Stan Mikita - Awards and Accomplishments

Awards and Accomplishments

  • Ranked 14th all-time in points, 16th in assists, 29th in goals, and 32nd in games played (at end of 2009–10 NHL season).
  • Won the Hart Memorial Trophy as most valuable player in 1967 and 1968.
  • Won the Art Ross Trophy as leading scorer in 1964, 1965, 1967 and 1968.
  • Won the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy in 1967 and 1968.
  • Named to the NHL's First All-Star Team in 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1967 and 1968.
  • Named to the NHL's Second All-Star Team in 1965 and 1970.
  • Played in NHL All-Star Game in 1964, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974 and 1975.
  • Won the Lester Patrick Trophy in 1976.
  • The only player in NHL history to win the Hart, Art Ross, and Lady Byng trophies in the same season, doing so in consecutive seasons, in 1966–67 and 1967–68.
  • Only Alex Delvecchio and Steve Yzerman had a longer career playing for only a single team.
  • Was named to Team Canada for the 1972 Summit Series, but only played two games due to injuries.
  • Inducted into the Slovak Hockey Hall of Fame in 2002.
  • In 1998, he was ranked number 17 on The Hockey News' list of the 100 Greatest Hockey Players, making him the highest-ranked player born outside of Canada, although he was trained in Canada.
  • Most NHL games played by a European-born ice hockey forward (1,394).
  • The Blackhawks retired #21 retired on October 19, 1980.
  • The ice rink in Ruzomberok, Slovakia is named after him.
  • In 2011, statues of Mikita and Bobby Hull were installed outside the United Center, where the Blackhawks currently play.

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