mark recchi

Weight 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)

190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb) NHL Team

F. teams Boston Bruins

Tampa Bay Lightning

Atlanta Thrashers

Pittsburgh Penguins

Carolina Hurricanes

Philadelphia Flyers

Montreal Canadiens Nationality Canada Born February 1, 1968 (1968-02-01) (age 41),

Kamloops, British Columbia NHL Draft 67th overall, 1988

Pittsburgh Penguins Pro career 1988 – present

Mark Recchi (born February 1, 1968) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League (NHL). He plays right wing, is a seven-time All Star selection, and has scored over 1400 career points, including his 500th goal which came against the Dallas Stars on January 26, 2007. Contents [hide] 1 Playing career 2 Awards and achievements 3 Records 4 NHL transactions 5 Career statistics 6 International play 7 Family relations 8 References 9 See also 10 External links //

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 Éric 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 Jaromír Jágr. In 2000 and 2004, the Flyers would make the Eastern Conference Finals but they would bow out of each series in seven games.

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

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.[1] 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. Recchi won his second Stanley Cup with the Hurricanes that season, and subsequently re-signed with the Penguins during the summer of 2006 off-season.

On January 20, 2007, he scored his 7th career hat trick against the Toronto Maple Leafs, and just under a week later, Recchi scored his 500th