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Claude Lemieux

Position: RW
Shoots: Right
Height: 6-1    Weight: 215 lbs.
Born: July 16, 1965 in Buckingham, Quebec

Drafted by the Montreal Canadiens in the 2nd round (26th overall) of the 1983 NHL Entry Draft.

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1983-84 18 Montreal Canadiens NHL 8 1 1 2 -2 12 1 0 0 0 7 14.3
1984-85 19 Montreal Canadiens NHL 1 0 1 1 1 7 0 0 0 0 0
1985-86 20 Montreal Canadiens NHL 10 1 2 3 -6 22 0 1 0 0 16 6.3
1986-87 21 Montreal Canadiens NHL 76 27 26 53 0 156 22 5 0 1 184 14.7
1987-88 22 Montreal Canadiens NHL 78 31 30 61 16 137 25 6 0 3 241 12.9
1988-89 23 Montreal Canadiens NHL 69 29 22 51 14 136 22 7 0 3 220 13.2
1989-90 24 Montreal Canadiens NHL 39 8 10 18 -8 106 5 3 0 1 104 7.7
1990-91 25 New Jersey Devils NHL 78 30 17 47 -8 105 20 10 0 2 271 11.1
1991-92 26 New Jersey Devils NHL 74 41 27 68 9 109 27 13 1 8 296 13.9
1992-93 27 New Jersey Devils NHL 77 30 51 81 3 155 17 13 0 3 311 9.6
1993-94 28 New Jersey Devils NHL 79 18 26 44 13 86 13 5 0 5 181 9.9
1994-95 29 New Jersey Devils NHL 45 6 13 19 2 86 5 1 0 1 117 5.1
1995-96 30 Colorado Avalanche NHL 79 39 32 71 14 117 28 9 2 10 315 12.4
1996-97 31 Colorado Avalanche NHL 45 11 17 28 -4 43 6 5 0 4 168 6.5
1997-98 32 Colorado Avalanche NHL 78 26 27 53 -7 115 14 11 1 1 261 10.0
1998-99 33 Colorado Avalanche NHL 82 27 24 51 0 102 16 11 0 8 292 9.2 1741 21:14
1999-00 34 2 Teams NHL 83 20 27 47 -3 90 13 7 0 3 257 7.8 1497 18:02
1999-00 34 Colorado Avalanche NHL 13 3 6 9 0 4 3 0 0 0 36 8.3 243 18:40
1999-00 34 New Jersey Devils NHL 70 17 21 38 -3 86 10 7 0 3 221 7.7 1254 17:55
2000-01 35 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 46 10 16 26 1 58 8 2 0 1 99 10.1 791 17:12
2001-02 36 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 82 16 25 41 -5 70 11 4 1 3 174 9.2 1411 17:12
2002-03 37 2 Teams NHL 68 8 12 20 -12 44 6 1 1 0 119 6.7 928 13:39
2002-03 37 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 36 6 8 14 -3 30 4 1 1 0 74 8.1 505 14:02
2002-03 37 Dallas Stars NHL 32 2 4 6 -9 14 2 0 0 0 45 4.4 423 13:14
2008-09 43 San Jose Sharks NHL 18 0 1 1 -5 21 0 0 0 0 17 0.0 138 7:40
Career 21 Seasons NHL 1215 379 407 786 13 1777 259 114 6 57 3650 10.4 6506 17:10

