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Mario Lemieux OC CQ (/ l ə ˈ m j uː /; French:; born October 5, 1965) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played parts of 17 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Pittsburgh Penguins between 1984 and 2005 , and he assumed ownership of the franchise in 1999.
In 2012, the UPMC Hillman Cancer Center opened the Mario Lemieux Center for Blood Cancers. The center is dedicated to former Pittsburgh Penguins hockey player Mario Lemieux, who was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma in 1993 and was cured. [22] The center houses the bronze "Circle of Care" statue by Tuck Langland of Granger, Indiana. [23] [24]
The Mellon Mario Lemieux Celebrity Invitational was an event on the Celebrity Players Tour held from 1998 to 2005 at The Club at Nevillewood in Presto, Pennsylvania. The tournament benefited the Mario Lemieux Foundation for cancer research.
[106] [107] After three months of chemotherapy and one month of radiation, the cancer went into remission. [107] Mario Lemieux, Hall of Fame NHL player, co-owner of the Pittsburgh Penguins and founder of the Mario Lemieux Foundation, diagnosed in 1993. [108] Dinu Lipatti (1917–1950), Romanian classical pianist and composer.
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Despite his shortened career, he recorded some remarkable scoring feats. Only Gretzky, Mario Lemieux, and Brett Hull scored a better goals per game average over the course of an NHL season than Neely did with his 50-goals-in-49-games in the 1993–94 season (despite missing 35 games that season). Also, only ten players in NHL history scored a ...