Mark messiers biography

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Mark messiers biography

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Aaron Douglas TV Actor. Aaron Downey Hockey Player. Albert in after Doug retired from hockey. Francis Xavier High School in Edmonton as he played junior hockey where Doug was his coach and mentor for his early years. Messier's brother Paul was drafted by the Colorado Rockies 41st overall in the NHL Amateur Draft , but he only played nine games with the club in —79 before embarking on a long career in the German Eishockey-Bundesliga.

Joby was briefly Mark's teammate on the Rangers. As Messier was only 15 the age limit was 20 , Doug did not expect him to make the team, though he was surprised and was added to the roster. The team, which relocated to St. Albert the following season and was renamed the St. Albert Saints , named Messier captain for —78, and he scored 74 points in 54 games.

Before the start of the —79 season, Messier was looking for alternatives to another season with the Saints, as he felt he was too good for the AJHL. Messier played 13 games with the Saints to start the season, then joined the Racers on November 5 for his professional debut against the Winnipeg Jets. He played four games with the Racers, followed by a further two more with the Saints, before his final game with Indianapolis on November Returning to the Saints, Messier played his final two games of junior hockey for them before he was signed by the Cincinnati Stingers , also of the WHA.

The WHA folded after the conclusion of the —79 season, and four of the six remaining teams were admitted into the NHL ; both the Stingers and the Bulls were not included in the merger and instead joined the minor Central Hockey League. The players were dispersed to teams that had already owned their NHL rights, or were allowed to enter the NHL Entry Draft ; being under 20 years old Messier was eligible for the draft, and was selected in the third round, 48th overall, by the Edmonton Oilers.

During his first year in the NHL, Messier had several discipline issues, and at the end of October, he missed a team flight and was subsequently re-assigned to their CHL affiliate, the Houston Apollos , for four games. Albert home. Messier was a fierce, tough competitor whose intense leadership in the dressing room was as important as the goals he scored on the ice.

He was not initially known as a scorer, but his offensive numbers increased steadily over his first few years with the Oilers. In —82 , he registered his only goal season. For most of his tenure with the Oilers, he played on a line with Glenn Anderson. Initially a left-winger he was named to the NHL First All-Star Team in —83 on the left wing , Messier switched to centre in the playoffs, and the results were spectacular.

In Game 3 of the Finals , for example, with his Oilers trailing the four-time defending champion New York Islanders by a goal, it was Messier's goal on a brilliant end-to-end rush that sparked a comeback by the Oilers. By the end of the series the Oilers had won their first Stanley Cup and Messier had earned the Conn Smythe Trophy , awarded to the most valuable player of the playoffs.

In , Messier was suspended for ten games for cracking Jamie Macoun 's cheekbone with a sucker punch from behind during a game against the Calgary Flames on December Messier was retaliating for having been boarded by Macoun earlier in the game, but the NHL ruled that he had instigated the fight. On September 6, , Messier lost control of his Porsche and totaled it by hitting three parked cars.

He was later charged with hit and run and careless driving, for which he paid a fine. He won four more Cups with the Oilers, , , , and , for the last of which he captained the Oilers to a five-game victory over the Boston Bruins. Though the Oilers had been a s powerhouse, the victory, which came two years after Wayne Gretzky was traded away, surprised many.

Though Messier was actually under contract to the Oilers until , his agent and father Doug Messier unsuccessfully pressed Oilers President and GM Glen Sather for a new deal in the summer of Messier issued a public trade demand during the Canada Cup tournament saying that he wanted out if the Oilers were not willing to do what was necessary to keep important players.

However, they were ousted in six games in the second round of the playoffs by the eventual champions Pittsburgh Penguins. In —93, the Rangers missed the playoffs, and was the first time in Messier's career that he did not play in the postseason. After the season, Mike Keenan was hired as head coach. In the —94 NHL season , the Rangers rebounded to once again finish first overall, and this time were expected to win the Cup.

After easily ousting the Islanders and Capitals in the first two rounds, the Rangers' road to the Cup would get a lot harder. With fans and players on both sides reading the news headline, it then became a feat comparable to Babe Ruth's called shot and Joe Namath 's Super Bowl III guarantee, and he backed it up by scoring a natural hat trick in the third period on an empty net goal with ESPN play-by-play commentator Gary Thorne boasting, "Do you believe it?

Do you believe it? He said we will win game six and he has just picked up the hat trick! The Rangers went on to win the series in a thrilling seventh game double overtime nailbiter. He became the first and to this date, the only player to captain two teams to the Stanley Cup, something his former teammate Wayne Gretzky could not do the year before , and provided two of the most memorable images of that Stanley Cup Finals.

First, when the buzzer sounded he was jumping up and down with overwhelming emotion as ticker tape fell; fireworks burst and fans and teammates celebrated. June," conjuring Reggie Jackson 's "Mr. October" nickname. In —96 , Messier came as close as he had since —92 to break the point plateau when, at the age of 35, he recorded a point season.

In —97 , former Oilers teammate Wayne Gretzky joined the Rangers, while Messier retained the captaincy and had a respectable point regular season. The two led the team to the Eastern Conference Finals, where they were eliminated by the Philadelphia Flyers in five games, as the Rangers could not match the size and strength of Eric Lindros and his "Legion of Doom" linemates.

Messier left the club after the season see below , ending the brief reunion of Messier and Gretzky being together again on the same team after just one season. It would also turn out to be both players' final playoff appearances. Although public sentiment sided with Messier, as he led the team to two first-place regular season finishes and the Stanley Cup , General Manager Neil Smith was content having Gretzky and Pat LaFontaine as top centremen, and he came close to landing Joe Sakic from the Colorado Avalanche [ 40 ] when he signed him to an offer sheet in the summer of The Avalanche matched the offer and Sakic remained in Colorado for the remainder of his career.

At 36 years old, Messier signed with the Vancouver Canucks to a high-priced free-agent contract. Messier's return to Canada after six years with the Rangers was an emotional and high-profile event, but the bliss was brief. Before the season started, captain Trevor Linden relinquished the captaincy to Messier, a move that did not go over well with Canucks supporters.

Amidst a turbulent season, in which president and general manager Pat Quinn and head coach Tom Renney were fired, Linden was eventually traded by new coach and acting general manager Mike Keenan to the New York Islanders , where he became their captain, replacing Bryan McCabe , for whom Linden was traded along with Todd Bertuzzi.

Messier's demand to receive the number No. In Messier's first game back on Broadway, MSG provided a video for him which was displayed on the big screen at the Garden. It was very emotional as some fans as well as Messier himself shed tears.