As you may anticipate, not solely have these choose few attained the final word, lofty benchmark of goal-scoring glory, however they’ve additionally accomplished some fairly extraordinary different issues. Scoring 500 regular-season objectives in the most effective hockey league on this planet is a extremely vital achievement in itself. Alongside the highway to 500, these guys have additionally collected some wonderful distinctions that assist outline their spectacular careers.
47 Members within the Unique 500-Purpose Membership
Under are the highest 47 objective scorers in NHL historical past offered in reverse chronological order by date after they scored their five hundredth objective. In case you are an avid hockey fan, chances are high you already know one thing distinctive about these guys. It’s the extra anecdote positioned subsequent to their names that will increase an eyebrow.
You discuss information that may by no means be damaged. I’d be actually stunned if anyone ever duplicated a few of the feats you’ll discover right here. If you happen to like hockey trivia, you’ll love a few of these. Though, many of those triumphs are properly past mere trivial in standing. You determine.
Steven Stamkos – January 18, 2023
Steven Stamkos turned the forty seventh participant to attain 500 profession objectives and simply the primary participant to attain the feat with the Tampa Bay Lightning when he hit the milestone on Jan. 18, 2023. Stamkos additionally scored a hat trick in the identical sport to assist the Lightning to a 5-2 victory towards the Vancouver Canucks. Stamkos has lengthy been one of the crucial prolific goal-scorers on the planet and has been as efficient of a participant as they arrive since being drafted first total in 2008. He’s additionally the tenth participant in historical past to be chosen first total and rating 500 profession objectives.
Stamkos can also be simply the third energetic participant within the NHL to have joined the 500-goal membership alongside Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin.
It took Stamkos 965 video games throughout 15 NHL seasons to hitch the 500-goal membership. He has scored upwards of 20 objectives 12 instances thus far in his profession, 30 objectives as soon as, 40 objectives 4 instances, 50 objectives as soon as, and 60 objectives as soon as. Only a few gamers have hit the 60-goal mark in a single season in NHL historical past and Stamkos is without doubt one of the elite few.
Stamkos is a two-time Maurice “Rocket” Richard Trophy winner, having led the NHL in objectives in 2009-10 and once more in 2011-12. He’s additionally a two-time Stanley Cup champion, having received hockey’s high honors in 2020 and 2021.
Sidney Crosby – February 15, 2022
Sidney Crosby turned the forty sixth participant in NHL historical past to attain the 500-goal mark and solely the second participant in Pittsburgh Penguins historical past to succeed in the milestone behind Mario Lemieux.
Becoming a member of the league with large hype and fanfare surrounding him again in 2005, Crosby would dwell as much as all the expectations and surpass them.
A 3-time Stanley Cup champion, Crosby has received the Rocket Richard Trophy for pacing the league in scoring in a single season on two separate events. He’s additionally a two-time Artwork Ross Trophy winner, a two-time Hart Memorial Trophy Winner, a two-time Ted Lindsay Trophy winner, a two-time Conn Smythe Trophy winner and has received each the Lester B. Pearson and Mark Messier Management Awards as soon as every.
Patrick Marleau – February 2, 2017
Patrick Marleau is the all-time Sharks chief in objectives, even-strength objectives, power-play objectives, factors, pictures, and video games performed having spent most of his NHL profession with the Sharks since being drafted second total by the franchise within the 1997 NHL Entry Draft. He was the youngest participant within the 1997 draft class, and he debuted instantly at first of the 1997–98 season. This conceptually makes him the youngest participant to ever play within the NHL.
Allow us to clarify, due to Wikipedia and Hockey’s Future.com. Within the fashionable draft period, it will be unimaginable to debut at an earlier age than Marleau, as he was born on the final day of the draft cut-off, and he debuted instantly within the first sport of the subsequent season.
Marian Hossa – October 18, 2016
Marian Hossa made 5 NHL All-Star Recreation appearances and performed in three consecutive Stanley Cup Finals with three totally different groups, lastly successful the Stanley Cup in 2010 with the third staff, the Chicago Blackhawks. Hossa additionally grew up with Marián Gáborík and Zdeno Chára in Trenčín, and remained shut associates with them by means of his NHL profession. Trenčín honored the trio by naming a road after every skater in 2015.
