Position	Right Wing
Shoots	Left
Nickname(s)	Rex Recchin' Ball
Height Weight	ft  in ( m) 190 lb (86 kg)
NHL Team F. Teams	Pittsburgh Penguins Philadelphia Flyers Montreal Canadiens Carolina Hurricanes
Nationality	Canada
Born	February 1 1968 (1968--) (age 39), Kamloops, BC, CAN
NHL Draft	67th overall, 1988 Pittsburgh Penguins
Pro Career	1988 – present

Mark Recchi (born February 1, 1968 in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada) is an ice hockey player for the Pittsburgh Penguins in the National Hockey League. He plays right wing, is a seven-time All Star selection, and has scored over 1300 career points, including his 500th goal which came against the Dallas Stars on January 26, 2007.

Playing career

He played his junior hockey for the Kamloops Blazers of the Western Hockey League. His number 8 was retired by the team shortly after he left for the NHL. He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins, first playing in the NHL 1988, and was a key player in their Stanley Cup winning side in 1991.

The following season he was traded to the Philadelphia Flyers as part of a deal that brought Rick Tocchet and Kjell Samuelsson to Pittsburgh. He played for Philadelphia from 1992 to 1995 as part of the "Crazy Eights" line, including a 53 goal, 70 assist, 123 point season in 1992-93, still the Flyers single-season point scoring record. In 1995, he was traded to the Montreal Canadiens in a deal for Eric Desjardins and John Leclair, but was reaccquired by the Flyers for the 1998-99 season, and was consistently among their top scorers. During the 1999-2000 season, he was a finalist for the Lester B. Pearson trophy as NHLPA MVP and he finished third in scoring, only 5 points behind Jaromir Jagr. In 2000 and 2004, the Flyers would make the Eastern Conference Finals but they would bow out of each series in seven games.

In August 2004, Recchi rejoined the Penguins as a free agent, signing a two-year contract with a two-way optionfor a third year. The first year was eventually nullified by the NHL lockout; in the second year, with the Penguins languishing at the bottom of the NHL standings, Recchi waived his no-trade clause to be sent to the Stanley Cup-contending Carolina Hurricanes at the deadline for minor-league forward Krystofer Kolanos, left wing Niklas Nordgren, and a 2007 2nd round pick. He won his second Stanley Cup with the Hurricanes that season, and subsequently re-signed with the Penguins during the summer of 2006 off-season. During the summer of 2007 offseason, Recchi re-signed with the Pittsburgh Penguins for a one year contract that amounts to two million dollars [1].

In 2000, he was named "Kamloops Male Athlete of the 20th Century", and had a street named "Mark Recchi Way" in his honour.

On January 20, 2007 he scored his 7th career hat trick against the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Scored his 500th career goal on January 26, 2007 on the power play against the Dallas Stars.

Pittsburgh Penguins fans have come to know him as the "Recchin Ball"

Awards & Achievements

• 1987-88: West First All-Star Team (WHL)
• 1988-99: Second All-Star Team (IHL)
• 1990-91: Played in All-Star Game (NHL)
• 1991-92: Second All-Star Team (NHL)
• 1992-93: Played in All-Star Game (NHL)
• 1993-94: Played in All-Star Game (NHL)
• 1996-97: Played in All-Star Game (NHL)
• 1996-97: All-Star Game MVP (NHL)
• 1997-98: Played in All-Star Game (NHL)
• 1998-99: Played in All-Star Game (NHL)
• 1999-00: Played in All-Star Game (NHL)

Records

• Second longest span between Stanley Cup wins (1991-2006), at fifteen years.
• His 123 points (53 goals, 70 assists) in the 1992-1993 season is the Flyers regular season scoring record.

