{"id":231229,"date":"2021-04-20T05:55:50","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T02:55:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/patrick-marleau-breaks-gordie-howe-record-for-nhl-games-played\/"},"modified":"2021-04-20T05:55:50","modified_gmt":"2021-04-20T02:55:50","slug":"patrick-marleau-breaks-gordie-howe-record-for-nhl-games-played","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/patrick-marleau-breaks-gordie-howe-record-for-nhl-games-played\/","title":{"rendered":"#Patrick Marleau breaks Gordie Howe record for NHL games played"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Patrick Marleau breaks Gordie Howe record for NHL game<\/a>s played<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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LAS VEGAS \u2014 Patrick Marleau surpassed \u201cMr. Hockey\u201d for the most games played in NHL history.<\/p>\n

Marleau skated in his 1,768th career game to break Gordie Howe\u2019s record when the San Jose Sharks took on the Vegas Golden Knights on Monday night.<\/p>\n

Though it was on the road, an exuberant pro-Golden Knights crowd gave Marleau a rousing welcome during warmups.<\/p>\n

Marleau\u2019s wife, Christina, and four sons were in attendance, which wouldn\u2019t be possible in San Jose, where fans still aren\u2019t allowed during the pandemic.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy wife, I couldn\u2019t have done it without her over all these years,\u201d an emotional Marleau said prior to San Jose\u2019s morning skate. \u201cShe\u2019s by far my biggest supporter. I can\u2019t thank her enough and I can\u2019t thank the boys enough.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy biggest fear is that I don\u2019t thank everybody, that I\u2019m going to miss somebody. If I miss somebody, I\u2019m so sorry, but I will eventually, you know, try and make it right and thank everybody that needs to be thanked. Just very grateful.\u201d<\/p>\n

Over his career, the 41-year-old Marleau has made 1,596 app<\/a>earances with the Sharks, 164 with the Toronto Maple Leafs and an additional eight as a member of the Pittsburgh Penguins.<\/p>\n

Howe played in 1,767 regular-season games and 419 more in the World Hockey Association, the latter of which are not recognized by the NHL.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI feel very fortunate to have a front row seat for it,\u201d said Golden Knights coach Peter DeBoer, who coached Marleau for two-plus seasons in San Jose. \u201cI feel fortunate that I know the man and the athlete having coached him. He was a gentleman. He was a great teammate. That\u2019s gonna be one of those things I\u2019ll be able to tell my grandkids about one day, that not only did I coach him, but I was there for that night, pretty special accomplishment.\u201d<\/p>\n

During his almost quarter-century career, Marleau has 566 goals, 1,196 points, three All-Star appearances and two Olympic gold medals for Canada in 2010 and \u201914.<\/p>\n

The respect Marleau has established throughout his career was evident by the comments of several Golden Knights, San Jose\u2019s chief rival since Vegas entered the league in 2017. Both Marc-Andre Fleury and captain Mark Stone praised Marleau for his durability through two eras of hockey, one where players were much more physical at the start of his career, to the current state of the NHL, where skaters are faster and conditioned for a more up-tempo style.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s a bit unbelievable,\u201d said Fleury, no stranger to milestone moments after surpassing Hall of Famer Ed Belfour for fourth on the NHL\u2019s wins list last Wednesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s been so consistent throughout his career. He\u2019s been an iron guy. Didn\u2019t get hurt for long periods of time. Every year he\u2019s always been a very good player, also. To hang in there that long and play that many games, it\u2019s amazing. He\u2019s a guy who\u2019s very respected around the league.\u201d<\/p>\n

Marleau \u2014 who has played through bouts with the flu, numerous injuries and once chartered a plane to join his teammates in Nashville for a game in 2009 after the birth of one of his sons \u2014 played in his 899th consecutive game since last missing a matchup when he was 29.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou go battle with these guys day in and day out, you play against them, and they know the grind and know what it takes to play in this league,\u201d an emotional Marleau said. \u201cFor them to show their respects and have all these kind words, it\u2019s very humbling.\u201d<\/p>\n

Barring anything unusual, Marleau will play his 900th consecutive game in Las Vegas on Wednesday and would become the fourth player ever to reach that mark.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs much as you hate your opponent, as much as you want to beat your opponent, you still respect your opponent,\u201d Stone said.<\/p>\n

Until Marleau\u2019s milestone moment just off the Las Vegas Strip<\/a>, no one has been able to reach a record many thought was unbreakable when Howe retired.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey probably said this about Gordie Howe as well, but I really truly believe it\u2019s a record that\u2019s not going to be broken,\u201d San Jose coach Bob Boughner said. \u201cI don\u2019t see anybody lasting that long.\u201d<\/p>\n

Added Sharks teammate Erik Karlsson: \u201cThis is more than a personal milestone. I think that this is not only a historic moment for Patty and this organization, but I think it\u2019s historic for the entire league and every player that has played this game with or against him or prior to his time.\u201d<\/p>\n

The game on Monday was stopped early on for a congratulatory message from NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman that was shown on video screens.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo be merely mentioned in the same sentence as Gordie Howe is an achievement most hockey players can only dream about,\u201d Bettman said. \u201cTo break one of his records is historic.\u201d<\/p>\n

Marleau, who made his debut on Oct. 1, 1997, at age 18 years and 16 days \u2014 the youngest for any player in the NHL since Lee Wharton debuted at 17 years, 81 days in 1945 for the Rangers \u2014 is not the only professional athlete to break a significant record in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n

Hall of Fame basketball player Kareem Abdul-Jabbar drained his signature skyhook inside UNLV\u2019s Thomas & Mack Center on April 5, 1984, against the Utah Jazz, to surpass Wilt Chamberlain\u2019s 31,419 points to become the NBA\u2019s career leading scorer. Abdul-Jabbar concluded his career with 38,387 points.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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