Mario Lemieux on ice his rookie season

From the time he first stepped on the ice for the Penguins in 1984, until his second and final retirement in 2006, Lemieux contributed at the highest level. Though he battled health problems and cancer, he still notched 690 goals and 1,033 assists in 915 regular season games. Immediately inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame upon his first retirement in 1997, he earned five Stanley Cups with the Pens (two as a player and three as an owner). Lemieux’s career also includes Canada and World Cup championships and Olympic gold won in 2002. It is no wonder that Mario Lemieux is known as “Le Magnifique,” the magnificent.