Mario Lemieux Scores In NHL Return After 44-Month Retirement

Mario Lemieux Scores In NHL Return After 44-Month Retirement | This Day In Hockey History

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On this edition of This Day In Hockey History, following a 44-month retirement, Mario Lemieux scores in his NHL return in a 5-0 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on December 27th, 200.
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@dh12. 9 ай бұрын

Lemieux was poety on ice. He made everything look smooth.

@SgtBigCactus 3 жыл бұрын

I remember watching this game with my dad, sitting next to him in his lazy boy chair. We were always die-hard Leaf fans, but when he got that tuck and threw those hands up in the air, it was a very special moment. Something I’ll never forget.

@boostedfist 3 жыл бұрын

Lemieux is just an insane player. With out injuries and medical conditions I reckon he would have beaten Gretzky. He's the greatest player to lace up the skates imo. Yes, I know Gretzky has more records, but Lemieux was the only player who had a chance, if given the same amount of games we would have passed the great one.

@Jimmyfly215 3 жыл бұрын

What ifs don't exist. Just appreciate how both were dominant and great in their own right.

@bigsteed007 3 жыл бұрын

Part of being great, is being able to play consistently. Also keep in mind that Gretzky has the most goals in NHL history and if you took away every single one of them, he’d still be the all time leading scorer!

@isthatujeebus 3 жыл бұрын

@@bigsteed007 For me, that's his most impressive record.

@ottomatic3123 3 жыл бұрын

I second that! I was an 80's Oilers fan, but Mario was most likely the best ever, and would have smashed Gretzky's records.

@rogervallve7375 3 жыл бұрын

@@ottomatic3123 yet he didn't. He was good though

@Soupy42 3 жыл бұрын

even the leaf fans stood for that one.... still remember this game so vividly

@OnPoint88 3 жыл бұрын

Likewise!

@johnt1741 3 жыл бұрын

Best hockey player who ever skated. I could argue for Lemieux all day.

@jaygee1616 15 күн бұрын

Lemieux,Gretzky,Orr Flip a coin

@michaelkenyon3372 3 жыл бұрын

what a bro pass from jagr. such respect.

@oldgamer49 3 жыл бұрын

Such an amazing player and class act.

@LimaClawZulu 3 жыл бұрын

He is the smoothest to do it. Just makes it look so incredibly easy. Class act too.

@OnPoint88 3 жыл бұрын

Imagine owning an NHL team AND playing for it.. Literally the definition of winning at life

@TritonGamezYT 2 жыл бұрын

AND being considered all-time best!

@rnonty 3 жыл бұрын

Pittsburgh so lucky to have Mario and jags then follow up with Sid and geno. Unreal

@ianstuart7395 3 жыл бұрын

What a legend.

@Torgo1969 2 жыл бұрын

I'll never forget this game. I am not a Pens fan but I was house sitting for a friend who was, being from Pittsburgh. So I got to watch on her TV. An incredible and immortal moment in hockey.

@patientmental875 3 жыл бұрын

Dude could score now in his 50's

@robertchflynn 2 жыл бұрын

this comeback was unreal and really like no other that I can think of!! He came back after all those injuries, and years off and was the best player in the NHL once again.

@Nada-vk4pk 3 жыл бұрын

Imagine coming back after 4 years away at 35 years old and put up 35 goals and 76 points in 43 games, that's why he's better then Gretzky, look up Wayne when he was 35, not even on the same planet

@Nada-vk4pk 3 жыл бұрын

@Red Greene Yes! Doesn't hurt having prime Jagr on your wing though

@robertchflynn 2 жыл бұрын

you can't just blankly say that because he had a better season at 35 years old that he was better than Gretzky. You want to ignore that Gretzky had 137 points his first year at 19 and then broke the all-time NHL scoring record his next season with 164 points at age 20??? Then the real fun started as he went off with those 200+ point rates over the next half-decade. Lemieux came close to matching Gretzky's peak and may have surpassed it but Gretzky was significantly better right out of the gate. Love Lemieux but you need more evidence than one season to support that claim. Boom...

@111voodoo 3 жыл бұрын

I was 14 when I watched this! Unreal how time flies! So blessed to have been able to watch such greatness and to have had icons to look up to and model my game after!

@Procrastinaction Жыл бұрын

I was 14 too back then ! Great memories !

@beezer5623 4 ай бұрын

Super Mario is an understatement

@That90sShow 3 жыл бұрын

GOAT

@PierLuc111 3 жыл бұрын

I love the video description , saying that Lemieux did that 1820 years ago XD

@patrickhamos2987 3 жыл бұрын

Apparently he's been playing almost as long as Jagr.

@yoda124 3 жыл бұрын

the scary thing was he made it look so easy

@Outta-hz1ej 11 ай бұрын

What a fantastic, emotional call from Bob Cole. "Oh baby!"

