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Mark Messier

Position: C
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-1    Weight: 210 lbs.
Born: January 18, 1961 in Edmonton, Alberta

Inducted into Hockey Hall of Fame as Player in 2007

Drafted by the Edmonton Oilers in the 3rd round (48th overall) of the 1979 NHL Entry Draft.

Regular Season

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1976-77 16 Spruce Grove Mets AJHL 57 27 39 66 1.16 91
1977-78 17 St. Albert Saints AJHL 54 25 49 74 1.37 194
1978-79 18 St. Albert Saints AJHL 17 15 18 33 1.94 64
1978-79 18 Indianapolis Racers WHA 5 0 0 0 0.00 0
1978-79 18 Cincinnati Stingers WHA 47 1 10 11 0.23 58
1979-80 19 Edmonton Oilers NHL 75 12 21 33 0.44 12 0.16 50 6 62 8 -10 120 10 1 1 1 113 1.51 10.6
1979-80 19 Houston Apollos CHL 4 0 3 3 0.75 4
1980-81 20 Edmonton Oilers NHL 72 23 40 63 0.88 24 0.33 82 17 107 30 -12 102 19 4 0 1 179 2.49 12.8
1981-82 21 Edmonton Oilers NHL 78 50 38 88 1.13 36 0.47 135 32 95 13 21 119 40 10 0 3 235 3.01 21.3
1982-83 22 Edmonton Oilers NHL 77 48 58 106 1.38 42 0.55 150 47 118 34 19 72 35 12 1 2 237 3.08 20.3
1983-84 23 Edmonton Oilers NHL 73 37 64 101 1.38 38 0.52 140 40 85 25 40 165 26 7 4 7 219 3.00 16.9
1984-85 24 Canada Can-Cup 8 2 4 6 0.75 8
1984-85 24 Edmonton Oilers NHL 55 23 31 54 0.98 21 0.38 74 20 71 25 8 57 14 4 5 1 136 2.47 16.9
1985-86 25 Edmonton Oilers NHL 63 35 49 84 1.33 32 0.50 116 33 71 24 36 68 20 10 5 7 201 3.19 17.4
1986-87 26 Edmonton Oilers NHL 77 37 70 107 1.39 40 0.51 130 39 108 38 21 73 26 7 4 5 208 2.70 17.8
1986-87 26 NHL All-Stars RV-87 2 1 0 1 0.50 0
1987-88 27 Canada Can-Cup 9 1 6 7 0.78 6
1987-88 27 Edmonton Oilers NHL 77 37 74 111 1.44 40 0.52 149 54 114 40 21 103 22 12 3 7 182 2.36 20.3
1988-89 28 Edmonton Oilers NHL 72 33 61 94 1.31 34 0.48 117 46 107 31 -5 130 21 6 6 4 164 2.28 20.1
1988-89 28 Canada WEC-A 6 3 3 6 1.00 8
1989-90 29 Edmonton Oilers NHL 79 45 84 129 1.63 48 0.60 159 60 117 37 19 79 26 13 6 3 211 2.67 21.3
1990-91 30 Edmonton Oilers NHL 53 12 52 64 1.21 21 0.40 86 30 63 22 15 34 8 3 1 2 109 2.06 11.0
1991-92 31 Canada Can-Cup 8 2 6 8 1.00 10
1991-92 31 New York Rangers NHL 79 35 72 107 1.35 39 0.50 150 48 92 21 31 76 19 12 4 6 212 2.68 16.5
1992-93 32 New York Rangers NHL 75 25 66 91 1.21 33 0.44 118 44 106 26 -6 72 16 7 2 2 215 2.87 11.6
1993-94 33 New York Rangers NHL 76 26 58 84 1.11 31 0.40 127 56 81 35 25 76 18 6 2 5 216 2.84 12.0
1994-95 34 New York Rangers NHL 46 14 39 53 1.15 19 0.42 71 30 50 17 8 40 8 3 3 2 126 2.74 11.1
1995-96 35 New York Rangers NHL 74 47 52 99 1.34 39 0.52 129 48 98 46 29 122 32 14 1 5 241 3.26 19.5
1996-97 36 Canada W-Cup 7 1 4 5 0.71 12
1996-97 36 New York Rangers NHL 71 36 48 84 1.18 32 0.46 105 30 95 32 12 88 24 7 5 9 227 3.20 15.9
1997-98 37 Vancouver Canucks NHL 82 22 38 60 0.73 23 0.28 100 36 113 39 -10 58 12 8 2 2 139 1.70 15.8
1998-99 38 Vancouver Canucks NHL 59 13 35 48 0.81 18 0.30 68 33 73 26 -12 33 7 4 2 2 97 1.64 13.4 1333 22:36
1999-00 39 Vancouver Canucks NHL 66 17 37 54 0.82 20 0.30 71 30 73 17 -15 30 11 6 0 4 131 1.98 13.0 1399 21:12
2000-01 40 New York Rangers NHL 82 24 43 67 0.82 25 0.30 89 38 100 24 -25 89 9 12 3 2 131 1.60 18.3 1578 19:14
2001-02 41 New York Rangers NHL 41 7 16 23 0.56 8 0.20 33 11 36 13 -1 32 5 2 0 2 69 1.68 10.1 759 18:31
2002-03 42 New York Rangers NHL 78 18 22 40 0.51 16 0.20 65 24 74 31 -2 30 9 8 1 5 117 1.50 15.4 1453 18:38
2003-04 43 New York Rangers NHL 76 18 25 43 0.57 16 0.21 61 13 74 29 3 42 15 1 2 3 104 1.37 17.3 1253 16:29
Career NHL 1756 694 1193 1887 1.07 705 0.40 2575 865 2183 683 210 1910 452 179 63 92 4219 2.40 16.4 7775 19:20
WHA 52 1 10 11 0.21 58

Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1977-78 17 Portland Winter Hawks WHL 7 4 1 5 0.71 2
1979-80 19 Edmonton Oilers NHL 3 1 2 3 1.00 2 0 0 1 0
1980-81 20 Edmonton Oilers NHL 9 2 5 7 0.78 13 2 0 0 0
1981-82 21 Edmonton Oilers NHL 5 1 2 3 0.60 8 1 0 0 0
1982-83 22 Edmonton Oilers NHL 15 15 6 21 1.40 14 9 4 2 0
1983-84 23 Edmonton Oilers NHL SC 19 8 18 26 1.37 9 19 6 1 1 2 63 3.32 12.7
1984-85 24 Edmonton Oilers NHL SC 18 12 13 25 1.39 13 12 10 1 1 1 56 3.11 21.4
1985-86 25 Edmonton Oilers NHL 10 4 6 10 1.00 1 18 2 0 2 0 23 2.30 17.4
1986-87 26 Edmonton Oilers NHL SC 21 12 16 28 1.33 13 16 9 1 2 1 62 2.95 19.4
1987-88 27 Edmonton Oilers NHL SC 19 11 23 34 1.79 9 29 3 7 1 0 42 2.21 26.2
1988-89 28 Edmonton Oilers NHL 7 1 11 12 1.71 -1 8 1 0 0 0 23 3.29 4.3
1989-90 29 Edmonton Oilers NHL SC 22 9 22 31 1.41 5 20 7 1 1 1 47 2.14 19.1
1990-91 30 Edmonton Oilers NHL 18 4 11 15 0.83 2 16 3 1 0 0 41 2.28 9.8
1991-92 31 New York Rangers NHL 11 7 7 14 1.27 -4 6 3 2 2 0 27 2.45 25.9
1993-94 33 New York Rangers NHL SC 23 12 18 30 1.30 14 33 9 2 1 4 75 3.26 16.0
1994-95 34 New York Rangers NHL 10 3 10 13 1.30 -11 8 1 2 0 1 26 2.60 11.5
1995-96 35 New York Rangers NHL 11 4 7 11 1.00 -10 16 2 2 0 1 41 3.73 9.8
1996-97 36 New York Rangers NHL 15 3 9 12 0.80 2 6 3 0 0 1 43 2.87 7.0
Career NHL 6 236 109 186 295 1.25 42 244 71 24 14 12 569 2.79 15.8

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

All-Star Games

1982 NHL
1983 NHL
1984 NHL
1986 NHL
1988 NHL
1989 NHL
1990 NHL
1991 NHL
1992 NHL
1994 NHL
1996 NHL
1997 NHL
1998 NHL
2000 NHL
2004 NHL

Awards

1983-84 NHL Conn Smythe Trophy
1989-90 NHL Hart Memorial Trophy
1989-90 NHL Lester B. Pearson Award
1991-92 NHL Hart Memorial Trophy
1991-92 NHL Lester B. Pearson Award

Honors

1981-82 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)
1982-83 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)
1983-84 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd)
1989-90 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)
1991-92 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)

Games Played

1997-98 NHL 82 (2)
2000-01 NHL 82 (3)
Career NHL 1756 (2)

Goals

1981-82 NHL 50 (8)
1982-83 NHL 48 (9)
1989-90 NHL 45 (9)
1995-96 NHL 47 (9)
Career NHL 694 (7)

Goals Per Game

1981-82 NHL 0.64 (8)
1995-96 NHL 0.64 (7)

