Patrick Marleau

Patrick Denis Marleau is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward for the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League . Since being drafted second overall by the franchise in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft, he has established himself the Sharks alltime leader in goals, even strength goals, power play goals, shorthanded goals, points, shots, games played, and consecutive games played. He played his 1,400th NHL game on March 19th, 2016, against the New York Rangers as of the end of the 201516 season, he is one of onlyNHL players to play in 1,400 games . Additionally, he is the youngest player in NHL history to reach both the 1,300 and 1,400game marks.

Marleau was the youngest player in the 1997 draft class, and he debuted immediately at the start of the 9798 season. This conceptually makes him the youngest player to ever play in the NHL . On March 19, 2016 Marleau became the youngest player to play in his 1,400th NHL game, becoming one of onlyplayers to accomplish this feat. Two strikeshortened seasons during his career makes this achievement more impressive. At the end of the 1516 season, Marleau 1,411 games played ranks him behind Jaromir Jagr, Jarome Iginla, and Shane Doan on the active games played list. It is conceivable that Marleau could catch Gordie Howes all time games played record , and Marleaus 1,411 games played, all for San Jose, puts him 9th on the NHL alltime list of games played for a single franchise. On January 11, 2016 Marleau played in his 500th consecutive game. At the end of the 201516 regular season, Marleaus consecutive games played streak is at 542 the third longest active streak, and 15th longest of a

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