Player Achievements
The player with the most 100 point seasons is Wayne Gretzky, with 15 (four of which were 200 point seasons). Mario Lemieux is second, with 10 seasons of 100 points. Gretzky also holds the record of 13 consecutive 100 point seasons.
Three players could have made the list on assists alone. Bobby Orr, Wayne Gretzky (11 times) and Mario Lemieux have had more than 100 assists in a single season.
On six occasions a player has been traded during a 100 point season: Jean Ratelle, Bernie Nicholls, John Cullen, Teemu Selanne, Wayne Gretzky, and Joe Thornton.
Excluding the six split-team situations above, and excluding franchises that have simply changed cities, 16 different players have achieved complete 100+ point seasons with more than one team. The first was Marcel Dionne in the 1974–75 season with the Detroit Red Wings and then the 1976–77 season with the Los Angeles Kings.
Only five defencemen have scored at least 100 points in a season. They are Bobby Orr, Denis Potvin, Paul Coffey, Al MacInnis, and Brian Leetch.
The youngest player to achieve a 100 point season is Sidney Crosby, at 18 years, 253 days old. He scored his 100th NHL point on 17 April 2006, the Pittsburgh Penguins' 81st game of the 2005–06 season. The oldest player to achieve a 100 point season is Gordie Howe, who was 41 years old and playing in his 23rd NHL season when he reached 100 points during the 1968–69 season - only a few days after Phil Esposito had become the first ever player to score 100 points.
Read more about this topic: List Of NHL Players With 100-point Seasons
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