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Thursday, 16 June 2011 13:01

Written by Seth Rorabaugh

(Note: This is an updated version of something we posted May 31.)

If you play 22 seasons in the NHL, you're bound to reach more than a few notable milestones throughout your career. Such is the case with Mark Recchi (above) who has scored 1,533 career points, 12th-most in NHL history.

The Bruins forward and former Penguins all-star reached another milestone last night.

With the Bruins' win last night, Recchi became the eighth person in NHL history to win the Cup in three seperate decades as a player (depending on how you define a decade). Recchi's previous Stanley Cup wins were in 1991 with the Penguins and 2006 with the Hurricanes.

The exclusive "club:"

(Photo: Jonathan Hayward/Canadian Press)

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written by TP17, June 16, 2011 - 02:18 PM

Jean Beliveau was so good in 1968, he won the cup twice!

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written by s_rorabaugh, June 16, 2011 - 03:54 PM

+1 for the heads up TP17.

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written by pumpkin_eater, June 17, 2011 - 06:49 AM

Decades start with a year ending in 1 (e.g. 1991) and end with a year that ends in a 0 (e.g. 2000).
If you think about it, when you're told to count the first 10 of somethng, you'll go "Ok, one, two, three, ... ten." No one starts with zero and ends it with nine.

If you think about it:
first=1st (containing the number 1, thus 1 is the first, one is the starting point.

And that's how decades work as well.

In conclusion one can say that Claude Lemieux's achievement doesn't count as "three separate decades", as 2000 was the last year of the 90's.

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written by pumpkin_eater, June 17, 2011 - 06:55 AM

Ok, I know you said 'Depending on how you define a decade', however, that's not quite right.
It's not up to each indivudual to define it by their own opinions, but it's a generally accepted definition.

Just like with colors. If something is black, that's a fact. You can't say, "well that thing being black is only YOUR opinion, and in MY opinion it is red."

I hope you see what I'm saying.

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written by s_rorabaugh, June 17, 2011 - 07:03 AM

P_E,

A very fair and well thought out point. But let's just say I went with what most people consider - rightly or wrongly - the definition of a decade.

I think if we each took to the street, I would get 10 people who felt 1990 was part of the 1990s before you got five people who felt 1990 was part of the 1980s.

I'm not saying either is correct or incorrect. I'm just going by what I feel is the standard for most people.

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