It is hard for many fans of the Pittsburgh Penguins to imagine this now, but for many years in the pre-Mario Lemieux era, Western Pennsylvania did not have a very good professional hockey team, and they almost lost their franchise.  One of the few bright spots of the Pens was Rick Kehoe, who was a two-time All-Star (1981 & 1983), a former 50 Goal scorer, and a three-time franchise leader in Points.  The Lady Byng Trophy winner in 1981 would score 767 Points over his career and would have had an outside shot at 1,000 had he not suffered a career-ending neck injury in the 1984/85 season.

There was not a lot to cheer for if you were a fan of the Atlanta Flames, but the second-place finisher for the Calder Trophy in 1973-74 gave you a reason to come out to the arena. 

There really is not that many players who have competed in over 1,000 NHL Regular Season Games.  Gordie Roberts is in that club, but when you throw in the fact that he had another 300-plus in the World Hockey Association, you have a 19-year veteran who had quite a long career in professional hockey.

Easily one of the best defensive forwards for years, Michael Peca would finish in the top five in Frank J. Selke Award voting every season from 1996-97 to 2003-04.  The first year of that streak was when he