Vintage 1996 White’s Guide Exclusive NHLPA #2 Mario Lemieux Signature Series (“A Limited Edition Of 5,500″ Total Production) Corinthian Headliners Collection “Rare-Vintage” (1996)
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***Please View Photographs! *** Vintage 1996 White’s Guide Exclusive NHLPA #2 Mario Lemieux Signature Series (“A Limited Edition Of 5,500″ Total Production)
**Please Note “Product Information: This Collector Vehicle Set, Video, Plate, Sports & Non-Sports Card, Virtual Pet, Action Figure Set Has a 27 Year Age Factor and are no longer available from the Manufacture. (“Discontinued Packaging”), “May Have Slight Shelf Wear”, Slightly Bent Cardboard Corners, Dents in Plastic Areas, & Minor Scratches. Some Packaging Clarity Distortion “May Occur Due to aging of Packaging Only, etc.”*
*This “1996 NHLPA Exclusive Limited Edition Figure #2″ was Released In “1996” White’s Guide/Corinthian.
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*This Vintage 1996 White’s Guide Exclusive NHLPA #2 Mario Lemieux Signature Series (“A Limited Edition Of 5,500” Total Production) Has A (27+) Years (Age Factor-To Date)
(1) *There is “No Shelf Wear” √ Original Released Packaging.
(2) *There is “No Bent Cardboard Corners” √ Original Released Packaging.
(3) *There is “No Dents in Plastic Areas” √ Original Released Packaging.
(4) *There is “No Minor Scratches” √ Original Released Packaging.
(5) *There is “No Packaging Clarity Distortion” √ None (Please View All Photos!!)
*Vintage Un-Graded Card Information:
**“White’s Guide Exclusive: A Limited Edition Of 5,500 #2-Signature Series”
**Limited Edition Figure #2 (5,500 Pieces Produced)
*Items (“INCLUDED”) Are: *
*Vintage 1996 White’s Guide Exclusive NHLPA #2 Mario Lemieux Signature Series (“A Limited Edition Of 5,500” Total Production)
*NHLPA Headliners Collector’s Catalog*
*“This Vintage 1996 White’s Guide Exclusive NHLPA #2 Mario Lemieux Signature Series (“A Limited Edition Of 5,500″ Total Production) Is “Extremely Gradable!!”*
*Clearly Visible In The Photo Images.
This Vintage 1996 White’s Guide Exclusive NHLPA #2 Mario Lemieux Signature Series (“A Limited Edition Of 5,500” Total Production) Is:
*Unquestionably:
*A Must Have For Any Mario Lemieux‘ Fan!
***Player Information/History***
*Sir Mario Lemieux, OC, CQ (/ˈmærioʊ ləˈmjuː/; French pronunciation, born October 5, 1965) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played parts of 17 seasons with the National Hockey League’s (NHL) Pittsburgh Penguins between 1984 and 2006. In 1999, he bought the Penguins and their top minor-league affiliate, the American Hockey League’s (AHL) Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, out of bankruptcy, and is currently the team’s principal owner and chairman. He is widely acknowledged to be one of the best players of all time. A gifted playmaker and fast skater despite his large size, Lemieux often beat defencemen with fakes and dekes.
*Lemieux led Pittsburgh to two consecutive Stanley Cups in 1991 and 1992. Under his ownership, the Penguins won a third Cup in 2009. He is the only person to have his name on the Cup as both a player and an owner. He also led Team Canada to an Olympic gold medal in 2002, a championship at the 2004 World Cup of Hockey, and a Canada Cup in 1987.
He won the Lester B. Pearson Award as the most outstanding player voted by the players four times, the Hart Trophy as the NHL’s most valuable player (MVP) during the regular season three times, the Art Ross Trophy as the league’s points leader six times, and the Conn Smythe Trophy in 1991 and 1992.
At the time of his retirement, he was the NHL’s seventh-ranked all-time scorer with 690 goals and 1,033 assists. He ranks second in NHL history with a 0.754 goals-per game average for his career, behind only Islanders great Mike Bossy (0.762). In 2004, he was inducted into Canada’s Walk of Fame.
*Lemieux’s career was plagued by health problems that limited him to 915 of a possible 1,428 NHL games. His numerous ailments included spinal disc herniation, Hodgkin’s lymphoma, chronic tendinitis of a hip-flexor muscle, and chronic back pain so severe that other people had to tie his skates. He retired two different times over the course of his career due to these health issues: first in 1997 after battling lymphoma (he returned in 2000), and for a second and final time in 2006, after being diagnosed with an atrial fibrillation.
He also missed the entire 1994-95 season due to Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Despite his lengthy absences from the game, his play remained at a high level upon his return to the ice; he won the Hart Trophy and scoring title in 1995–96 after sitting out the entire previous season, and he was a finalist for the Hart when he made his comeback in 2000.
*The Hockey Hall of Fame inducted Lemieux immediately after his first retirement in 1997, waiving the normal three-year waiting period; upon his return in 2000, he became the third Hall of Famer (after Gordie Howe and Guy Lafleur) to play after being inducted. Lemieux’s impact on the NHL has been significant: Andrew Conte of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review called him the “savior” of the Pittsburgh Penguins, and after Lemieux’s retirement, Wayne Gretzky commented that “You don’t replace players like Mario Lemieux, The game will miss him.” Bobby Orr called him “the most talented player I’ve ever seen.”
Orr, along with Bryan Trottier and numerous fans, speculate that if Lemieux had not suffered so many issues with his health, his on-ice achievements would have been much greater.
Product Type: Corinthian: (National Hockey League Players Association) Series”
- Paint: Original!
- Format: Action Figure
- Packaging: Blister Card
- Assortment: “White’s Guide Exclusive-Limited Edition Signature Series”
Year Released: (1996)
Condition: MINT & MIC!
Produced By: Corinthian
Product UPC#: 608326040252
Product Item#: 04025
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