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Mario Lemieux (born October 5, 1965 in Montreal,
Quebec|Montreal, Quebec) is a professional ice
hockey|hockey player in the NHL|National Hockey
League (NHL). As one of the greatest to ever play
the game, Lemieux has acquired nicknames such as
"Le Magnifique," "The Magnificent One" and "Super
Mario," while his surname literally means "the
best." Due to his skill, size and stature (6 ft 4
in (1.93 m) and 230 lb (104 kg)), many analysts
believe he could be great in any era. Position:
centre (ice hockey)|Centre.


==Playing career==
===Early career===
Mario Lemieux was born on October 5, 1965 in
Montreal, Quebec, the youngest of three sons of
Jean-Guy and Pierrette Lemieux. He first learned
to skate in his living room, which his mother
would pack with snow to keep the carpet fresh for
the winter. At an early age, Lemieux was
considered a hockey prodigy and at the time
Montreal Canadiens head coach, legend Scotty
Bowman, suggested that they purchase the team he
was on in order to guarantee first shot at signing
the young star.

Lemieux was selected first overall by the
Pittsburgh Penguins in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft
after a much-heralded career in the Quebec Major
Junior Hockey League.  As a testament to his
potential greatness, he was given the number "66",
an upside down version of Wayne Gretzky's famous
"99".  Gretzky had been breaking records for the
previous 5 seasons playing for the Edmonton
Oilers.  The Penguins had become the laughing
stock of the NHL, finishing last overall in the
previous 2 seasons; amid rumors of the team's
impending move, the future of the franchise was
thrust solely upon the 18-year-old's shoulders.

In his first NHL game, on his first shift and on
first shot, he scored his first goal after he
stole the puck from the future Hockey Hall of
Fame|Hall of Fame Boston Bruins defenceman Raymond
Bourque|Ray Bourque.  He then went on to tally 99
more points during his first season, becoming only
the third NHL rookie at the time to reach the
century mark, which garnered him the Calder
Memorial Trophy as the national league's 'rookie
of the year'. Earlier that season during the NHL's
National Hockey League All-Star Game|All-Star
Game, Lemieux became the first and only rookie to
be named the All-Star Game's Most Valuable Player
(MVP).

===1985-86 season===
During his sophomore season of 1985-1986, Lemieux
recorded 141 points (48 goals, 93 assists) to
finish second in league scoring behind Wayne
Gretzky|Gretzky's still-standing National Hockey
League|NHL record of 215 points.  That same
season, Lemieux won the Lester B. Pearson award as
the game's best player, voted by the National
Hockey League's players themselves, ending Wayne
Gretzky|Gretzky's record run of four consecutive
years of winning the award.  The Penguins' overall
record improved 27 points thanks to Lemieux's
scoring prowess.

===1986-87 season===
Lemieux missed 17 games due to injury over the
course of his next season but still managed to
finish third in the National Hockey League|NHL
scoring race behind only Edmonton Oilers|Edmonton
linemates Wayne Gretzky|Gretzky (183 points) and
Jari Kurri (108 points).

In late summer of 1987 Lemieux teamed with Wayne
Gretzky|Gretzky to help Canada win the Canada Cup
in an international tournament before the National
Hockey League|NHL's regular season.  Playing
mostly on Wayne Gretzky|Gretzky's line, Lemieux
led all players in goal scoring and scored the
game winner with little over a minute to play
against the Soviet Union in the deciding game of
the tournament.  Many, including Lemieux, credit
this very series as the turning point in his
career and enabling him to finally reach his
potential as an offensive force.

===1987-88 season===
The following season, 1987-88, saw Lemieux score
at a pace reached only by Wayne Gretzky and win
his first Art Ross Trophy as the league's leading
scorer.  He ended Wayne Gretzky|Gretzky's record
streak of seven straight scoring titles by
finishing with 168 points.  At that time he became
only the 4th player to score 70 goals in a season,
joining Phil Esposito, Gretzky and Jari Kurri.  He
also became the only other player besides Wayne
Gretzky|Gretzky to average over two points a game
for the season, finishing with 168 points in 77
games.  After the season, Lemieux won his first
Hart Memorial Trophy as the league's Most Valuable
Player|MVP, ending another of Wayne
Gretzky|Gretzky's record streaks at 8 in a row. 
Earlier in the season, Mario won his second
All-Star Game MVP by scoring a still standing
record of 6 points (3 goals, 3 assists) including
the game-winner in overtime.  However, despite of
all of Lemieux's personal achievements, Pittsburgh
Penguins|Pittsburgh still failed to make the
playoffs for the sixth straight year.

