The overseas hockey league has its own heroes and keeps statistics of goals abandoned by each player. So who are they - the best NHL scorers in the history of this league?
Wayne Gretzky
Although this man has been engaged in management for a long time, not a single hockey player could repeat his achievements. Wayne Gretzky is one of the best NHL scorers in history. Throughout his career, he scored 894 goals, and this is far from the only record that has not yet been broken. For 39 games, he scored 39 goals into the opponents ’goal, and it will be very difficult to beat such an achievement.
The list of NHL scorers in history has changed periodically, but the highest ranking step has not been achievable since the last century. Wayne Gretzky ended his career in 1999, giving 1962 assists and playing in the NHL clubs for 21 seasons.
He left far behind another Canadian scorer, Gordy Howe, who for 20 years held first place in this ranking. In total, Wayne Gretzky set more than 60 records in the history of the NHL in his career - it is not for nothing that he is called a great hockey player overseas, the ones that are born once a century.
But despite all his achievements, this hockey player never became the highest paid player in the overseas league. But he became the standard of sports behavior and an example for all athletes. He never violated the sports regime, did not lead a reckless lifestyle and was not rude to reporters. Perhaps this is also a kind of record, which so far is also unattainable.
Marc Messier
Wayne's Canadian teammate Mark Messier continues the list of top scorers in NHL history. True, in terms of the number of goals scored, he is inferior to both Howe and Esposito, but was able to break into second place, thanks to the huge number of assists. His indicators - 694 goals and 1887 points for the entire period of the game in the NHL clubs.
Another achievement of Marc Messier is that he was the first captain to lead two different clubs to victory in the Stanley Cup. He was invited to the NHL national team 15 times and immediately at the end of his career was admitted to the Hall of Fame. Only truly great hockey players are honored with this.
Messier went down in history as the leader of all time, and now in the NHL there is a special Mark prize, which is awarded annually to the best leader of the season.
Unlike his distinguished partner in Edmonton Oilers, Monsieur did not connect his future life with coaching or managerial activities, but moved to one of the television channels as a sports expert.
Legendary gordy howe
Howe is indeed one of the most famous NHL scorers in history among the older generation of hockey players. He was born back in 1928 and became one of the long-livers of the overseas league. “Mr. Elbows,” as they called Howe for an aggressive style of play, scored 801 goals over his career and scored 1850 points.
His favorite club, to which he devoted 25 years of his life, was the Dayreuth Red Wings. As part of this club, he repeatedly became the champion of the NHL. It's hard to believe, but Gordy Howe spent his last match when he was over 50. Overseas he is lovingly called the "grandfather of Canadian hockey."
Ron Francis
Ronald Francis, a Canadian center forward, is also on the list of top scorers in NHL history. Having played 23 seasons, he scored 1798 points and scored 549 goals. He has two Stanley Cups, which he won in the Pittsburgh Penguins. Ron Francis is also the owner of a unique prize for charity, which he received in 2002.
Today, Ron Francis is Carolina Hurricanes General Manager and also occupies a position in the NHL Hall of Fame.
European Representative - Jaromir Jagr
There is nothing surprising in the fact that at the top of the list of NHL scorers in history are Canadian hockey players, because the birthplace of this sport is Canada. But there are representatives of European hockey on this list.
In the top ten, Czech striker Jaromir Jagr was firmly entrenched. He was born in the small Czech town of Kladno. Despite his age (44 years), he continues to play with Florida and, according to him, has no plans to end his career as a professional hockey player.
Of the Russian legionnaires playing in the NHL, it is worth noting Alexander Ovechkin, who has already crossed the line of 500 goals. Since Alexander is not going to end his hockey career, he has a hope to break into the top 10 NHL scorers in history.