Alexander Ovechkin – January 10, 2016
Alexander Ovechkin (Александр Михайлович Овечкин for these fluent in Cyrillic) has probably the most objectives out of anybody within the NHL since he got here into the league throughout the 2005-06 season. Ovechkin has led the NHL in objective scoring and received the Rocket Richard Trophy 9 instances in his profession. You’ll be able to add three Hart Memorial Trophies, three Lester B. Pearson Awards, and an Artwork Ross Trophy to his case as properly. On January 11, 2017, Ovechkin scored his 1,000th profession level, changing into the thirty seventh individual in NHL historical past to succeed in 1,000 factors with just one staff.
Ovechkin has since surpassed that and the 800-goal mark and is second all-time.
Jarome Iginla – January 7, 2012
Jarome Iginla (or Jarome Arthur-Leigh Adekunle Tig Junior Elvis Iginla as he’s recognized again dwelling in Edmonton) made his NHL debut within the 1996 Stanley Cup Playoffs, as he was signed to a contract and flown to Calgary instantly after his junior season led to Kamloops. He appeared in two video games for the Flames of their sequence towards the Chicago Blackhawks. In his first NHL sport, Iginla assisted on a Theoren Fleury objective to document his first level — he scored his first objective in his second sport.
He additionally obtained the most effective compliments ever when former Calgary Flames common supervisor Craig Button described Iginla as being grounded: “He doesn’t carry himself with any perspective or vanity. He’s assured in his talents. He’s confident. He’s real. He’s a greater individual than he’s a participant, and everyone knows what sort of participant he’s.” (from ‘FANNING THE FLAMES Jarome Iginla changing into hottest ticket in Canada,’ NY Each day Information, 10/06/2002)
Keith Tkachuk – April 6, 2008
Throughout the 1996-97 season, Keith Tkachuk took probably the most ever penalty minutes by a participant who led the league in objectives. Though he managed to attain 52 objectives and take the goal-scoring title, he additionally picked up 228 minutes in penalties. That’s the equal of three.8 video games passing time within the penalty field, most ever in a single season by a goal-scoring chief.
Jeremy Roenick – November 10, 2007
You may already know that Roenick is considered one of solely 4 American-born gamers to attain 500 objectives within the NHL. One other extra vital word is said to how a few of these 42 nice gamers additionally helped fellow members of the 500-goal membership attain their milestones. Lengthy earlier than he scored quantity 500 himself in 2007, Roenick assisted on Michel Goulet’s 500th. The 2 had been Blackhawk teammates in 1992.
Mike Modano – March 13, 2007
Mike Modano is the all-time goal-scoring and factors chief within the NHL amongst American-born gamers, common season and playoffs. On April 12, 1994, Mike Modano and Brendan Shanahan turned the one two opposing gamers in NHL historical past to attain their 50th objective of the season in the identical sport. Odd!
Mark Recchi – January 26, 2007
Mark Recchi completed his profession seventh in all-time regular-season video games performed within the NHL (1,652). He additionally completed with 577 objectives, twenty first all-time.
Peter Bondra – December 22, 2006
On Feb 5, 1994, Bondra scored the quickest ever 4 consecutive objectives. He fired a complete of 5 that evening, however 4 of them got here in simply 4:12. Explosive! Daren Puppa of Tampa Bay was the goalie. He by no means knew what hit him. Give it some thought, a objective per minute for 4 straight minutes. Not even Gretzky may do this taking part in pond hockey.
Teemu Selanne – November 26, 2006
Earlier than he was 23 years previous, Teemu Selanne accomplished a goal-scoring feat that may by no means be damaged. However you say, “information are made to be damaged” and “by no means say by no means.” Nonetheless, I’m fairly sure no person in our lifetimes will duplicate the “Finnish Flash’s” 76 objectives by a rookie in 1992-93.
In that season, Selanne scored 20 objectives in March, most ever by anybody in a calendar month.
Mats Sundin – October 14, 2006
Mats Sundin scored his 500th objective in October 2006 and I doubt anybody will ever duplicate the dramatic circumstances surrounding his triumphant objective. Sundin scored in extra time, shorthanded as he accomplished a hat trick. Regrettably, he’s considered one of solely 4 members of the 500-goal affiliation to by no means have performed in a Stanley Cup Remaining sequence, not to mention win a Cup.
Pierre Turgeon – November 8, 2005
Pierre Turgeon was nonetheless solely 17 years previous when he was drafted 1st total in 1987. Though he scored his 500th NHL objective in 2005, he too turned an unofficial member of hockey’s elite scoring fraternity when he assisted on Brett Hull’s 500th objective in 1996.
