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Messier to be Inducted Into Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame
by Patrick Hoffman on 04/28/09 at 12:43 PM ET
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From Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame:
Mark Messier and Angela James are two legendary leaders representing hockey in this year’s march to the Hall - Messier as the lynchpin of the Edmonton Oilers NHL dominance of the 1980s and the captain of the New York Rangers’ first Stanley Cup win in 54 years in 1993-94, James was a player and a pioneer in the development of the women’s game.
Messier’s leadership skills were also one of the hallmarks of his brilliant career. His NHL point production was second only to that of his friend and long-time teammate, Wayne Gretzky. In the eastern final of that Stanley Cup run, with his team trailing New Jersey three games to two, he publicly guaranteed a seventh game, then scored a third-period hat trick to make it happen. He also scored the Cup-winning goal to defeat the Vancouver Canucks in game seven.
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