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The fewest NHL games required to reach the mark was 424, set by Wayne Gretzky.Second quickest was Mario Lemieux, achieving the mark in his 513th game.In a sense, Gretzky was the fastest and the second fastest, as he scored his second 1,000 points (the NHL's only player ever to score 2,000 points in regular-season play) only 433 games after scoring his first 1,000 points.
The next closest player in total points for the regular season is Jaromir Jagr at 1,921, [1] thus he had more career assists than any other player has total points. Gretzky scored his first 1,000 points faster (424 games) than any other player in NHL history, and scored the second 1,000 faster (433 games) than any player other than himself. His ...
At the age of 16, Ovechkin played at the 2002 World U-17 Hockey Challenge, where he scored two hat tricks, one against Switzerland and one against the United States, and an assist. [ 166 ] At the age of 17, when he was selected by Russian coach Viktor Tikhonov to play in the Česká Pojišťovna Cup EuroTour tournament, Ovechkin became the ...
Most points, one season: Wayne Gretzky (1985–86), 215; Fastest 100 points from the start of a season: Wayne Gretzky (December 27, 1981), 34 games; Most points, one season, including playoffs: Wayne Gretzky (1984–85), 255; Most points, one playoff season: Wayne Gretzky (1985), 47; Most points, one game: Darryl Sittler (February 7, 1976), 10
First European-born and trained defenceman to reach 1,000 points. Most regular-season games played by a player born in Europe, any position (1,564). Most regular-season games played by a player in a career spent with only one team (1,564). Most regular-season wins played in (900). Most postseason games played with single franchise, career (263)
Nicknamed "the Great One", [1] he has been called the greatest ice hockey player ever by the NHL [2] based on extensive surveys of hockey writers, ex-players, general managers and coaches. [3] Gretzky is the leading career goal scorer, assist producer and point scorer in NHL history, [4] and has more career assists than any other player has ...
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By his second season in the NHL, Béliveau was among the top three scorers. He was the fourth player to score 500 goals and the second to score 1,000 points. Béliveau won two Hart Memorial Trophies as league MVP (1956, 1964) and one Art Ross Trophy as top scorer (1956), as well as the inaugural Conn Smythe Trophy as play-off MVP