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Mark Messier

#11 · Centre · New York Rangers · Hockey Hall of Fame

Born Jan 18, 1961 in Edmonton, Alberta, CAN · 6'2", 211 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 48th overall in 1979 by EDM (round 3)

Trophy case

×6 Stanley Cup NHL Champion 1993-94, 1989-90, 1987-88, 1986-87, 1984-85, 1983-84
×2 Hart Memorial Trophy MVP of Regular Season 1991-92, 1989-90
×2 Ted Lindsay Award Most Outstanding Player as Voted by the NHLPA 1991-92, 1989-90
Lester Patrick Trophy Outstanding Service to Hockey in the United States 2008-09
Conn Smythe Trophy MVP of Stanley Cup Playoffs 1983-84

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 1996-97. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Pierre Turgeon STL · 85 P in 78 GP Mike Modano DAL · 83 P in 80 GP Steve Yzerman DET · 85 P in 81 GP Peter Forsberg COL · 86 P in 65 GP Brett Hull STL · 82 P in 77 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below.

0501001979-80: 33 points3379-801980-81: 63 points631981-82: 88 points8881-821982-83: 106 points1061983-84: 101 points10183-841984-85: 54 points541985-86: 84 points8485-861986-87: 107 points1071987-88: 111 points11187-881988-89: 94 points941989-90: 129 points12989-901990-91: 64 points641991-92: 107 points10791-921992-93: 91 points911993-94: 84 points8493-941994-95: 53 points531995-96: 99 points9995-961996-97: 84 points841997-98: 60 points6097-981998-99: 48 points481999-00: 54 points5499-002000-01: 67 points672001-02: 23 points2301-022002-03: 40 points402003-04: 43 points4303-04

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1979-80 EDM 75 12 21 33 -9 120 113 0 0.44
1980-81 EDM 73 23 40 63 -12 102 179 0 0.86
1981-82 EDM 78 50 38 88 20 119 235 0 1.13
1982-83 EDM 77 48 58 106 18 72 237 0 1.38
1983-84 EDM 73 37 64 101 40 165 220 0 1.38
1984-85 EDM 55 23 31 54 10 57 138 0 0.98
1985-86 EDM 63 35 49 84 35 70 198 0 1.33
1986-87 EDM 77 37 70 107 22 73 210 0 1.39
1987-88 EDM 77 37 74 111 21 103 182 0 1.44
1988-89 EDM 72 33 61 94 -5 130 164 0 1.31
1989-90 EDM 79 45 84 129 19 79 211 0 1.63
1990-91 EDM 53 12 52 64 15 34 109 0 1.21
1991-92 NYR 79 35 72 107 31 76 212 0 1.35
1992-93 NYR 75 25 66 91 -6 72 215 0 1.21
1993-94 NYR 76 26 58 84 25 76 216 0 1.11
1994-95 NYR 46 14 39 53 8 40 126 0 1.15
1995-96 NYR 74 47 52 99 29 122 241 0 1.34
1996-97 NYR 71 36 48 84 12 88 227 0 1.18
1997-98 VAN 82 22 38 60 -10 58 139 48 0.73
1998-99 VAN 59 13 35 48 -12 33 97 29 0.81
1999-00 VAN 66 17 37 54 -15 30 131 50 0.82
2000-01 NYR 82 24 43 67 -25 89 131 78 0.82
2001-02 NYR 41 7 16 23 -1 32 69 35 0.56
2002-03 NYR 78 18 22 40 -2 30 117 12 0.51
2003-04 NYR 76 18 25 43 3 42 104 20 0.57
25 seasons Career 1757 694 1193 1887 211 1912 4221 272 1.07

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1979-80 EDM 3 1 2 3 2 2 11 0 1.00
1980-81 EDM 9 2 5 7 1 13 24 0 0.78
1981-82 EDM 5 1 2 3 -4 8 17 0 0.60
1982-83 EDM 15 15 6 21 11 14 50 0 1.40
1983-84 EDM 19 8 18 26 9 19 63 0 1.37
1984-85 EDM 18 12 13 25 14 12 56 0 1.39
1985-86 EDM 10 4 6 10 0 18 23 0 1.00
1986-87 EDM 21 12 16 28 13 16 62 0 1.33
1987-88 EDM 18 11 22 33 8 27 40 0 1.83
1988-89 EDM 7 1 11 12 -1 8 23 0 1.71
1989-90 EDM 22 9 22 31 5 20 47 0 1.41
1990-91 EDM 18 4 11 15 2 16 41 0 0.83
1991-92 NYR 11 7 7 14 -4 6 27 0 1.27
1993-94 NYR 23 12 18 30 14 33 75 0 1.30
1994-95 NYR 10 3 10 13 -11 8 26 0 1.30
1995-96 NYR 11 4 7 11 -10 16 41 0 1.00
1996-97 NYR 15 3 9 12 2 6 43 0 0.80
17 seasons Playoffs 235 109 185 294 51 242 669 0 1.25

