Why is mario lemieux famous?
He won the Conn Smythe Trophy twice while leading the Pittsburgh Penguins to winning two Stanley Cup championships, led the NHL in scoring six times (Art Ross trophy), was named MVP three times (Hart Trophy) and scored 199 points during his best season (Wayne Gretzky has been the only player to ever reach the 200 point mark in a single season) despite missing many games due to illness and injury. Lemieux along with other Canadian NHL stars like Steve Yzerman and Joe Sakic helped led the Canadian men’s team to win the gold medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics. The Gold medal helped end a long drought and was the first Olympic gold hockey title for Canada in over fifty years. Lemieux created the Mario Lemieux Foundation, the same year he was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma. 1985 – Calder Memorial Trophy 1985 – NHL All-Rookie Team 1985 – NHL All-Star Team 1986 – Lester B. Pearson Award 1986 – NHL Second Team All-Star 1986 – NHL All-Star Team 1987 – NHL Second Team All-Star 1988 – Art Ross
