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Yes, That was NHL Legend Mario Lemieux @ Starr Rink

Mon, Jan 03, 2011

Yes, That was NHL Legend Mario Lemieux @ Starr Rink

Retired NHL Pittsburgh Penguin player Mario Lemieux was at Colgate's Starr rink last month, but not on skates.

Lemiux, who played 17 years for the Penguins and led them to two Stanley Cups, was in town coaching his son Austin's youth hockey team. The team was here playing a team from Syracuse.

Ryan and Emily McCann had the opportunity to meet the Hockey Hall of Famer while he was in town. The two are fans of Colgate men's hockey and Ryan is a bantam level goaltender for the Center State Stampede Youth Hockey Organization.

Lemieux's was a brilliant career plagued by injuries and health issues that would have sidelined most players. He was treated for Hodgkin's lymphoma and returned to the ice after treatment. He is now co-owner and chairman of the Penguins.

He is the only player in the history of the game to score 5 goals in different ways in one game. He scored goals shorthanded, at full strength, on a powerplay, with a penalty shot and into an empty net. That feat occurred Dec. 31, 1988, against the New Jersey Devils.

Stats from ESPN.

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