Here it is:
Thirty-four seconds into the second period Sunday, Selanne became one
of 18 players to reach the milestone, one week to the day after scoring
No. 599 against the San Jose Sharks.
“I guess that was the easiest that I have had in
a while,” said Selanne, who was congratulated by every one of his teammates on the ice.
“It’s funny how it works. I’ve felt that I have had a lot of chances
the last three or four games, but nothing was going in. Then, you get
one of
those on a great effort from Corey (Perry) and Scotty (Niedermayer). The way my teammates have
been
feeding me has been amazing.
“I think they wanted this more than I did.
It’s a great feeling.”
Said Niedermayer, “There was a little underlying feeling when you’re
on
the ice with him. You want to at least give him the opportunity. It
shows what
kind of teammate and person he is. He is a great guy and we were
definitely
pulling for him.”
Ducks head coach Randy Carlyle was happy to see Selanne reach the milestone at home – the team leaves tomorrow for a three-game Western Canada swing.
“It’s always nice to see when an
athlete is rewarded with his success in his own building,” Carlyle said. “That is quite a
milestone.“
Selanne is one goal short of tying his
boyhood idol and former teammate Jari Kurri, for 17th on the all-time
list:
Gordie Howe (DET) 11/27/65 DET 2 at MTL 3 Gump Worsley
Bobby Hull
(CHI) 3/25/72 CHI 5 at BOS 5
Gerry
Cheevers
Phil Esposito
(NYR) 11/4/77 NYR 5 at VAN 1 Cesare
Maniago
Marcel Dionne
(LA) 12/15/84 LA 6 vs. CGY 5 Reggie
Lemelin
Wayne Gretzky
(LA) 11/23/88 LA 8 at DET 3 Greg
Stefan
Mike Gartner
(NYR) 12/26/93 NYR 5 vs. NJ 1 Chris
Terreri
Mario Lemieux
(PIT) 2/4/97 PIT 6 vs. VAN 4
Empty-net goal
Jari Kurri
(COL) 12/23/97 COL 5 vs. LA 1
Stephane
Fiset
Dino
Ciccarelli (DET) 2/3/98 FLA 1 vs. DET
1 Chris
Osgood
Mark Messier
(VAN) 10/23/98 VAN 5 at FLA 0 Kirk
McLean
Steve Yzerman
(DET) 11/26/99 DET 4 vs. EDM 2 Tommy Salo
Brett Hull
(DAL) 12/31/99 DAL 5 vs. ANA 4 Guy
Hebert
Luc
Robitaille (DET) 11/9/01 DET 1 at ANA 0
Jean-Sebastien
Giguere
Dave
Andreychuk (TB) 11/23/02 TB 3 at NJ 1
Corey
Schwab
Brendan
Shanahan (NYR) 10/5/06 NYR 5 vs. WAS 2 Olaf Kolzig
Jaromir Jagr
(NYR) 11/19/06 NYR 4 vs. TB 1 Johan
Holmqvist
Joe Sakic
(COL) 2/15/07 COL 7 at CGY 5
Empty-net
goal
Teemu Selanne
(ANA)
3/21/10 ANA 5
vs. COL 2 Craig Anderson
Already the NHL’s active leader in goals, Selanne is the third European player to score 600 NHL goals, following Jagr (Czech Republic) and Kurri (Finland). He is also the seventh right winger to join the list (Gordie Howe, Brett Hull, Mike Gartner, Jagr, Dino Ciccarelli and Kurri).
Thanks to a team spokesperson for the following trivia breaking down Selanne’s goals:
Scored as a Duck
At Honda
Center/Arrowhead Pond 201
At Honda
Center as a Duck 198
(199 in
Ducks “home” games – includes one goal in neutral site game
in Japan)
At Honda
Center as a Visitor 3
(one with Winnipeg, two with San Jose)
As a Duck
on the Road 174
In Home
Games 321
(Jets/Sharks/Avalanche/Ducks combined)
In Road
Games
(Jets/Sharks/Avalanche/Ducks combined)
Number of
NHL Arenas 52
(Includes every active arena except New Jersey’s Prudential Center)
Number of
NHL Goalies 132
Against
Hall of Fame Goalies 17
(2 goalies, Grant Fuhr, 7 & Patrick Roy, 10)
Against
Vezina Trophy Winners 70
(against 13 goalies)
Most
vs. One Team
46 vs. San Jose
Most
vs. One Goalie
17 (Curtis Joseph and Mike Vernon)
Multi
Goal Games
114
Hat
Tricks
(12 with Ducks)
Most
Goals in One Game 4
(Twice, both with Winnipeg)
First
NHL Goal
First at the Pond 1/27/95 with Winnipeg (against Guy Hebert)
Selanne’s previous
milestones:
600th NHL
goal Mar. 21, 2010 vs.
COL
500th NHL
goal Nov. 22, 2006 @ COL
400th NHL goal
Mar. 7, 2002 (with San Jose) vs. OTT
300th NHL
goal Feb. 27, 1999 @ SJ
200th NHL
goal Feb. 28, 1997 @ WSH
100th NHL
goal Jan. 12, 1994 (with Winnipeg)
@ BUF
