The Lemieux Library was founded in 1991.

It was preceded by the Mega Stars game, which featured Gretzky and many of his Oiler Dynasty teammates against a group of retired Montreal Canadiens players ( whose likes included Claude Lemieux, Guy Lafleur and others ).

Ghost towns may also occasionally come into being due to an anticipated natural disaster – for example, the Canadian town of Lemieux, Ontario was abandoned in 1991 after soil testing revealed that the community was built on an unstable bed of Leda clay.

Two years after the last building in Lemieux was demolished, a landslide swept part of the former town-site into the South Nation River.

Mario Lemieux, one of the most highly touted NHL draft picks in history, was due to be drafted in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft.

Pittsburgh coach Lou Angotti later admitted that a conscious decision was made to finish the season as the team with the worst record, stating in an interview with the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that a mid-season lunch prompted the plan, in light of the fact that there was a high chance of the franchise folding if Lemieux was not drafted.

Cancer revisited the Penguins in 1993, when Lemieux was diagnosed with Hodgkin's disease.

The 2003-04 season was a difficult ordeal, with Lemieux suffering a season-ending hip injury early in the season, and attendance dipping to an average of 11, 877 ( the lowest average out of any NHL team ) and only one game sold out.

On the Penguins ' final game of the season, Crosby scored a goal and an assist to become the top scoring rookie in Penguins history with 102 points ( eclipsing Lemieux ), despite losing the rookie scoring race to Russian superstar Ovechkin, who, unlike Malkin, was also set to debut that season, been able to make his way to the NHL.

During Game 6, Red Wings player Kris Draper was checked into the boards face-first by Avalanche player Claude Lemieux.

Claude Lemieux was one of the players singled out by the Red Wings players.

Yzerman finished third in regular season scoring behind Lemieux and Gretzky, won the Lester B. Pearson Award ( MVP as voted by the NHLPA ), and was a finalist for the Hart Trophy ( MVP as voted by the NHL writers ).

On Friday, October 29, 2010 he was brutally knocked out by then undefeated middleweight contender David Lemieux in the 1st round at the Bell Centre, in Montreal, Canada.

What had been praised during Clarkson's tenure, however, was soon critiqued when it was revealed that into Jean's appointment, Rideau Hall's interpretation and exhibition planner, Fabienne Fusade, was removing from sight the portraits of Canada's past and present sovereigns and other members of the Royal Family, in order to fulfill Jean's wish to make the royal residence a showcase for Canadian art and give " a strong image of Canada "; the portrait by Jean Paul Lemieux of Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh that had for decades dominated the focal wall of the ballroom was shifted to the rear wall, thereby bumping the copy of George Hayter's state portrait of Queen Victoria that had hung there to the Tent Room, where the portraits of Canada's British governors general had been collected together.

He was born the same day as Mario Lemieux, 200 kilometers apart, from Montreal.

Koivu received large numbers of get-well e-mails and letters from fans and was also in touch with Mario Lemieux, John Cullen, and Lance Armstrong ; all athletes who had beaten cancer and made successful returns to their respective sports.

Magazine, Brian Compton listed the 10 best captains of all-time since Steve Yzerman was first named captain of the Detroit Red Wings in 1986 ; Koivu was included in the article in the 10th place, behind the likes of Mark Messier and Mario Lemieux.

He was the eighth No. 1 overall pick to score a goal in their first game and the first to do so in his draft year since Mario Lemieux in 1984.

It is in this period that Lemieux produced the paintings of lonely figures in desolate, simplistic landscapes for which he is so well known today.

Mario Lemieux captured a Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP for the second consecutive year, becoming only the second player in NHL history to do so.

He became the first player since Claude Lemieux to win consecutive Cups with different teams and the sixth overall to do so.

In the 1989 Pittsburgh finally broke through the barrier and made the playoffs, on the back of Lemieux leading the league in goals, assists and points.

The league and the court agreed, and Lemieux, with help from supermarket tycoon Ronald Burkle, assumed control on September 3, 1999 — thus saving the franchise for the second time.

The Penguins chose highly touted junior league player Sidney Crosby from the Rimouski Océanic of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, who had been training with Lemieux over the summer.

Limited to 69 games due to his injuries, he still ranked third in league point-scoring, behind Selanne and Pittsburgh Penguins captain Mario Lemieux.

His 1. 18 points-per-game average ranked second in the league behind Mario Lemieux, who played 48 fewer games than Bertuzzi.