NHL/WHA Miscellaneous

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Per Game Adjusted Plus/Minus
Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM S G A PTS GC TGF PGF TGA PGA +/-
1983-84 18 Montreal Canadiens NHL 8 0.13 0.13 0.25 0.11 -0.25 1.50 0.88 1 1 2 1 2 0 4 0 -2
1984-85 19 Montreal Canadiens NHL 1 0.00 1.00 1.00 0.27 1.00 7.00 0.00 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
1985-86 20 Montreal Canadiens NHL 10 0.10 0.20 0.30 0.11 -0.60 2.20 1.60 1 2 3 1 5 1 10 0 -6
1986-87 21 Montreal Canadiens NHL 76 0.36 0.34 0.70 0.29 0.00 2.05 2.42 23 22 45 19 91 31 60 0 0
1987-88 22 Montreal Canadiens NHL 78 0.40 0.38 0.78 0.32 0.21 1.76 3.09 26 25 51 21 102 32 55 1 16
1988-89 23 Montreal Canadiens NHL 69 0.42 0.32 0.74 0.32 0.20 1.97 3.19 24 18 42 18 73 26 33 0 14
1989-90 24 Montreal Canadiens NHL 39 0.21 0.26 0.46 0.18 -0.21 2.72 2.67 7 8 15 6 26 11 24 1 -8
1990-91 25 New Jersey Devils NHL 78 0.38 0.22 0.60 0.27 -0.10 1.35 3.47 27 15 42 19 71 24 57 2 -8
1991-92 26 New Jersey Devils NHL 74 0.55 0.36 0.92 0.40 0.12 1.47 4.00 36 24 60 26 110 33 73 5 9
1992-93 27 New Jersey Devils NHL 77 0.39 0.66 1.05 0.39 0.04 2.01 4.04 24 41 65 24 122 46 74 1 3
1993-94 28 New Jersey Devils NHL 79 0.23 0.33 0.56 0.21 0.16 1.09 2.29 16 24 40 15 73 20 63 23 13
1994-95 29 New Jersey Devils NHL 45 0.13 0.29 0.42 0.15 0.04 1.91 2.60 10 22 32 11 36 10 33 9 2
1995-96 30 Colorado Avalanche NHL 79 0.49 0.41 0.90 0.38 0.18 1.48 3.99 37 31 68 29 117 39 78 14 14
1996-97 31 Colorado Avalanche NHL 45 0.24 0.38 0.62 0.24 -0.09 0.96 3.73 11 18 29 11 51 20 35 0 -4
1997-98 32 Colorado Avalanche NHL 78 0.33 0.35 0.68 0.27 -0.09 1.47 3.35 30 31 61 25 95 45 58 1 -7
1998-99 33 Colorado Avalanche NHL 82 0.33 0.29 0.62 0.25 0.00 1.24 3.56 31 27 58 24 99 49 64 14 0
1999-00 34 2 Teams NHL 83 0.24 0.33 0.57 0.22 -0.04 1.08 3.10 22 29 51 20 70 21 61 9 -3
1999-00 34 Colorado Avalanche NHL 13 0.23 0.46 0.69 0.25 0.00 0.31 2.77 3 6 9 3 13 2 12 1 0
1999-00 34 New Jersey Devils NHL 70 0.24 0.30 0.54 0.21 -0.04 1.23 3.16 19 23 42 17 57 19 49 8 -3
2000-01 35 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 46 0.22 0.35 0.57 0.21 0.02 1.26 2.15 11 17 28 11 39 16 27 5 1
2001-02 36 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 82 0.20 0.30 0.50 0.19 -0.06 0.85 2.12 18 28 46 17 59 19 58 13 -5
2002-03 37 2 Teams NHL 68 0.12 0.18 0.29 0.11 -0.18 0.65 1.75 9 13 22 8 27 6 41 8 -12
2002-03 37 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 36 0.17 0.22 0.39 0.15 -0.08 0.83 2.06 7 9 16 6 17 5 23 8 -3
2002-03 37 Dallas Stars NHL 32 0.06 0.13 0.19 0.07 -0.28 0.44 1.41 2 4 6 2 10 1 18 0 -9
2008-09 43 San Jose Sharks NHL 18 0.00 0.06 0.06 0.01 -0.28 1.17 0.94 0 1 1 0 2 0 7 0 -5
Career 21 Seasons NHL 1215 0.31 0.33 0.65 0.26 0.01 1.46 3.00 364 398 762 307 1271 449 915 106 13

NHL/WHA Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1985-86 20 Montreal Canadiens NHL SC 20 10 6 16 1 68 6 4 0 4 51 19.6
1986-87 21 Montreal Canadiens NHL 17 4 9 13 7 41 2 2 0 0 44 9.1
1987-88 22 Montreal Canadiens NHL 11 3 2 5 -2 20 3 0 0 2 28 10.7
1988-89 23 Montreal Canadiens NHL 18 4 3 7 0 58 4 0 0 1 46 8.7
1989-90 24 Montreal Canadiens NHL 11 1 3 4 2 38 1 0 0 1 24 4.2
1990-91 25 New Jersey Devils NHL 7 4 0 4 -3 34 2 2 0 1 24 16.7
1991-92 26 New Jersey Devils NHL 7 4 3 7 1 26 3 1 0 0 33 12.1
1992-93 27 New Jersey Devils NHL 5 2 0 2 -3 19 1 1 0 0 15 13.3
1993-94 28 New Jersey Devils NHL 20 7 11 18 4 44 7 0 0 2 50 14.0
1994-95 29 New Jersey Devils NHL SC 20 13 3 16 12 20 13 0 0 3 65 20.0
1995-96 30 Colorado Avalanche NHL SC 19 5 7 12 5 55 2 3 0 0 81 6.2
1996-97 31 Colorado Avalanche NHL 17 13 10 23 7 32 9 4 0 4 73 17.8
1997-98 32 Colorado Avalanche NHL 7 3 3 6 2 8 2 1 0 1 29 10.3
1998-99 33 Colorado Avalanche NHL 19 3 11 14 5 26 2 1 0 0 69 4.3 370 19:28
1999-00 34 New Jersey Devils NHL SC 23 4 6 10 7 28 3 1 0 0 78 5.1 437 18:59
2001-02 36 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 5 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 0 0 13 0.0 85 16:58
2002-03 37 Dallas Stars NHL 7 0 1 1 -1 10 0 0 0 0 6 0.0 80 11:24
2008-09 43 San Jose Sharks NHL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 5 5:07
Career 18 Seasons NHL 4 234 80 78 158 42 529 60 20 0 19 730 11.0 976 17:45

