Mario Lemieux named greatest player in CHL history ahead of Crosby, Gretzky, McDavid
Lemieux topped the CHL list after a media and fan vote to mark the league’s 50th anniversary.
- On Thursday, the Canadian Hockey League ranked Mario Lemieux as the top player on its all-time Top 50 list. The rankings were determined through media and fan voting as part of the league's 50th anniversary celebrations.
- Lemieux's dominance with the Laval Voisins remains a defining achievement in CHL history, including a 1984 QMJHL championship. He set CHL single-season records with 133 goals and 282 points while recording a 61-game point streak.
- The former Laval star finished ahead of Pittsburgh Penguins icon Sidney Crosby, who played for Rimouski. Wayne Gretzky, Connor McDavid, and Mike Bossy rounded out the top five players on the historic list.
- In a statement, Lemieux said, "I'm honoured to be chosen among this group of great players." He credited his time in the QMJHL and at Laval for preparing him for an NHL career.
- Following his junior career, Lemieux won two Stanley Cups with the Pittsburgh Penguins and captained Canada to Olympic gold in 2002. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1997 after the mandatory three-year waiting period was waived.
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Mario Lemieux named greatest player in CHL history ahead of Crosby, Gretzky, McDavid
TORONTO - Mario Lemieux was ranked the greatest player in major junior hockey history as the Canadian Hockey League unveiled its all-time Top 50 list Thursday.
The former Laval Neighbors Mario Lemieux is the best player in the history of junior hockey in the country according to a ranking revealed by the Canadian League.
Mario Lemieux was selected as Canada's top 50-year hockey player in the Canadian Hockey League (CHL), which brings together the top three junior circuits across the country. He beat Sidney Crosby and Wayne Gretzky in the top-3. Lemieux was shown with the late Laval Neighbors by winning 247 goals and 562 points in just 200 regular season games in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. The 1983-1984 campaign was his most memorable as he got 133 go…
Mario & Crosby Ranked Above Gretzky, McDavid; Named Two Greatest in CHL
Sidney Crosby Photo fro Associated Press; Mario Lemieux 1992 By Tony McCune - Flickr: Mario Lemieux, Hall of Famer, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=30300081 Celebrating the last 50 years of junior hockey, the Canadian Hockey League named its 50 greatest players over that span, and with a healthy crop of players that includes Connor McDavid and Wayne Gretzky, the league named a pair of Pittsburgh Penguins as the best. A…
CHL names Mario Lemieux No. 1 major junior player of all-time - Daily Faceoff
One of the best players ever to lace up his skates has been recognized for his incredible accomplishments in his early years. On Thursday, the Canadian Hockey League announced that Hockey Hall of Famer Mario Lemieux has been named the No. 1 player in the league’s history. Widely considered one of the best to ever play the game, Mario Lemieux rose to prominence with the @QMJHL's Laval Voisins before a storied career with the @penguins made him on…
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