He won his only Vezina Trophy as the NHL's top goaltender that year and finished second in voting for the Hart Memorial Trophy as league MVP, behind Mario Lemieux and ahead of teammate Wayne Gretzky.

LaFontaine's 234 points was tops in the league and he was awarded the Jean Béliveau Trophy as the top scorer, out-dueling future NHL icon Mario Lemieux.

Mario Lemieux would capture his first Hart Trophy and lead the league in scoring.

Several National Hockey League players have played in the league, including Greg Parks, Esa Tikkanen, Chris Lindberg, Tavis Hansen, Shjon Podein, Jason Podollan, Derek Plante, Steve McKenna, Jarrod Skalde, Joel Prpic, Tyson Nash, Jamie McLennan, Shane Endicott, Wade Flaherty, Kelly Fairchild, Brad Tiley, Ricard Persson, Bryan Young, Claude Lemieux, Brad Fast, Ric Jackman and Cole Jarrett.

Mario Lemieux of the Pittsburgh Penguins won the Art Ross Trophy for the second consecutive season, leading the league with 199 points.

Playing on the top line with Mario Lemieux, Kariya scored three goals and one assist over six games, tying for fourth in Canadian point-scoring.

Several landslides have occurred over the past century including a major one near the former town of Lemieux on June 20, 1993.

Lemieux represented Canada three times in international competitions over the course of his career.

Lemieux presided over the House during several minority governments.

Lemieux presided over three successive Parliaments and was the longest serving Speaker until Lucien Lamoureux broke the record in 1974.

In his first season, he coached the team, which was led by superstar Mario Lemieux, to a 1991 Stanley Cup Finals championship victory over the Minnesota North Stars, four games to two, becoming the second American-born coach to win it and the first in 53 years.

Only Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux, and Brett Hull scored a better goals per game average over the course of an NHL season than Neely did with his 50-goals-in-49-games in the 1993 – 94 season ( despite missing 35 games that season ).

The Pittsburgh Penguins ' Kevin Stevens became only the third person in NHL history to outscore Gretzky in the regular season ( Marcel Dionne tied Gretzky in Wayne's rookie year, but had more goals, and Mario Lemieux won the Art Ross Trophy over Gretzky in 1988 and 1989 ).

Lemieux was sailing alone near the halfway point in his race on the nearby Finn class race course.

For only the second time in his NHL career, Gretzky finished second in scoring, but narrowly beat out Pittsburgh's Mario Lemieux ( who scored 199 points ) for the Hart Trophy as MVP.

" Three Hall of Fame members came out of retirement after their induction and resumed a career in the National League: Gordie Howe, Guy Lafleur and Mario Lemieux.

On July 3, 2006, Yzerman officially retired, finishing his career ranked as the sixth all-time leading scorer in NHL history, having scored a career-high 155 points ( 65 goals / 90 assists ) in 1988 – 89 which has been bettered only by Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux.

On March 31, 2006 he scored his 691st NHL career goal, passing Mario Lemieux for 8th place all-time.

As of 2011, he stands ninth all-time in career points-per-game and fourth all-time in career assists-per-game in the NHL, only behind Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux and Bobby Orr.

In addition to having reached the 50-goal mark in his career five times and the 60-goal mark twice, his. 623 goals per game average is third among the top 100 goal scorers in NHL history, behind Mike Bossy and Mario Lemieux.

In Pittsburgh, Nedvěd would have the best years of his career on an offensive team featuring superstars Mario Lemieux, Jaromir Jagr, and Ron Francis.

Lemieux ended his NHL playing career with Dallas at the conclusion of the 2002 – 03 season.

Throughout his career, Lemieux was noted for playing his best games during the postseason.

Lemieux retired with 80 career playoff goals, ninth all-time in the NHL.

He has a younger brother, Jocelyn Lemieux who also enjoyed a lengthy career in the NHL.

He retired after the 1985 season as the Penguins ' career scoring leader, and is third today behind Mario Lemieux and Jaromír Jágr.

The 1987 – 88 season would be the best offensive season of Cunneyworth's career, as he scored 35 goals and 74 points in 71 games, once again finishing third behind Lemieux and Quinn on the Penguins scoring list, however, the Penguins once again failed to qualify for the playoffs, finishing in last place in the Patrick Division despite a 36 – 35 – 9 record.

Martin has written ten books during his career, including a biography of Canadian hockey player Mario Lemieux.