Jaromir Jagr – February 4, 2003
Jaromir Jagr loved an unbelievable NHL profession. His listing of non-public and staff accomplishments make for a near-complete hockey resume, together with his 766 regular-season objectives.
Do you know that within the seven video games he performed between October 16 and November 4, 1999, Jagr both scored or assisted on each single objective his Penguins scored? (seven objectives, eight assists). That’s ridiculous!
Joe Nieuwendyk – January 17, 2003
Aside from scoring 500, Joe Nieuwendyk additionally belongs to a different unique goal-scoring membership. He’s considered one of solely 5 gamers in NHL historical past to attain 50+ objectives of their rookie season. In that 1987-88 season, Nieuwendyk scored 31 of his 51 objectives (60.8%) on the power-play, most ever by a 50-goal scorer. Joe was a winner nearly all over the place he went. He received three Stanley Cups with three totally different groups in three totally different a long time.
Joe Sakic – December 11, 2002
Joe Sakic holds an NHL document that ought to belong to him solely for a lot of, a few years. Sakic scored eight extra time game-winning objectives within the playoffs. Excellent! The subsequent closest is Maurice “Rocket Richard” who held the document at six for almost half a century till Sakic handed him. This document alone is a robust testomony to Sakic’s greatness with the sport on the road.
Brendan Shanahan – March 23, 2002
Prolific goal-scorers like to put the puck within the internet they usually’re able to strike at any time. Brendan Shanahan is considered one of solely two NHL gamers in historical past to document a hat trick in two separate season-opening video games.
The second time was on opening evening, October 4, 2001, when he accomplished his trio of objectives in extra time whereas the Pink Wings had been shorthanded. After one sport, he was on tempo to attain 246!
Ron Francis – January 2, 2002
Everyone knows how invaluable Corridor-of-Famer Ron Francis was nearly all over the place he performed. His 1,731 video games are fifth-most ever. There are just a few members of the 500-goal membership that by no means had a 50-goal season. Oddly, Francis by no means even had a 40-goal season. His whole profession objectives are most ever by a participant who by no means scored 40 in anyone season. The truth is, his highest output was simply 32 objectives in 1989-90. It was due to his consistency and sturdiness that he was capable of rating 549 objectives in his lengthy, illustrious profession.
Pat Verbeek – March 22, 2000
Pat Verbeek scored 522 regular-season objectives over 20 seasons within the NHL. Think about what number of he might need scored if he didn’t spend the equal of 48 video games within the penalty field. His 2,905 PIMs are probably the most by a 500-goal scorer. The “Little Ball of Hate” had considered one of his thumbs minimize off in an low season farming accident early in his profession. His father discovered it, wrapped it up and introduced it to the hospital the place it was efficiently sewn again on. And Verbeek nonetheless went on to attain over 500 objectives. Unimaginable!
Luc Robitaille – January 7, 1999
Like most 500-goal scorers, “Fortunate” Luc Robitaille (27), has a well-stocked trophy cupboard and owns many NHL and L.A. Kings franchise information. Together with Robitaille, the 2002 Detroit Pink Wings received a Stanley Cup with 4 500-goal scorers on the staff, probably the most ever. Common season extra time was reinstated in 1983 and in 1989, Luc Robitaille turned the primary participant to take a penalty shot in common season extra time. He didn’t rating.
Dave Andreychuk – March 15, 1997
Dave Andreychuk is the NHL’s all-time chief with 274 power-play objectives. He received a Stanley Cup with Tampa Bay in 2004, but it surely was some time in ready in his NHL profession. Andreychuk performed 1,759 common season and playoff video games earlier than successful Cup, greater than anybody, ever. At age 40 years, seven months, he was the oldest participant ever to make his Stanley Cup Remaining debut. Andreychuk scored 640 objectives and sure, he has a Cup ring.
Joe Mullen – March 14, 1997
Joe Mullen turned the primary American–born participant to attain 500 in 1997. Mullen holds the excellence of being the one participant in NHL historical past to have a penalty shot objective disallowed. Huh? Apparently his stick was measured after he scored and it was discovered to be unlawful. NO GOAL! This had by no means occurred earlier than and the rule has since been modified so it is going to most likely by no means occur once more. Weird, however every kind of issues can occur when there’s a pure objective scorer round.
