Career Achievements and Facts
- Retired having scored 310 goals and 742 assists for 1,052 points (at the time, the NHL career leader in all those categories for defensemen) in 1,060 games, adding 1,356 penalty minutes.
- Retired as the NHL career leader in playoff goals, assists, and points for defensemen.
- 41st all-time in assists, and 10th among defensemen, as of the end of the 2010–11 season.
- Currently 62nd all-time in points, as of the end of the 2010-11 season.
- Won the James Norris Memorial Trophy as the NHL's best defenseman in 1976, 1978, and 1979.
- His jersey #5 was retired by the Islanders on February 1, 1992, the first such honor bestowed by the franchise.
- In 1991, he was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame and Ottawa Sports Hall of Fame.
- In 1998, he was ranked number 19 on The Hockey News' list of the 100 Greatest Hockey Players.
- In 2002, he was inducted into the Nassau County Sports Hall of Fame.
- One of only two players (Bryan Trottier being the other) to play 1,000 games in an Islanders uniform.
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