1996-97 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
71 36 48 84 12 88 227 0 1.18 15.9 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 11, 1997 vs TBL L 2-4 0 1 1 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Apr 4, 1997 @ BUF L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Apr 3, 1997 vs BOS W 5-4 1 2 3 1 0 5 0 00:00
Apr 1, 1997 vs BUF T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 27, 1997 @ NJD L 0-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 24, 1997 vs PIT W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 21, 1997 vs DET W 3-1 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 19, 1997 vs MTL L 4-5 0 2 2 -2 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 17, 1997 vs OTT L 3-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 14, 1997 @ OTT W 4-3 (OT) 0 3 3 1 2 3 0 00:00
Mar 12, 1997 vs WSH W 3-2 1 2 3 2 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 9, 1997 @ SJS W 2-1 0 0 0 0 7 1 0 00:00
Mar 7, 1997 @ ANA L 2-5 0 1 1 -2 0 6 0 00:00
Mar 6, 1997 @ LAK W 6-2 0 3 3 3 2 2 0 00:00
Mar 3, 1997 vs SJS W 5-4 (OT) 1 0 1 1 2 4 0 00:00
Feb 21, 1997 @ HFD L 2-7 0 1 1 0 6 4 0 00:00
Feb 19, 1997 @ NJD T 1-1 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 6 0 00:00
Feb 17, 1997 vs NJD T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 15, 1997 @ CHI L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 13, 1997 @ STL L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 4 4 0 00:00
Feb 9, 1997 @ FLA L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 8, 1997 @ NYI W 5-2 3 0 3 0 2 4 0 00:00
Feb 5, 1997 vs HFD W 5-2 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 2, 1997 vs BOS L 2-3 1 0 1 1 2 7 0 00:00
Feb 1, 1997 @ PHI W 4-2 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 27, 1997 vs CHI L 1-2 0 1 1 -1 2 2 0 00:00
Jan 25, 1997 @ PIT W 7-4 1 3 4 2 2 5 0 00:00
Jan 22, 1997 @ WSH W 5-3 0 3 3 2 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 21, 1997 vs EDM T 4-4 (OT) 1 0 1 2 0 4 0 00:00
Jan 13, 1997 vs NYI L 2-4 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 00:00
Jan 12, 1997 vs NJD W 3-0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 00:00
Jan 9, 1997 @ WSH L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 8, 1997 vs TBL L 3-4 1 1 2 2 0 6 0 00:00
Jan 6, 1997 vs COL T 2-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 00:00
Jan 4, 1997 vs OTT W 6-4 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 00:00
Jan 2, 1997 vs NYI W 4-3 2 1 3 2 22 3 0 00:00
Dec 31, 1996 @ TBL L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 30, 1996 @ DAL W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 27, 1996 vs ANA W 3-2 0 2 2 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 26, 1996 @ OTT L 2-5 2 0 2 0 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 22, 1996 vs FLA W 7-3 2 2 4 4 0 7 0 00:00
Dec 21, 1996 @ MTL W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 18, 1996 vs LAK W 4-0 1 0 1 1 0 5 0 00:00
Dec 16, 1996 vs HFD W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 6, 1996 vs TOR W 6-5 1 1 2 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 4, 1996 vs PHI T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 1, 1996 vs MTL W 6-2 0 2 2 2 0 6 0 00:00
Nov 27, 1996 @ COL W 5-2 2 0 2 1 0 5 0 00:00
Nov 26, 1996 @ PHX W 3-1 3 0 3 1 0 9 0 00:00
Nov 23, 1996 @ VAN L 3-5 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 21, 1996 @ EDM L 2-3 1 0 1 0 2 4 0 00:00
Nov 18, 1996 @ CGY L 3-5 1 1 2 0 4 2 0 00:00
Nov 16, 1996 @ PIT W 8-3 2 0 2 1 0 8 0 00:00
Nov 13, 1996 vs PHI L 1-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 11, 1996 vs VAN L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 00:00
Nov 9, 1996 @ WSH L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 6, 1996 @ NYI T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 4, 1996 vs TBL L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 2, 1996 @ BOS W 5-2 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 30, 1996 @ NJD W 6-1 0 1 1 0 2 5 0 00:00
Oct 29, 1996 vs FLA T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 27, 1996 vs BUF W 6-4 1 0 1 -1 0 5 0 00:00
Oct 25, 1996 @ FLA L 4-6 2 0 2 1 4 3 0 00:00
Oct 23, 1996 vs WSH L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 00:00
Oct 20, 1996 @ TBL L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 4 0 00:00
Oct 18, 1996 vs STL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 16, 1996 vs PIT W 8-1 0 2 2 2 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 14, 1996 vs CGY W 5-4 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 12, 1996 @ MTL L 2-5 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 6, 1996 vs FLA L 2-5 0 0 0 0 15 3 0 00:00
Oct 5, 1996 @ BOS T 4-4 (OT) 0 3 3 0 2 2 0 00:00