Brett Hull – December 22, 1996
Brett Hull could have been one of the crucial outspoken and controversial 500-goal scorers, however he made the Corridor-of-Fame nonetheless. It’s one way or the other becoming {that a} participant who scored 741 NHL objectives would rating the final objective of the 20th century. On December 31, 1999 at 9:30 pm Central Time, Hull tallied his 601st NHL objective. He scored his 600th earlier in the identical sport.
Dale Hawerchuk – January 31, 1996
There have been seven rookies in NHL historical past to place up 100-points or extra of their first season. Dale Hawerchuk was the primary to do it in 1982. He was additionally the primary 18-year-old to document 100 factors within the NHL. Too unhealthy he retired on the comparatively younger age of 34.
Steve Yzerman – January 17, 1996
Steve Yzerman scored each considered one of his 692 profession objectives with the Detroit Pink Wings. He was named staff captain in 1986 on the age of 21 and served in that capability for the subsequent 20 years. When he retired, he had been the longest-serving captain of any staff in North American main league sports activities historical past. That’s loyalty!
Mark Messier – November 6, 1995
Amongst different issues, everybody is aware of that Mark Messier was one of many best gamers to ever play the sport. His all-time stats show it. He’s the one skilled athlete to have captained two totally different championship groups. Yeah, most actual hockey followers already know that.
Do you know that Messier was the final energetic participant that had performed within the Seventies? Additionally attention-grabbing is the truth that to today, Messier is second solely to Gretzky in playoff objectives scored ,122-109. However his groups missed the playoffs for the final seven seasons of his profession! Simply consider what might need been had he completed his taking part in days in say, Detroit, Ottawa, San Jose or Philadelphia.
Mario Lemieux – October 26, 1995
If we’re going to play “what if”, then there’s no another appropriate to invest with than Mario Lemieux. For an all-time document holder in so many classes, “The Magnificent One” solely performed 915 common season video games, a restricted quantity for a famous person of his period. In 1988-89, the Pittsburgh Penguins scored 347 objectives.
Mario received the scoring title that season with 199 factors. Meaning he was in on 57.3% of Pittsburgh’s whole offence. Unimaginable! He even missed 4 video games because of harm. Sure, 57.3% is an NHL document.
Dino Ciccarelli – January 8, 1994
It’s about time the NHL acknowledged Dino Ciccarelli for his extraordinary hockey accomplishments. He is without doubt one of the most gifted NHL’ers to by no means win a Stanley Cup. Nonetheless, his 608 regular-season objectives put him amongst the all-time leaders. Ciccarelli established a playoff document in 1981 that no person up to now has even come near. His 14 objectives as a rookie helped the Minnesota North Stars advance all the best way to the Stanley Cup Remaining.
Jari Kurri – October 17, 1992
Using shotgun for Wayne Gretzky all these years didn’t precisely hinder Jari Kurri’s manufacturing. He scored 71 objectives in 1984-85, probably the most ever by somebody who didn’t win the goal-scoring title. He continued to do fairly properly, thank-you, after Gretzky’s departure to L.A. and ended his NHL profession with 601 objectives. Kurri (not Gretzky) holds the document for probably the most ever playoff objectives for one staff. Between 1981 and 1990, Kurri potted 92 postseason objectives for the Edmonton Oilers.
Michel Goulet – February 16, 1992
A extreme concussion compelled Michel Goulet into early retirement in 1994 however not earlier than this natural-born sniper had amassed 548 NHL objectives. In 1983-84, 16 of Goulet’s 56 objectives or 28.6% had been game-winners, most ever by a 50-goal scorer. To place this wonderful statistic into appreciative perspective, the subsequent greatest that season was Gretzky. He had 87 objectives however solely 11 had been game-winners.
Mike Gartner – October 14, 1991
Mike Gartner is considered one of solely six gamers in NHL historical past to attain greater than 700 objectives. He’s the one participant ever to bag 30 or extra in a single season with 5 totally different groups and holds the document for probably the most 30-goal seasons (17). Gartner by no means received the Stanley Cup nor did he ever even play in a Cup Remaining. He by no means received any main NHL award, by no means received a scoring title, and was by no means named to the postseason All-Star Group. All he did was rating and rating constantly. It received him into the Corridor of Fame.
Bryan Trottier – February 13, 1990
Bryan Trottier was a core participant of the Islanders dynasty of the early Eighties. He collected a ton of staff and particular person silverware in his profession. There are a few unbelievable particulars in Trottier’s profession that stand out and make him the most effective clutch gamers of all time. Between 1980 and ’82, Trottier recorded at the least one level in 27 consecutive playoff video games over three playoff seasons. Take into consideration that for a second. It’s really astounding!