===1988-89 season===
The 1988-89 season saw Lemieux set personal highs
in goals, assists and points.  He easily won the
scoring title over Wayne Gretzky|Gretzky, despite
missing 4 games to injury, with 199 points to
Gretzky's 168.  He became only the second player
in history to score 80 goals, his 85 ranked third
most all-time behind only Gretzky's 92 and 87 and
has only been surpassed by Brett Hull's 86 during
the 1990-91 campaign.  He became just the third
player to ever dish out 100 assists in a season
with his league leading 114 (tied with Gretzky)
and just missed joining only Gretzky as the only
players to have recorded 200 points in a season. 
He also eclipsed Gretzky's record for shorthanded
goals during the season by scoring 13. This season
also saw him enter into a pretty exclusive club,
the 50 goals in 50 games club. At that time, only
Maurice Richard (once), Mike Bossy (once), and
Wayne Gretzky (thrice) belonged. Since then, Brett
Hull (twice) has joined.

On December 31, 1988, in a game against New Jersey
Devils|New Jersey, Lemieux became the only player
in history to score a goal five different ways by
scoring an even strength, power-play, shorthanded
and an empty net goal and also managed to add a
penalty shot goal as well.

More importantly, Pittsburgh Penguins|Pittsburgh
made the playoffs for the first time in 7 seasons
and although they eventually lost in the second
round, Lemieux made his mark as a playoff
performer.  He finished with 12 goals and 17
points in 11 games.  On April 25, 1989, facing the
Philadelphia Flyers, Lemieux set or tied several
playoff records with his 5 goal, 8 point
performance in a 10-7 Pittsburgh win.

===1989-90 season===
The 1989-90 season started with much promise for
both Lemieux and the Pittsburgh Penguins|Penguins
but would ultimately end in disappointment.  On
Halloween in 1989, Lemieux began a streak of
recording at least one point per game that would
eventually end at 46 -- just five short of Wayne
Gretzky|Gretzky's record.  He was forced to leave
a game against the New York Rangers with back pain
and would not return until the final game of the
season.  During the All-Star game at Mellon
Arena|in Pittsburgh, Lemieux scored three goals in
the first period and four goals overall to win his
third All-Star Game MVP.  With Pittsburgh's
playoff hopes still in doubt, Lemieux returned for
the last game of the regular season in hopes of
securing a playoff spot.  Needing only a tie or
win to advance to the Stanley Cup playoffs,
Pittsburgh eventually lost in overtime to Buffalo
Sabres|Buffalo.

===Injury problems===
Lemieux's back pain did not subside over the
summer and was later diagnosed as a herniated
disc.  While recovering from back surgery, Lemieux
was found to have contracted a rare infection from
the surgery in his back and became bedridden for
months leading to speculation that, at only 25,
his career might be over.

===1990-1991 season===
With the Pittsburgh Penguins|Penguins in
contention for first place for much of the season
and finally able to provide a supporting cast to
compliment his talents, Lemieux returned in
January of 1991 and helped Pittsburgh win its
first ever division title and move on to the
playoffs for only the second time in his
remarkable career.

Pittsburgh and Lemieux won the Stanley Cup for the
first time that year and Lemieux won the Conn
Smythe Trophy as the playoff MVP after leading the
playoffs with 44 points and 28 assists, both the
second most in Stanley Cup playoff history.

===1991-92 season===
The following season saw Lemieux win the Art Ross
Trophy for the third time, pacing the league with
131 points.  His team made the playoffs for the
second straight year but Lemieux missed the first
game of the first round against the Washington
Capitals because of back pain.  Lemieux returned
but Pittsburgh found itself down three games to
one in the series.  The Pittsburgh Penguins|Pens
would rebound to win the series in 7 games with
Lemieux scoring 17 points in only 6 games but his
hand was broken by a vicious slash in the second
game of the next round versus the New York Rangers
forcing him to miss the remainder of the series.
Even if the Penguins won the series, his return
for the rest of the playoffs was uncertain.