@jaygee1616 15 күн бұрын

Insane

@ottomatic3123 3 жыл бұрын

I wasn't a Penguins fan, nor a Lemieux for per se, but it was a pleasant feeling seeing Super Mario on the ice again working his magic.

@ninersdd21 Жыл бұрын

That was just magical that night

@goleafsgo5961 3 жыл бұрын

One of the best

@-MandM-Bros 3 жыл бұрын

I watched this game. Never so pumped to watch a regular season game ever. But the in the living hell was Cujo doing on the first Mario goal???? He jumped over leading with his stick? Terrible position holy. And he was a legend.

@Minnesota.Highlander 10 ай бұрын

00:20 "Shades of NHL 94 baby!"

@oriamir8994 3 жыл бұрын

I don't care much for the pens but this man not only saved them on the ice. rare case of player turning to back stage role and doing very well in that too. saved the pens when they were on the floor. They would never get those cups that came with getting Cindy Crosby without him shifting to owner.

@toulee313 Жыл бұрын

The greatest ever.

@zachg5356 Жыл бұрын

The Goat IMO

@funforalgernon Жыл бұрын

Thank you CBC for getting Bob Cole to Pittsburgh to call this one on a weeknight

@nhlvan Жыл бұрын

It's absolutely wild that after years of retirement, Lemieux puts up a season that had him 2nd in hart voting.

@MattCanes27 3 жыл бұрын

That’s so cool bro

@swy334 2 жыл бұрын

Sick

@07foxmulder 3 жыл бұрын

I remember this like it was yesterday. What a special moment for Lemieux and Pens fans.

@jmarx3943 3 жыл бұрын

I'd say it was a special moment for hockey fans everywhere. That's coming from a flyers fan. Mario is the best player I've ever seen flat out, bar none.

@07foxmulder 3 жыл бұрын

@@jmarx3943 Very true. Lemieux’s return was great for the game as a whole. But he did ply for the Pens so I’d expect his return meant a tiny bit more to them.

@jmarx3943 3 жыл бұрын

@@07foxmulder absolutely true. Be safe

@amazinmets8439 3 жыл бұрын

Hated the Penguins growing up, but that Penguin logo Lemieux wore here was the best jersey their team had. Much better than the cartoonish one they have now.

@ryanmcphee8451 3 жыл бұрын

I remember this ,I was a leaf fan but I didnt care that they were losing bc magnificent mario was back

@pistnbroke65 3 жыл бұрын

Dangle, how about an episode on enforcers ie Dave Semenko etc. Without Semenko Gretzky would not have set records at the same pace

@ManishSharma-mc5kf 3 жыл бұрын

Je me souviens

@francoisgrenier6681 3 ай бұрын

He made a goal during warm up

@Bloomr09 Жыл бұрын

The GOAT! Sorry Gretz ;)

@Tyler_gh 3 жыл бұрын

Bob Cole 🐐🐐🐐

@user-jq6hr8xx1g 3 жыл бұрын

8☝️🏆

@miccrhaafetl5101 3 жыл бұрын

Super Mario

@BaLLHands87 3 жыл бұрын

Wish those sweaters would make a comeback.

@SverigeiSverige 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, that's the real logo! 👍

@patientmental875 3 жыл бұрын

God no

@GregGumbel Жыл бұрын

76pts in 43 games in 2000, at age 35. Lemieux was so overpowered the gods had to throw all those injuries and illnesses at him to make it fair.

@Imsorryman 9 ай бұрын

Typo in description.

@andrewbanocy2592 3 жыл бұрын

“December 27, 200”

@yeltsin6817 3 жыл бұрын

I remember that game and did t care he torched my Leafs. Was glad he was back. NHL was better with him back. Would have loved to see Gretz come back as well.

@Dr.M.VincentCurley 3 жыл бұрын

Unless its reported by Steve Dangle, it *NEVER HAPPENED* (You hosers)

@marktorrejr3284 3 жыл бұрын

second!

@jcv_7690 Жыл бұрын

of course vs the leafs lol

@rubenyurem7685 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Boys 😍💋 💝💖♥️❤️

@tommysobo123 3 жыл бұрын

Still not Ovi!

@jrocck5155 3 жыл бұрын

Sit down.

@danieldagenais7945 2 жыл бұрын

Who? 🤣

@bluehorseshoe444 3 жыл бұрын

Now, in spite of having a $650 million valuation, the Penguins owner uses PPP loans intended for small businesses only to have his partner then pay $22 million out of pocket to make real estate investments. Yeah, quality person there.

@aarfran 3 жыл бұрын

You don’t know how money works do you? You think he has $650 mil in his bank account right now? Sure he may not need PPP loans but he is entitled to them because the Government has forced him and so many others to cease operations. But you prob just want to hate on Super Mario either way

@bluehorseshoe444 3 жыл бұрын

@@aarfran I know that small business owners are losing their livelihoods, homes and families because they didn't have access to that money while the rich used it as a cheap line of credit and then went on to buy a pedophile playhouse.