NHL Transactions

• On February 19, 1992 Traded from the Pittsburgh Penguins with Brian Benning and a first round pick in the 1992 draft (Jason Bowen) to the Philadelphia Flyers for Kjell Samuelsson, Rick Tocchet and Ken Wregget.
• On 1995 Traded from the Philadelphia Flyers to the Montreal Canadiens for Eric Desjardins, John LeClair and Gilbert Dionne.
• On March 10, 1999 Traded from the Montreal Canadiens to the Philadelphia Flyers for Dainius Zubrus, a second round pick in the 1999 draft (Matt Carkner) and a sixth round pick in the 2000 draft.
• On March 9, 2006 Traded from the Pittsburgh Penguins to the Carolina Hurricanes for Niklas Nordgren, Krys Kolanos and a second round pick in the 2007 draft.

Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1984-85	New Westminster Bruins	WHL		4	0	1	1	0		-	-	-	-	-
1985-86	New Westminster Bruins	WHL		72	21	40	61	55		-	-	-	-	-
1986-87	Kamloops Blazers	WHL		40	26	50	76	63		13	3	16	19	17
1987-88	Kamloops Blazers	WHL		62	61	93	154	75		17	10	21	31	18
1988-89	Muskegon Lumberjacks	IHL		63	50	49	99	86		14	7	14	21	28
1988-89	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL		15	1	1	2	0		-	-	-	-	-
1989-90	Muskegon Lumberjacks	IHL		4	7	4	11	2		-	-	-	-	-
1989-90	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL		74	30	37	67	44		-	-	-	-	-
1990-91	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL		78	40	73	113	48		24	10	24	34	33
1991-92	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL		58	33	37	70	78		-	-	-	-	-
1991-92	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL		22	10	17	27	18		-	-	-	-	-
1992-93	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL		84	53	70	123	95		-	-	-	-	-
1993-94	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL		84	40	67	107	46		-	-	-	-	-
1994-95	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL		10	2	3	5	12		-	-	-	-	-
1994-95	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		39	14	29	43	16		-	-	-	-	-
1995-96	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		82	28	50	78	69		6	3	3	6	0
1996-97	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		82	34	46	80	58		5	4	2	6	2
1997-98	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		82	32	42	74	51		10	4	8	12	6
1998-99	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		61	12	35	47	28		-	-	-	-	-
1998-99	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL		10	4	2	6	6		6	0	1	1	2
1999-00	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL		82	28	63	91	50		18	6	12	18	6
2000-01	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL		69	27	50	77	33		6	2	2	4	2
2001-02	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL		80	22	42	64	46		4	0	0	0	2
2002-03	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL		79	20	32	52	35		13	7	3	10	2
2003-04	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL		82	26	49	75	47		18	4	2	6	4
2005-06	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL		63	24	33	57	56		-	-	-	-	-
2005-06	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL		20	4	3	7	12		25	7	9	16	18
2006-07	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL		82	24	44	68	62		3	0	4	4	0
2007-08	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL		2	1	0	1	2		-	-	-	-	-
NHL totals				1340	509	825	1334	912		138	47	70	117	77

Stats as of October 8, 2007.

International play

• 1998 - Played for Canada in the XVIII Olympic Winter Games

Family Relations

In 2007, Mark Recchi's little known brother Matt used Mark's all-star repuatation to boost sales of pellet stoves in this rarely heard radio advertisement.

See also

• List of NHL players with 1000 games played
• List of NHL players with 500 goals
• List of NHL players with 1000 points
• List of NHL seasons
• List of NHL statistical leaders

External links

• Mark Recchi's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database
• Mark Recchi at TSN.ca
• Mark Recchi's NHL player profile
• Mark Recchi's Day With the Stanley Cup

Preceded by Rod Brind'Amour	Winner of the Bobby Clarke Trophy 1993	Succeeded by Eric Lindros
Preceded by Eric Lindros	Winner of the Bobby Clarke Trophy 2000	Succeeded by Roman Cechmanek
Preceded by Roman Cechmanek	Winner of the Bobby Clarke Trophy 2004	Succeeded by Simon Gagne

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