50 goals in 50 matches

50 goals in 50 matches indicates the fact of marking 50 goals in the first 50 parts the one season of the National league of hockey. To mark fifty goals in 50 matches (or less) in the LNH is an exploit which is regarded as the mark of the large strikers.

By comparison, the best marker of the season 2005-06, Jonathan Cheechoo marked 56 goals (for 82 parts) and in the season 2003-04 the best striker marked only 41 goals. However, the years of the Second world war and years 1980 were most prolific of the history of the LNH.

The LNH defines officially the “50 goals in 50 parts”: A player must register them during the first 50 parts of his team. Some think that one should count only the first 50 matches of the player, the difference being due to the wounds.

According to the official definition of the LNH, this exploit 8 times by 5 various players were carried out. By considering the 50 parts of a player, they were 8 to make a success of it on the whole 13 times.

Maurice Rocket Richard

1944-45 : 50 in 50 matches (50 in 50)

The season 1944-45 lasted 50 parts. Maurice Richard of the Canadian of Montreal was the first player of the history has to mark 50 goals, astounding the world of hockey. The 35 following years, nobody could republish this exploit and much declared that Rocket was the largest striker of the history.

Some, however, noted that the LNH had lost good players who were useful in the armed forces during the second world war. Richard never marked again 50 goals in one season.

Mike Bossy

1980-81 : 50 in 50 matches (50 in 50)

Many thought that it would be impossible to copy the exploit of Richard. However, at the time of the season 1980-81, Mike Bossy of the Islanders of New York became the second player of the history to register 50 goals in 50 parts. The season lasted 80 parts, Mike Bossy marked 50 goals with her 50e match and finishes the season with 68 goals in 79 matches.

Wayne Gretzky

1981-82 : 61 in 50 matches (50 in 39)
1983-84: 61 in 50 matches (50 in 42)
1984-85: 53 in 50 matches (50 in 49)

Whereas people were still filled with wonder at what Bossy had just achieved, Wayne Gretzky Oilers d' Edmonton " démolit" the mark of the " 50 in 50". With its 38e match of the season, it registered 4 goals, carrying its total with 45 for the season. Everyone thought that it was going to beat the record, but nobody imagined what was going to occur. With the following match, the December 30th 1981, it marked 5 goals against the Flyers of Philadelphia to achieve the 50 goals in only 39 matches. It had marked 50 goals before whoever marked 30 and finished of them the season with a record of 92 goals.

Gretzky still makes a success of the exploit of 50 goals in 50 matches two other times. During the season 1983-84, it marked its 50e goal with its 42e match and at the time of the season 1984-85 it registered its 50e goal during its 49e match.

Mario Lemieux

1988-89 : 54 in 50 matches (50 in 46)

Mario Lemieux of the Penguins de Pittsburgh was the player following to make a success of the exploit, which it achieves the January 20th 1989. Its 50e goal was officially marked with the 46e match, which was actually only the 44e of Lemieux. It finished the season with 85 goals, which was at that time the 3rd higher total of the history behind the 92 and 87 of Gretzky.

Brett Hull

1990-91 : 52 in 50 matches (50 in 49)
1991-92: 50 in 50 matches (50 in 50)

Brett Hull, wire of the famous Bobby Hull, natural striker. It twice marked 50 goals in 50 matches in its career for the Blues of Saint Louis. It did it the first time at the time of the season 1990-91 when it marked its 2nd goal of the match against the guard recruit Dave Gagnon the January 25th 1991, during the 49e match of the Blues against the Red Wings de Détroit. Hull finished the season with 86 achievements, just behind the records of 92 and 87 of Gretzky.

The second time was during the following season (1991-92). The January 28th 1992, Hull marked its 50e goal against the guard veteran Kelly Hrudey during the 50e match answering a goal of Gretzky, at the time of a tie 3-3. It was the last time that this exploit was carried out to date (April 2007).

Nonofficial records

The following players registered 50 goals while having played 50 matches or less, but the LNH does not recognize them since she considers the 50 parts of the team.

Jari Kurri (1984-85) of the Oilers d' Edmonton marked its 50e goal with its 50e match which was the 53e of its team. It finished the season with 71 achievements.

Alexander Mogilny (1992-93) of the Sabers of Buffalo marked its 50e goal with its 46e match which was the 53e of its team. It finished the season with 76 achievements.

Mario Lemieux (1992-93 & 1995-96) twice marked 50 goals in 50 matches after its official record. During the season 1992-93, it marked its 50e goal with its 48e match which was the 72e of its team. It was much wounded there this year and finished with 69 goals in 60 parts (registering, with the passage, 19 goals at the time of its last 12 matches). At the time of the season 1995-96 it marked its 50e goal with its 50e match which was the 59e of its team. It finished the season with 69 achievements in 70 matches.

Cam Neely (1993-94) of the Bruins of Boston marked its 50e goal with its 44e match (more quickly than any other player except Gretzky and Lemieux) which was the 66e of its team. It was much wounded there this season, playing only one total of 49 matches, and not succeeding in marking another goal after having reached the 50.

Record missed by little

Bobby Hull of the Blackhawks of Chicago marked its 50e goal with its 57e match during the season 1965-66.

Charlie Simmer of the Kings of Los Angeles marked its 50e goal with its 51e match during the season 1980-81.

Mario Lemieux marked her 50e goal with its 51e match during the season 1987-88.

Bernie Nicholls of the Kings of Los Angeles marked its 50e goal with its 51e match during the season 1988-89.

Brett Hull marked its 50e goal with its 54e match during the season 1989-90.

See too

Statistical of the leaders of the LNH
Players of the LNH with 500 goals

References

National Hockey League Official Guides & Record Book 2005, published per daN Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

http://nhl.com/hockeyu/history/gretzky/50in50.html

Beckett Monthly Hockey, exit #50, December 1994.