Mark Messier
FameRank: 5

"World Hockey Association/WHA"

Indianapolis Racers

Cincinnati Stingers

"National Hockey League/NHL"

Edmonton Oilers

New York Rangers

Vancouver Canucks

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"Mark Douglas Messier" is a Canadian former professional ice hockey Centre (ice hockey)/centre of the National Hockey League and former special assistant to the president and general manager of the New York Rangers. He played a quarter of a century in the NHL (1979–80 NHL season/1979–2003–04 NHL season/2004) with the Edmonton Oilers, New York Rangers, and Vancouver Canucks. He also played professionally with the World Hockey Association (WHA)'s Indianapolis Racers and Cincinnati Stingers. He was the last former World Hockey Association/WHA player to be active in professional hockey, and the last active player who had played in the NHL in the 1970s.

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His emotion and his compassion for the game. Inside of all those things, there was his ability to excel and his expectations to win. But it was always on a team level, it was never the expectation to go out and score three goals when the score was 7-1. Mark was the kind of guy who always seemed to excel when it was a 2-1 game or a 3-2 game.

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I don't think it's so much that we won, I think it's how we won and the players we had and the way they held themselves and conducted themselves on and off the ice. I think that, sometimes, is almost more important than winning. We did it with so much class, with such good feelings in the city and amongst the fans. That's what really made it special.

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Having lived in New York for 10-plus years, it becomes a part of you, ... I love the city and I love the team and what we were able to do. Obviously, that's a good fit for me.

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I wouldn't come back to play for that reason, ... I know that was talked about, but there has to be other reasons. I thought I achieved a lot in my 25 years and it was time to go.

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I'll go to my grave with the feelings and emotions and the memories of 1994, ... When I was traded from Edmonton, I told my agent that I wanted to go to New York to help them win a Stanley Cup. We had a great team and 1994 was a magical year for us and the city.

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I came into the league as a fourth-line grinder that played a limited role.

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That process in itself was an education for me.

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It's not easy winning or leading a team sport because there are so many different agendas and individuality, ... I feel lucky to have been part of some of the best hockey ever played [in Edmonton] and to be part of a team [in New York] that was willing to sacrifice themselves for the benefit of the team.

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I had conversations with Kevin and he's a good friend, but I thought it best to just stay in New York and announce my retirement here.

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