Pittsburgh did win and advance to the Wales
Conference Finals.  Lemieux returned in Game 2 of
that series, and the Pens would not lose a game
the rest of way to capturing their second straight
Stanley Cup.  Again, despite missing 6 games to
injury, Lemieux led all scorers during the
playoffs with 16 goals and 34 points in only 15
games and was named playoff MVP for the second
straight year.  Only Lemieux and Philadelphia
Flyers|Philadelphia goaltender Bernie Parent ('74,
'75) have won the Conn Smythe Trophy in
consecutive seasons.

===1992-93 season===
With hopes high of a third straight Stanley Cup
championship, Lemieux and company got off to a
strong start during the 1992-93 season and Lemieux
was was on pace to challenge both Wayne
Gretzky|Gretzky's record of 92 goals in a season
(1981-82) and his 215 points (1985-86).  However,
in January was diagnosed with Hodgkin's disease
and was forced to undergo energy draining
radiation treatments, thus leaving his career once
again and possibly even his life in doubt.

Lemieux did return after missing only two months
but found that not only was Pittsburgh
Penguins|Pittsburgh struggling without their
superstar, but he was also now 12 points behind
Buffalo Sabres|Buffalo's Pat LaFontaine in the
annual scoring derby, despite holding a healthy
lead before his diagnosis.

On the day of his last radiation treatment, Mario
flew to play against Philadelphia
Flyers|Philadelphia and scored a goal and an
assist that same night.  Lemieux and Pittsburgh
then went on an unprecedented tear for the rest of
the season.  Pittsburgh won a National Hockey
League|NHL record 17 games in a row to finish
first overall and Lemieux rebounded to win his
second straight scoring title and fourth overall. 
Lemieux finished with 160 points (69 goals, 91
assists) in only 60 games played, the lowest games
played total for any National Hockey League|NHL
scoring champion, to win the scoring title by 12
points over LaFontaine who finished with 148
points in 84 games.  During his late season tear
Lemieux added back-to-back four-goal games, a
five-goal game against the rival New York Rangers
and at one point scored 27 goals, 24 assists for
51 points in only 16 games!  However, after
dispatching New Jersey Devils|New Jersey in 5
games during the first round, Pittsburgh lost
against the New York Islanders in 7 games after
David Volek scored in overtime of Game 7.

===Injury problems continue===
Lemieux missed most the 1993-94 season and skipped
the National Hockey League|NHL's lockout-shortened
season of 1994-95 recovering from chronic back
pain, back surgery and the effects of radiation
treatment, casting doubt on his intention to play
again.

===1995-96 season===
Lemieux announced his return to the National
Hockey League|NHL late in the summer of 1995 and
won his fifth Art Ross Trophy, leading the league
in goals (69), points (161), power-play goals (31)
and shorthanded goals (8) despite playing in only
70 games.  He easily won his third Hart Memorial
Trophy as the league's MVP and his Pens made it to
the Eastern Conference Final before falling to
Florida Panthers|Florida in 7 games.

===1996-97 season===
Lemieux again won the scoring title during the
1996-97 season amid speculation that this would be
his final season.  In his last game in his
hometown of Montreal, Lemieux tied a National
Hockey League|NHL record of scoring 4 goals in a
period.  His team made the playoffs again but lost
to Philadelphia Flyers|Philadelphia in 5 games. 
Lemieux scored on his final shift in his last home
game of the playoffs and two nights later added
another as Lemieux was given a standing ovation by
the Philadelphia fans as he bid farewell to the
National Hockey League|NHL due to his various
injuries suffered over his career.  That same
summer Lemieux was immediately inducted into the
Hockey Hall of Fame, becoming the 9th player in
history to have the mandatory 3 year waiting
period waived.



===Post-playing career===
On September 3, 1999, a U.S. Bankruptcy Court
approved Lemieux's reorganization plan to save the
Pittsburgh Penguins|Penguins from bankruptcy. 
Lemieux bought the team to help recover
unfulfilled contractual payments by former
Penguins owners and to keep the team in
Pittsburgh, making the then-retired star, who
deferred millions in salary he was owed, the first
former player to become majority owner of his
former team. He is also chairman of the board,
CEO, and president.

Late in 2000, rumors were abound that Lemieux was
attempting a comeback and on December 27 of that
year he returned to the NHL. In his first game, he
got an assist 33 seconds into his first shift.
Despite playing in little more than half the
Penguins' games in 2000-01, he was one of the
three finalists for the Hart Memorial Trophy and
scored more points (76) than over 90% percent of
the rest of the league's players to finish 26th in
scoring.

