Sharks forward Marleau gets 1,000th NHL point

[RunSoHard]

San Jose Sharks forward Patrick Marleau scored his 1,000th career point across the street from where his career began.

A little more than 18 years ago, Marleau was the No. 2 pick in the 1997 NHL Draft held at Pittsburgh's Civic Arena, which was located across Centre Avenue from where Consol Energy Center is now.

With two assists in a 3-1 win against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday, Marleau has 1,001 points in 1,349 NHL games, all with San Jose.

"That's really cool," Marleau said. "Being drafted here and getting the 1,000 points here, there's some significance here in Pittsburgh. It's something I'll always remember."

Marleau, the 83rd player in NHL history to score 1,000 points, reached the milestone when he slipped a pass to Joel Ward, who one-timed a shot off Penguins goalie Marc-Andre Fleury's pad that found its way to defenseman Brent Burns in the left faceoff circle. Burns buried a wrist shot to give the Sharks a 1-0 lead 7:54 into the first period.

Link: http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=789059&navid=nhl:topheads

 

[Raindelay]

He's had quite the career, never did shit in the playoffs though

 

[47th oG]

Congrats to Patty