No matter where Mario Lemieux was on the ice he was always a threat to put the puck in the net. He was, and still is, famous for his goals behind the net. He has the most goals ever scored by one player and is still playing so who knows how many goals Mario will end up with.

Teams Played On

Mario Lemieux played for the Pittsburgh Penguins his entire career. He still is playing for them but he now also manages the team. Without Mario the Penguins would have never been as good as they were.

Best Year

Lemieux's best year was the eighty-eight season in which he had seventy goals, ninety-eight assist, which is one hundred sixty eight points. This was a Penguins record and Lemieux's personal best.