His closest rival on this class was Gretzky at 19. Trottier additionally stands alone as the one participant in NHL historical past to document six factors in a single interval (three objectives, three assists) on Dec 23, 1978. No person earlier than and no person since has accomplished it.
Lanny McDonald – March 21, 1989
Lanny McDonald scored precisely 500 objectives within the NHL. One notably spectacular season contributed handsomely to his remaining objective whole. In 1982-83, McDonald scored 66 instances, second solely to Gretzky. Amazingly, Lanny didn’t attain 100 factors that season. Earlier in his profession, extra particularly on Apr 17, 1977, he turned the primary participant to attain 4 objectives in a playoff sport in a dropping trigger. His Leafs misplaced 6-5 to the Flyers. McDonald’s sweater quantity 9 was the primary to be retired by the Calgary Flames.
Wayne Gretzky – November 22, 1986
There are a lot of secondary information that Wayne Gretzky doesn’t personal. The remaining are his. It solely took “The Nice One” 575 video games to succeed in the 500-goal milestone. He was simply 25 years previous. One Gretzky document stands out and demonstrates simply how a lot of an offensive issue he actually was.
Get this: Of all of the 500-goal scorers up to now, Gretzky scored the fewest power-play objectives, as a proportion of his grand whole. He scored 894 objectives and 204 had been with a person benefit. That’s simply 22.8%, the bottom margin of all 500 objective males. Gretzky didn’t want the power-play to show he was nice.
Gilbert Perreault – March 9, 1986
In 1970-71, Gilbert Perreault of the Buffalo Sabres smashed a 45-year-old document when he fired 38 objectives, most ever by a rookie. Nels Stewart had scored 34 in 1925-26. Perreault’s rookie document didn’t final lengthy. The next season, Perreault assisted on many of the objectives by his rookie linemate, Rick Martin who set a brand new document when he scored 44. The document has since been surpassed. The magnificence of Perreault’s 1970-71 season has light – barely.
Mike Bossy – January 2, 1986
Mike Bossy was drafted 15th total in 1977. He was handed over twice by the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Rangers and as soon as by ten different groups. The Islanders landed a gem. It took 36 years to duplicate however in 1980-81, Bossy turned the second participant behind Rocket Richard to attain 50 objectives in 50 video games. His effective accomplishments embrace a document of 9 consecutive 50-goal seasons. He scored 573 objectives however solely performed 10 NHL seasons. One fabulous document Bossy holds to himself got here within the 1983 Convention Finals towards Boston. He scored the game-winning objective in all 4 video games the Islanders received. Nobody else has ever scored all 4 game-winners in a best-of-seven sequence.
Man Lafleur – December 20, 1983
Man Lafleur turned the tenth participant to attain 500 objectives within the NHL. He was the 16th Canadiens’ participant to win a scoring championship in 1977-78. Don’t inform your children, however Lafleur’s profession took off after three seasons when he started taking part in with out a helmet. Of Lafleur’s 560 profession objectives, 97 or 17.3% had been game-winners, a margin increased than every other 500-goal scorer.
Marcel Dionne – December 14, 1982
Marcel Dionne has a protracted listing of accomplishments to his credit score, together with Corridor-of-Fame induction in 1992. His 731 objectives rank fourth all-time. Dionne was the NHL’s first free agent in 1975. The idea was with out precedent on the time so the NHL intervened and demanded compensation for Detroit, the staff that misplaced his companies.
In 1980-81 Dionne centered the L.A. Kings’ “Triple Crown” line with Dave Taylor and Charlie Simmer. They turned the primary threesome to all have 100-point seasons.
Stan Mikita – February 27, 1977
Stan Mikita received 4 scoring titles between 1964 and 1968. In 1964-65 he set a document that has by no means been damaged. His 154 penalty minutes had been probably the most ever by a scoring champion. Then Mikita skilled some sort of mystical transformation. He additionally received a scoring title in 1966-67 however had solely 12 PIM’s, additionally a document. The identical man has each the document for probably the most and the least penalty minutes by a scoring champion. How bizarre is that?
Johnny Buyck – October 30, 1975
Johnny Bucyk could be the 500-goal membership’s all-time most perseverant member. He scored two objectives throughout the 1959 playoffs after which endured a protracted Bruins’ playoff drought till he lastly scored once more in 1969 in Lord Stanley’s postseason. Nonetheless, he completed his Corridor-of-Fame profession with a really respectable whole of 41 playoff objectives to associate with his 556 regular-season objectives. At 35 years previous, Bucyk notched his first 50-goal season in 1970-71. He stays the oldest ever participant to attain 50.
