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E63 Episode 63: Hall of Fame Class of 1997

Hockey Hall of Fame Class of 1997: Bryan Trottier, Mario Lemieux

Episode Notes

Trottier:

  • 1975-94; 18 seasons, 15 quality
  • Totals:
  • 524G (15th All Time at his retirement),
  • 901A (19th All Time, 6th at his retirement) for
  • 1425P (17th All Time, 6th at his retirement),
  • +449 (9th All Time, 8th at his retirement) in
  • 1279 Games (17th at his retirement);
  • 120.2 PS (23rd at his retirement)
  • Trottier was 18th All Time in Offensive Point Shares at his retirement)
  • Per Game:
  • 23rd All Time in APG
  • 22nd All Time in PPG
  • Draft: Drafted 22nd overall in 1974, Trottier is
  • 1st in Goals (by over 100)
  • 1st in Assists (by over 350)
  • 1st in Points (by over 600)
  • 1st in Plus/Minus (by nearly 50)
  • 1st in Point Shares
  • 1st in Games (by nearly 250)
  • Era: Of the 17 skaters to play in at least 1066 games (13 modern seasons) between 1974 and 1994, Trottier is
  • 5th in Goals
  • 6th in GPG
  • 2nd in Assists
  • 5th in APG
  • 3rd in Points
  • 4th in PPG
  • 4th in Plus/Minus
  • 3rd in Offensive Point Shares
  • 9th in Defensive Point Shares (1st Forward)
  • 6th in Point Shares (3rd Forward)
  • 82-game average: 34G, 57A for 91P, +29
  • 3-year peak (1977-80): 80-game average of 47G, 78A for 125P, +55

Lemieux:

  • 1984-97, 2000-06; 16 seasons, 11 quality
  • Totals:
  • 690G (10th All Time),
  • 1033A (11th) for
  • 1723P (8th),
  • +115 in
  • 915 games;
  • 167.9 PS (21st);
  • 4th All Time in Offensive Point Shares
  • Per Game: 
  • 3rd All Time in GPG (Lemieux held the career GPG record from the 1992-93 season until the 2005 lockout)
  • 2nd in APG and PPG (Lemieux held the career PPG record from the 1997-98 season until the 2002-03 season)
  • 22:40 ATOI (5 seasons)
  • Draft: Drafted in 1984, Lemieux, drafted 1st overall, is 
  • 2nd in Goals and 
  • 1st in Assists 
  • 1st in Points
  • 7th in Plus/Minus
  • 2nd in Point Shares (1st Forward)
  • 19th in Games
  • Era:
  • First Era: Of the 137 players to play in at least 700 games between 1984 and 1997, Lemieux is 
  • 1st in Goals, GPG, and PPG, 
  • 2nd in Assists, APG, Points and OPS, and 
  • 3rd in PS, 
  • despite being 108th in Games
  • Return: Of the hundreds of players to play in at least 150 games between 2000 and 2006, Lemieux is 
  • 130th in Goals
  • 10th in GPG, 
  • 82nd in Assists
  • 2nd in APG and 
  • 90th in Points
  • 1st in PPG
  • (not in the top 200 in Plus/Minus)
  • 66th in Offensive Point Shares
  • 142nd in Point Shares
  • While not in the Top 200 in Games Played
  • 82-game average: 62G, 93A for 155P, +10
  • 3-year peak (1987-90): 82-game average of 76G, 112A for 188P, +18

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