Mario Lemieux
Hockey player
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- Being unbeatable
- Our team set a NHL record with 17 straight victories late in the season
- Language
- when I came to Pitt. I didn't speak English very well so I would watch soap operas to learn English faster
- Cancer
- When they told me I have Hodgkin's disease it was the worst day of my life
- Kids
- I have 3 kids 2 girls and 1 boy.
- Last playoff game
- My last playoff game was in Pitt. There were signs everywhere with my name on them that was the end of my career
- Retiring
- I played my first and last regular season game in Boston. I decided I couldn't play agresive enough any more
- First game
- Scored first shot first shift
- Scored most goals in major Junior hockey
- Was named Canadian major Junior Player of the Year and was ranked as the number 1 prospect in the draft by NHL central scouting.
- living
- as our family we love our new house in Sewickley my hockey career is over now I am going to raise a good family and hope that my son follows in my footsteps.
- Why I picked #66
- I picked the number 66 because they threw the 66 out to me and I thought it was unique because no one in the whole world was wearing it
- Canadian Cup
- Played with Wayne Grektzy, and won
- Stats
- 600th goal and 1,400th point during the season, and I even won my sixth career scoring title
- Coming back from Cancer
- When I came back from cancer I was so sore and so tired, so when it came playoff time I was out of gas.
- Dealing with cancer
- When I had caner I hurt my back so I couldn't lean. I wanted to keep skating but I couldn't because of radiation treatments over so my own teammates would tie my skates
- Family
- I am married to my beautiful wife I live in Sewickley, Pitt
- Sitting Out
- It wasn't my back so much it was my stamina I wasn't able to perform.
- Draft
- Drafted in 1984 by the Pittsburgh, Penquins