Lemieux was limited due to injuries during the
last 3 regular seasons, playing in only 24 games
in 2001-02 and 10 games during the 2003-04 season.
 In 2002-03, Lemieux led the National Hockey
League|NHL in scoring for most of the season but
missed most of the games towards the end of the
schedule and finished eighth in scoring with 92
points in only 67 games.  Unfortunately,
Pittsburgh plummeted to the bottom of the National
Hockey League|NHL and missed the playoffs in each
of those 3 seasons.

As a member of the Canadian men's Winter Olympic
Games|Olympic gold-medal hockey team in 2002,
Lemieux was second in scoring on the team with 6
points in 6 games.

Lemieux's unique status as player and owner has
placed him in a potential conflict of interest
with respect to National Hockey League labor
dispute (2004-05)|NHL labour negotiations. 
Because he is also an owner, Lemieux is no longer
a member of the National Hockey League Players
Association, although he still pays union dues to
maintain his pension.  By agreement with the
NHLPA, Lemieux is paid the average league salary
of about US dollar|$1.4 million and it is from
this amount that his union dues are calculated and
deducted.  By agreement with the league's other
owners, he does not vote in owners' meetings,
delegating this role to a Penguins vice president.
 Lemieux appears to have sided with the league on
key collective bargaining agreement issues and
suggested that the NHL adopt a salary structure
similar to the National Football League, which has
a salary cap.

Mario Lemieux, considered by many to be the most
talented hockey player ever, often finds his name
mentioned in the top 5 hockey players of all-time
and his numbers and resume do not dispute that
sentiment.  He never played a full season in the
NHL without missing a game so one can only
speculate how much more impressive his offensive
numbers would be if he had not missed over 400
games due to injury and illness.

Lemieux married his teenage sweetheart Nathalie
Asselin on June 26, 1993.  They have 4 children,
Lauren, Stephanie, Austin, and Alexa.

==Awards==
*1985 - Calder Memorial Trophy, NHL All-Rookie
Team
*1986 - Lester B. Pearson Award, NHL Second Team
All-Star
*1987 - NHL Second Team All-Star
*1988 - Art Ross Trophy, Lester B. Pearson Award,
Hart Memorial Trophy, NHL First Team All-Star
*1989 - Art Ross Trophy, NHL First Team All-Star
*1991 - Conn Smythe Trophy
*1992 - Art Ross Trophy, Conn Smythe Trophy, NHL
Second Team All-Star
*1993 - Art Ross Trophy, Hart Memorial Trophy,
Lester B. Pearson Award, NHL Plus/Minus Award,
Bill Masterton Trophy, NHL First Team All-Star
*1996 - Art Ross Trophy, Hart Memorial Trophy, NHL
First Team All-Star, Lester B. Pearson Award
*1997 - Art Ross Trophy, NHL First Team All-Star
*1997 - Inducted into Hockey Hall of Fame
*2000 - Lester Patrick Trophy
*2001 - NHL Second Team All-Star
*2002 - Captain of Canadian Gold Medal Team
*2004 - Captain of Canadian World Cup Championship
Team
* NHL All-Star Team - 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989,
1990, 1992, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2002.
* His number 66 retired by the Pittsburgh Penguins
(Although he can still use it)

==Records==
* Ranked 10th in all-time NHL assists (1018)
* Ranked 8th in all-time NHL goals (683)
* Ranked 7th in all-time NHL points (1701)
Hockey player missing records


==Career statistics==
{| BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0"
ID="Table3"
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! ALIGN="center" colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" |
 
! ALIGN="center" rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |
 
! ALIGN="center" colspan="5" | Regular Season
! ALIGN="center" rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |
 