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1981-82 16 Richelieu Riverains QAAA 48 24 48 72 96
1982-83 17 Trois-Rivieres Draveurs QMJHL 62 28 38 66 187
1983-84 18 Verdun Juniors QMJHL 51 41 45 86 225
1984-85 19 Verdun Jr. Canadiens QMJHL 52 58 66 124 152
1984-85 19 Canada WJC-A 6 3 2 5 6
1985-86 20 Sherbrooke Canadiens AHL 58 21 32 53 145
1986-87 21 NHL All-Stars RV-87 2 0 0 0 4
1987-88 22 Canada Can-Cup 6 1 1 2 4
1996-97 31 Canada W-Cup 8 1 1 2 19
2003-04 38 EV Zug Swiss 7 2 3 5 4
2008-09 43 China Sharks AsianHL 2 0 1 1 4
2008-09 43 Worcester Sharks AHL 23 3 8 11 2 24 3 0 0 1
Career 2 Seasons AHL 81 24 40 64 2 169 3 0 0 1
Career 1 Season AsianHL 2 0 1 1 4
Career 1 Season Can-Cup 6 1 1 2 4
Career 1 Season QAAA 48 24 48 72 96
Career 3 Seasons QMJHL 165 127 149 276 564
Career 1 Season RV-87 2 0 0 0 4
Career 1 Season Swiss 7 2 3 5 4
Career 1 Season W-Cup 8 1 1 2 19
Career 1 Season WJC-A 6 3 2 5 6

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1981-82 16 Richelieu Riverains QAAA 8 10 13 23 14
1982-83 17 Trois-Rivieres Draveurs QMJHL 4 1 0 1 30
1983-84 18 Nova Scotia Voyageurs AHL 2 1 0 1 0
1983-84 18 Verdun Juniors QMJHL 9 8 12 20 63
1984-85 19 Verdun Jr. Canadiens QMJHL 14 23 17 40 38
2003-04 38 EV Zug Swiss 5 1 3 4 8
Career 1 Season AHL 2 1 0 1 0
Career 1 Season QAAA 8 10 13 23 14
Career 3 Seasons QMJHL 27 32 29 61 131
Career 1 Season Swiss 5 1 3 4 8

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Awards

1994-95 NHL Conn Smythe Trophy

Games Played

1998-99 NHL 82 (2)
1999-00 NHL 83 (1)
 2001-02 NHL 82 (2)
Career NHL 1215 (82)

Goals

Career NHL 379 (96)

Penalties in Minutes

Career NHL 1777 (74)

Even Strength Goals

1995-96 NHL 28 (10)
Career NHL 259 (87)

Game-Winning Goals

1991-92 NHL 8 (4)
1995-96 NHL 10 (3)
1998-99 NHL 8 (3)
Career NHL 57 (70)

Shots

1990-91 NHL 271 (8)
1991-92 NHL 296 (6)
1992-93 NHL 311 (9)
1998-99 NHL 292 (6)
Career NHL 3650 (28)

Goals Per Game

1991-92 NHL 0.55 (10)

Transactions

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October 9, 1989: Missed majority of 1989-90 season recovering from abdominal injury suffered in game vs. Boston, October 9, 1989.

September 4, 1990: Traded to New Jersey by Montreal for Sylvain Turgeon, September 4, 1990.

October 3, 1995: Traded to NY Islanders by New Jersey for Steve Thomas, October 3, 1995.

October 3, 1995: Traded to Colorado by NY Islanders for Wendel Clark, October 3, 1995.

November 3, 1999: Traded to New Jersey by Colorado with Colorado's 1st (David Hale) and 2nd (Matt DeMarchi) round choices in 2000 Entry Draft for Brian Rolston and New Jersey's 1st round choice (later traded to Boston - Boston selected Martin Samuelsson) in 2000 Entry Draft, November 3, 1999.

December 5, 2000: Signed as a free agent by Phoenix, December 5, 2000.

January 16, 2003: Traded to Dallas by Phoenix for Scott Pellerin and Dallas' 4th round choice (Kevin Porter) in 2004 Entry Draft, January 16, 2003.

February 9, 2004: Signed as a free agent by Zug (Swiss), February 9, 2004.

November 15, 2008: Signed as a free agent by China (ALIH), November 15, 2008.

November 25, 2008: Signed as a free agent by Worcester (AHL), November 25, 2008.

December 29, 2008: Signed as a free agent by San Jose, December 29, 2008.

July 8, 2009: Officially announced his retirement, July 8, 2009.

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