Selanne nets No. 600.
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
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
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
About J.P.
J.P. Hoornstra has been covering the Anaheim Ducks since 2007. Eight months after the University of Wisconsin won its third NCAA hockey championship, he was born in a frigid Madison winter. He betrayed his blue-blooded beginnings by graduating from UCLA in 2003, and welcomes any and all dialogue on the finer points of hockey.
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