Assists

1986-87 NHL 70 (3)
1987-88 NHL 74 (5)
1988-89 NHL 61 (8)
1989-90 NHL 84 (2)
1991-92 NHL 72 (6)
1994-95 NHL 39 (6)
Career NHL 1193 (3)

Assists Per Game

1983-84 NHL 0.88 (8)
1986-87 NHL 0.91 (3)
1987-88 NHL 0.96 (6)
1988-89 NHL 0.85 (9)
1989-90 NHL 1.06 (3)
1990-91 NHL 0.98 (3)
1991-92 NHL 0.91 (7)
1994-95 NHL 0.85 (7)
Career NHL 0.68 (27)

Points

1982-83 NHL 106 (7)
1986-87 NHL 107 (3)
1987-88 NHL 111 (5)
1989-90 NHL 129 (2)
1991-92 NHL 107 (5)
1994-95 NHL 53 (10)
Career NHL 1887 (2)

Points Per Game

1982-83 NHL 1.38 (7)
1983-84 NHL 1.38 (10)
1986-87 NHL 1.39 (3)
1987-88 NHL 1.44 (8)
1988-89 NHL 1.31 (10)
1989-90 NHL 1.63 (3)
1991-92 NHL 1.35 (7)
1995-96 NHL 1.34 (10)
1996-97 NHL 1.18 (7)
Career NHL 1.07 (28)

Goals Created

1982-83 NHL 42.1 (8)
1986-87 NHL 39.5 (8)
1989-90 NHL 47.6 (4)
1991-92 NHL 39.3 (8)
Career NHL 705.4 (3)

Goals Created Per Game

1982-83 NHL 0.55 (6)
1983-84 NHL 0.52 (10)
1986-87 NHL 0.51 (6)
1987-88 NHL 0.52 (10)
1989-90 NHL 0.60 (5)
1991-92 NHL 0.50 (10)
1995-96 NHL 0.52 (7)
1996-97 NHL 0.46 (9)
Career NHL 0.40 (39)

Total Goals For

1989-90 NHL 159 (8)
1991-92 NHL 150 (10)
Career NHL 2575 (8)

Power Play Goals For

Career NHL 865 (15)

Total Goals Against

1997-98 NHL 113 (3)
Career NHL 2183 (2)

Power Play Goals Against

1995-96 NHL 46 (2)
1996-97 NHL 32 (8)
1997-98 NHL 39 (2)
Career NHL 683 (3)

Plus/Minus

1985-86 NHL 36 (10)
1991-92 NHL 31 (8)
Career NHL 210 (53)

Penalties in Minutes

Career NHL 1910 (59)

Even Strength Goals

1981-82 NHL 40 (3)
1995-96 NHL 32 (5)
Career NHL 452 (6)

Power Play Goals

Career NHL 179 (25)

Short-Handed Goals

1983-84 NHL 4 (8)
1984-85 NHL 5 (3)
1985-86 NHL 5 (5)
1986-87 NHL 4 (7)
1988-89 NHL 6 (5)
1989-90 NHL 6 (3)
1991-92 NHL 4 (4)
1994-95 NHL 3 (3)
1996-97 NHL 5 (2)
2000-01 NHL 3 (10)
Career NHL 63 (2)

Game-Winning Goals

1983-84 NHL 7 (5)
1985-86 NHL 7 (9)
1987-88 NHL 7 (6)
1996-97 NHL 9 (2)
Career NHL 92 (9)

Shots on Goal

Career NHL 4219 (14)

Shooting Percentage

1989-90 NHL 21.3 (10)
Career NHL 16.4 (74)

Transactions

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November 5, 1978: Signed as an underage free agent by Indianapolis (WHA) to a 10-game tryout contract, November 5, 1978.

December, 1978: Signed as a free agent by Cincinnati (WHA) after Indianapolis (WHA) franchise folded, December 1978.

November 12, 1991: Traded to NY Rangers by Edmonton with future considerations (Jeff Beukeboom for David Shaw, November 12, 1991) for Bernie Nicholls, Steven Rice and Louie DeBrusk, October 4, 1991.

July 30, 1997: Signed as a free agent by Vancouver, July 30, 1997.

July 13, 2000: Signed as a free agent by NY Rangers, July 13, 2000.

December 8, 2001: Missed majority of 2001-02 season recovering from back injury suffered in game vs. Toronto, December 8, 2001.

June 30, 2003: Traded to San Jose by NY Rangers for San Jose's 4th round choice (Ryan Callahan) in 2004 Entry Draft, June 30, 2003.

September 5, 2003: Signed as a free agent by NY Rangers, September 5, 2003.

September 12, 2005: Officially announced retirement, September 12, 2005.