HARRISBURG (KDKA) – Two Pennsylvania State Representatives have introduced their intentions to introduce a decision that honors one of many best hockey gamers of all time.
Representatives Jim Marshall and Nick Pisciottano on Wednesday made the announcement that they are going to use the decision to make June 6, 2024, Mario Lemieux Day within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
That date is the fortieth anniversary of the Penguins drafting Lemieux within the 1984 NHL Entry Draft.
Lemieux had a storied hockey profession within the NHL, enjoying just for the Pittsburgh Penguins. Throughout 17 seasons and 915 video games, he scored 690 targets which ranks eleventh all-time, 1,033 assists which ranks twelfth general, and his 1.88 points-per-game is second all-time behind solely Wayne Gretzky.
He additionally gained the Stanley Cup with the Penguins in 1991 and 1992.
Following his preliminary retirement in 1997, the normal five-year ready interval for the Hockey Corridor of Fame was waived and Lemieux was inducted in November 1997.
It wasn’t simply greatness on the ice that made Mario Lemieux such an distinctive determine.
He was identified with Hodgkin’s Illness in 1993 and after overcoming the illness, he based the Mario Lemieux Basis which has now raised tens of millions of {dollars} for most cancers analysis and affected person assets.
Then, from 1999 till 2021, Mario Lemieux helped save the franchise from chapter, buying the staff and serving as president, chairman, and CEO of the franchise. In that point, the Penguins gained three Stanley Cups, secured a brand new enviornment, and a long-term future in Pittsburgh.
