Mark Recchi

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Position Right Wing
Shoots Left
Nickname Rex, Recchin' Ball
Height
Weight		 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
190 lb (86 kg)
NHL Team
F. Teams		 Pittsburgh Penguins
Philadelphia Flyers
Montreal Canadiens
Carolina Hurricanes
Nationality Flag of Canada Canada
Born February 1, 1968,
Kamloops, BC, CAN
NHL Draft 67th overall, 1988
Pittsburgh Penguins
Pro Career 1988 – present

Mark Recchi (born February 1, 1968 in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada) is an ice hockey player for the Pittsburgh Penguins in the National Hockey League. He plays right wing, is a seven-time All Star selection, and has scored over 1200 career points.

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[edit] Playing Career

He played his junior hockey for the Kamloops Blazers of the Western Hockey League. His number 8 was retired by the team shortly after he left for the NHL. He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins, first playing in the NHL 1988, and was a key player in their Stanley Cup winning side in 1991.

The following season he was traded to the Philadelphia Flyers as part of a deal that brought Rick Tocchet and Kjell Samuelsson to Pittsburgh. He played for Philadelphia from 1992 to 1995 as part of the "Crazy Eights" line, including a 53 goal, 70 assist, 123 point season in 1992-93, still the Flyers single-season point scoring record. In 1995, he was traded to the Montreal Canadiens in a deal for Eric Desjardins and John Leclair, but was reaccquired by the Flyers for the 1998-99 season, and was consistently among their top scorers. During the 1999-2000 season, he was a finalist for the Lester B. Pearson trophy as NHLPA MVP and he finished third in scoring, only 5 points behind Jaromir Jagr. In 2000 and 2004, the Flyers would make the Eastern Conference Finals but they would bow on of each series in seven games.

In August 2004, Recchi rejoined the Penguins as a free agent, signing a two-year contract with a two-way option for a third year. The first year was eventually nullified by the NHL lockout; in the second year, with the Penguins languishing at the bottom of the NHL standings, Recchi waived his no-trade clause to be sent to the Stanley Cup-contending Carolina Hurricanes at the deadline for minor-league forward Krystofer Kolanos, left wing Niklas Nordgren, and a 2007 2nd round pick. He won his second Stanley Cup with the Hurricanes that season, and subsequently re-signed with the Penguins during the summer off-season.

In 2000, he was named "Kamloops Male Athlete of the 20th Century", and had a street named "Mark Recchi Way" in his honour.

[edit] Awards

  • 1987-88: West First All-Star Team (WHL)
  • 1988-99: Second All-Star Team (IHL)
  • 1990-91: Played in All-Star Game (NHL)
  • 1990-91: Stanley Cup Pittsburgh Penguins (NHL)
  • 1991-92: Second All-Star Team (NHL)
  • 1992-93: Played in All-Star Game (NHL)
  • 1993-94: Played in All-Star Game (NHL)
  • 1996-97: Played in All-Star Game (NHL)
  • 1996-97: All-Star Game MVP (NHL)
  • 1997-88: Played in All-Star Game (NHL)
  • 1998-99: Played in All-Star Game (NHL)
  • 1999-00: Played in All-Star Game (NHL)
  • 2005-06: Stanley Cup Carolina Hurricanes (NHL)

[edit] Records

  • Second longest span between Stanley Cup wins (1991-2006), at fifteen years.
  • His 123 points (53 goals, 70 assists) in the 1992-1993 season is the Flyers regular season scoring record.

[edit] Career statistics

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1984-85 New Westminster Bruins WHL 4 0 1 1 0 - - - - -
1985-86 New Westminster Bruins WHL 72 21 40 61 55 - - - - -
1986-87 Kamloops Blazers WHL 40 26 50 76 63 13 3 16 19 17
1987-88 Kamloops Blazers WHL 62 61 93 154 75 17 10 21 31 18
1988-89 Muskegon Lumberjacks IHL 63 50 49 99 86 14 7 14 21 28
1988-89 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 15 1 1 2 0 - - - - -
1989-90 Muskegon Lumberjacks IHL 4 7 4 11 2 - - - - -
1989-90 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 74 30 37 67 44 - - - - -
1990-91 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 78 40 73 113 48 24 10 24 34 33
1991-92 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 58 33 37 70 78 - - - - -
1991-92 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 22 10 17 27 18 - - - - -
1992-93 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 84 53 70 123 95 - - - - -
1993-94 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 84 40 67 107 46 - - - - -
1994-95 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 10 2 3 5 12 - - - - -
1994-95 Montreal Canadiens NHL 39 14 29 43 16 - - - - -
1995-96 Montreal Canadiens NHL 82 28 50 78 69 6 3 3 6 0
1996-97 Montreal Canadiens NHL 82 34 46 80 58 5 4 2 6 2
1997-98 Montreal Canadiens NHL 82 32 42 74 51 10 4 8 12 6
1998-99 Montreal Canadiens NHL 61 12 35 47 28 - - - - -
1998-99 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 10 4 2 6 6 6 0 1 1 2
1999-00 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 82 28 63 91 50 18 6 12 18 6
2000-01 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 69 27 50 77 33 6 2 2 4 2
2001-02 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 80 22 42 64 46 4 0 0 0 2
2002-03 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 79 20 32 52 35 13 7 3 10 2
2003-04 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 82 26 49 75 47 18 4 2 6 4
2004-05 Did Not Play - - - - - - - - - - -
2005-06 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 63 24 33 57 56 - - - - -
2005-06 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 20 4 3 7 12 25 7 9 16 18
2006-07 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 20 6 12 18 10 - - - - -
NHL totals 1276 490 793 1283 858 135 47 66 113 77

Stats as of November 20, 2006.

[edit] International play

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

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