! ALIGN="center" colspan="5" | Playoffs
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! ALIGN="center" | Season
! ALIGN="center" | Team
! ALIGN="center" | League
! ALIGN="center" | GP
! ALIGN="center" | G
! ALIGN="center" | A
! ALIGN="center" | Pts
! ALIGN="center" | PIM
! ALIGN="center" | GP
! ALIGN="center" | G
! ALIGN="center" | A
! ALIGN="center" | Pts
! ALIGN="center" | PIM
|- ALIGN="center"
| ALIGN="center" | 1981-82
| ALIGN="center" | Laval
| ALIGN="center" | QMJHL
| ALIGN="center" | 64
| ALIGN="center" | 30
| ALIGN="center" | 66
| ALIGN="center" | 96
| ALIGN="center" | 22
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| ALIGN="center" | 1982-83
| ALIGN="center" | Laval
| ALIGN="center" | QMJHL
| ALIGN="center" | 66
| ALIGN="center" | 84
| ALIGN="center" | 100
| ALIGN="center" | 184
| ALIGN="center" | 76
| ALIGN="center" | 12
| ALIGN="center" | 14
| ALIGN="center" | 18
| ALIGN="center" | 32
| ALIGN="center" | 18
|- ALIGN="center"
| ALIGN="center" | 1983-84
| ALIGN="center" | Laval
| ALIGN="center" | QMJHL
| ALIGN="center" | 70
| ALIGN="center" | 133
| ALIGN="center" | 149
| ALIGN="center" | 282
| ALIGN="center" | 92
| ALIGN="center" | 14
| ALIGN="center" | 29
| ALIGN="center" | 23
| ALIGN="center" | 52
| ALIGN="center" | 29
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| ALIGN="center" | 1984-85
| ALIGN="center" | Pittsburgh
| ALIGN="center" | NHL
| ALIGN="center" | 73
| ALIGN="center" | 43
| ALIGN="center" | 57
| ALIGN="center" | 100
| ALIGN="center" | 54
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
|- ALIGN="center"
| ALIGN="center" | 1985-86
| ALIGN="center" | Pittsburgh
| ALIGN="center" | NHL
| ALIGN="center" | 79
| ALIGN="center" | 48
| ALIGN="center" | 93
| ALIGN="center" | 141
| ALIGN="center" | 43
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| ALIGN="center" | 1986-87
| ALIGN="center" | Pittsburgh
| ALIGN="center" | NHL
| ALIGN="center" | 63
| ALIGN="center" | 54
| ALIGN="center" | 53
| ALIGN="center" | 107
| ALIGN="center" | 57
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
|- ALIGN="center"
| ALIGN="center" | 1987-88
| ALIGN="center" | Pittsburgh
| ALIGN="center" | NHL
| ALIGN="center" | 77
| ALIGN="center" | 70
| ALIGN="center" | 98
| ALIGN="center" | 168
| ALIGN="center" | 92
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| ALIGN="center" | 1988-89
| ALIGN="center" | Pittsburgh
| ALIGN="center" | NHL
| ALIGN="center" | 76
| ALIGN="center" | 85
| ALIGN="center" | 114
| ALIGN="center" | 199
| ALIGN="center" | 100
| ALIGN="center" | 11
| ALIGN="center" | 12
| ALIGN="center" | 7
| ALIGN="center" | 19
| ALIGN="center" | 16
|- ALIGN="center"
| ALIGN="center" | 1989-90
| ALIGN="center" | Pittsburgh
| ALIGN="center" | NHL
| ALIGN="center" | 59
| ALIGN="center" | 45
| ALIGN="center" | 78
| ALIGN="center" | 123
| ALIGN="center" | 78
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| ALIGN="center" | 1990-91
| ALIGN="center" | Pittsburgh
| ALIGN="center" | NHL
| ALIGN="center" | 26
| ALIGN="center" | 19
| ALIGN="center" | 26
| ALIGN="center" | 45
| ALIGN="center" | 30
| ALIGN="center" | 23
| ALIGN="center" | 16
| ALIGN="center" | 28
| ALIGN="center" | 44
| ALIGN="center" | 16
|- ALIGN="center"
| ALIGN="center" | 1991-92
| ALIGN="center" | Pittsburgh
| ALIGN="center" | NHL
| ALIGN="center" | 64
| ALIGN="center" | 44
| ALIGN="center" | 87
| ALIGN="center" | 131
| ALIGN="center" | 94
| ALIGN="center" | 15
| ALIGN="center" | 16
| ALIGN="center" | 18
| ALIGN="center" | 34
| ALIGN="center" | 2
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| ALIGN="center" | 1992-93
| ALIGN="center" | Pittsburgh