Phil Esposito – December 22, 1974
Phil Esposito was the primary participant to document a 100-point season and later, was the primary to attain 70 objectives in a season. Led by Esposito throughout the 1970-71 season, the “Huge Dangerous Bruins” broke every kind of staff and particular person information. Nonetheless, probably the most unbelievable document Esposito set that season was his 550 pictures on objective. No person since has even come shut. The one different participant to come back inside 100 of the document has been Alexander Ovechkin.
Frank Mahovlich – March 21, 1973
The “Huge M” Frank Mahovlich was the threerd all-time nice to succeed in the five hundred plateau as a member of the Montreal Canadiens. Halfway by means of the 1970-71 season, he was traded from Detroit to Montreal because the Pink Wings had been experiencing the largest ever (40) one-season decline in factors by an NHL staff. In the meantime, Mahovlich went on to steer the 1971 playoffs in scoring and helped the Canadiens win one other Stanley Cup. Mahovlich by no means had a 50-goal season however he was the primary to attain 40 objectives in a single season with three totally different groups. In 1973, he received the Cup once more with the Canadiens who iced 11 future Corridor-of-Famers, probably the most ever.
Jean Beliveau – February 11, 1971
Essentially the most extraordinary achievement in Jean Beliveau’s excellent NHL profession is that he managed to get his title engraved on the Stanley Cup 17 instances, 10 as a participant and 7 extra as a Montreal Canadiens’ government. “Le Gros Invoice” captained 5 Stanley Cup champions, greater than anyone else. He performed within the Stanley Cup Remaining 12 instances, a shared document. On January 23, 1956, he turned the primary hockey participant to look on the duvet of Sports activities Illustrated.
Bobby Hull – February 21, 1970
There have been 5 50-goal seasons throughout the Sixties and Hull had 4 of them. Sufficient mentioned! The truth is, he was the primary participant to attain greater than 50 objectives in a single season. As a rookie in 1957, Bobby “The Golden Jet” Hull was on the ice taking part in in simply his fifth NHL sport when Maurice Richard scored his 500th profession objective. Bobby Hull didn’t rating his first of 610 NHL objectives till two video games later.
Gordie Howe – March 14, 1962
Gordie Howe’s profession longevity is properly documented. He’s the one participant to have competed within the NHL in 5 a long time from the Nineteen Forties to the ’80s. By 1961, he had turn into the primary to play 1,000 video games. Howe by no means had a 50-goal season. His 801 objectives had been unfold out over a very long time. He received six scoring titles, however maybe extra remarkably, he completed within the high 10 in scoring for 20 consecutive seasons.
In his time, Howe broke and held many information. Take into consideration this one for a second; between 1965 and 1968 “Mr. Hockey” was each the all-time chief in playoff factors and penalty minutes. Powerful? You wager!
Maurice “Rocket” Richard -October 19, 1957
The legend of Maurice “Rocket” Richard solely will get better as time passes. Richard set the primary customary by which objective scorers had been measured when he scored 50 objectives within the 50-game schedule of 1944-45. No person has ever had extra want to attain than the Rocket. He’s considered one of solely two members of the 500-goal membership (the opposite is Mario Lemieux.) to attain 5 objectives in a single playoff sport. Earlier than 1944, nobody had even scored 10 objectives in a single playoff season. Richard scored 12 in 9 video games. He’s the one participant in NHL historical past to win a playoff goal-scoring title in 5 totally different seasons.
Lengthy earlier than Richard turned the primary participant to attain 500 objectives within the NHL in 1957, and even earlier than he turned the NHL’s all-time scoring chief in 1952, Richard was honored with a particular tribute evening on the Montreal Discussion board. On Feb 17, 1951, in entrance of a document crowd of 15,780 followers, he was showered with over $6,000 value of presents, a small fortune in these days. The occasion was like nothing ever earlier than in hockey. It passed off between the primary and second durations and was carried Canada-wide by CBC radio.
In accordance with a difficulty of The Hockey Information dated on the time, presents included a brand new automobile (1951 DeSoto), an electrical stitching machine, an enormous liquor cupboard, a 200- piece kitchenware set, a vacuum cleaner, costly silverware, a mix radio, a particular trophy to honor his greatness, shares in a publicly-owned golf course and an enormous fridge.
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