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| 11th November, 2007 - 7:34 pm |  Yahoo.com - Mark Messier aimed for championships during his 25-season career, not the Hall of Fame.
"It wasn't something in Canada as a boy that we aspired to," Messier said. "Our big thing was pretending we were an NHL player and scoring the winning goal to win the Stanley Cup. That was the dream."
He lived it, time and time again. Six to be exact.
Messier netted the decisive goal in 1994 to end the Rangers' 54-year drought without a title. Add that to his legacy born in Edmonton with the Oilers, who won five times in seven years.
Forever known as "The Captain" in both places, his No. 11 hangs from the rafters in each city that claims Messier as its own. Now the player with the rock-solid jaw, and perhaps the greatest leader in all team sports, takes the next step.
Three years removed from his playing days, Messier will be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto on Monday. The 46-year-old former center will be joined by defensemen Scott Stevens and Al MacInnis, forward Ron Francis and builder Jim Gregory, an NHL executive and former GM of the Maple Leafs. [READ] |
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