| ALIGN="center" | NHL
| ALIGN="center" | 60
| ALIGN="center" | 69
| ALIGN="center" | 91
| ALIGN="center" | 160
| ALIGN="center" | 38
| ALIGN="center" | 11
| ALIGN="center" | 8
| ALIGN="center" | 10
| ALIGN="center" | 18
| ALIGN="center" | 10
|- ALIGN="center"
| ALIGN="center" | 1993-94
| ALIGN="center" | Pittsburgh
| ALIGN="center" | NHL
| ALIGN="center" | 22
| ALIGN="center" | 17
| ALIGN="center" | 20
| ALIGN="center" | 37
| ALIGN="center" | 32
| ALIGN="center" | 6
| ALIGN="center" | 4
| ALIGN="center" | 3
| ALIGN="center" | 7
| ALIGN="center" | 2
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| ALIGN="center" | 1995-96
| ALIGN="center" | Pittsburgh
| ALIGN="center" | NHL
| ALIGN="center" | 70
| ALIGN="center" | 69
| ALIGN="center" | 92
| ALIGN="center" | 161
| ALIGN="center" | 54
| ALIGN="center" | 18
| ALIGN="center" | 11
| ALIGN="center" | 16
| ALIGN="center" | 27
| ALIGN="center" | 33
|- ALIGN="center"
| ALIGN="center" | 1996-97
| ALIGN="center" | Pittsburgh
| ALIGN="center" | NHL
| ALIGN="center" | 76
| ALIGN="center" | 50
| ALIGN="center" | 72
| ALIGN="center" | 122
| ALIGN="center" | 65
| ALIGN="center" | 5
| ALIGN="center" | 3
| ALIGN="center" | 3
| ALIGN="center" | 6
| ALIGN="center" | 4
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| ALIGN="center" | 2000-01
| ALIGN="center" | Pittsburgh
| ALIGN="center" | NHL
| ALIGN="center" | 43
| ALIGN="center" | 35
| ALIGN="center" | 41
| ALIGN="center" | 76
| ALIGN="center" | 18
| ALIGN="center" | 18
| ALIGN="center" | 6
| ALIGN="center" | 11
| ALIGN="center" | 17
| ALIGN="center" | 4
|- ALIGN="center"
| ALIGN="center" | 2001-02
| ALIGN="center" | Pittsburgh
| ALIGN="center" | NHL
| ALIGN="center" | 24
| ALIGN="center" | 6
| ALIGN="center" | 25
| ALIGN="center" | 31
| ALIGN="center" | 14
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| ALIGN="center" | 2002-03
| ALIGN="center" | Pittsburgh
| ALIGN="center" | NHL
| ALIGN="center" | 67
| ALIGN="center" | 28
| ALIGN="center" | 63
| ALIGN="center" | 91
| ALIGN="center" | 43
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
|- ALIGN="center"
| ALIGN="center" | 2003-04
| ALIGN="center" | Pittsburgh
| ALIGN="center" | NHL
| ALIGN="center" | 10
| ALIGN="center" | 1
| ALIGN="center" | 8
| ALIGN="center" | 9
| ALIGN="center" | 6
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | NHL Totals
! ALIGN="center" | 889
! ALIGN="center" | 683
! ALIGN="center" | 1018
! ALIGN="center" | 1701
! ALIGN="center" | 818
! ALIGN="center" | 107
! ALIGN="center" | 76
! ALIGN="center" | 96
! ALIGN="center" | 172
! ALIGN="center" | 87
|}


==International play==
*1985 - Played for Canada in the Ice Hockey World
Championships|World Championships
*1987 - Played for Canada in the Canada Cup
(hockey)|Canada Cup
*2002 - Captain of the Gold medal Canadian Team at
the 2002 Winter Olympics 
*2004 - Captain of the Champions, Canada in the
World Cup of Hockey

==See also==
* 50 goals in 50 games
* List of retired NHL players
* List of current NHL players
* List of NHL statistical leaders
* List of NHL seasons





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Penguins captains | years = 1987-1997 | after =
Ron Francis 
succession box | before = Jaromir Jagr | title =
Pittsburgh Penguins#Team captains|Pittsburgh
Penguins captains | years = 2001- present | after
= incumbent
end box

Note: While Lemieux did not play in the 1994-95
NHL season, Ron Francis served as acting captain.

Note: Frawley (injured early in the 1987-88 NHL
season),resigned the captaincy in December, the
role was given to Lemieux. 
    

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