Dino Ciccarelli is an absolute legend of the game. He made his living as a garbage man in front of the net cleaning up everyone else’s shit that they were too lazy to clean up themselves. He managed an astonishing 608 goals and 592 assists in his 19 year playing career. He’s 16th on the all-time goal scorers list and is ahead of NHL greats like Teemu Selanni, Jari Kurri, Mike Bossy, Mats Sundin, Mike Modano, Maurice Richard, and Jeremy Roenick to name a few. Dispite all his grand achievements, Dino will still be remembered in Detroit as the guy who missed out on all the hardware. He was a major part of the ‘95 Wings team which most would consider their most talented team ever assembled. After that team was swept by the Devils he was traded to Tampa Bay during the off season. The next year the Wings went on to win their first cup in a run of four. Even so, he’ll still always be thought of in the same breath as Yzerman, Shannahan, Lidstrom, Federov and the rest, and it’s great to see him get his due induction into the NHL hall of fame.
PS – Best Dino moment of all time came after the Claude Lemieux hit on Kris Draper, when in a post game interview he was overcome with emotion and uttered the famous line “I can’t believe I shook his freakin’ hand!”. That single line set the tone for the most blood-fueled rivalry in all of sports history.
No comments:
Post a Comment