A Career That Deserves Some Major Recchi-gnition
I'm pretty proud of that headline.
Just as he said he would, Mark Recchi officially retired after the game last night.
As he skated off into the proverbial sunset, he did so as one of the best players to ever play the game.
He ended his Hall of Fame career with some amazing numbers. 577 goals, 86 goals in 61 playoff games, and 1,680 career points in 1,653 career games. Wow.
When Mark Recchi was traded here for Martins Karsums and Matt Lashoff (great trade) in 2009, I didn't know much about him other than his hairline was hard to look at.
But he came in and gradually started becoming more and more of a presence. He did everything right.
He set the right example, he put up some solid years production-wise, and we started to realize that the man just knows what to do in every situation on and off the ice.
But his production and seamless transition to alternate captain was not even close to his most valuable asset. His experience and character proved INVALUABLE to a Bruins team that had so many players, young and old, that had never tasted true success.
He knew what to do and how to do it. He just had the answers.
Even as recent as two days ago, before Game 7, Recchi's calming confidence aided Patrice Bergeron.
Patrice said last night at the podium that he called Recchi the night before Game 7 because he was nervous. He asked him questions about Game 7 and what to do and Recchi helped him out like no one else in the Bruins organization could.
Recchi was the leader that the Bruins needed. And no one will ever forget his time here.
Posted by Manny Ortez at 6/16/2011 7:06 PM 
Categories: Bruins
Tags: bruins nhl mark recchi amazing career
Categories: Bruins
Tags: bruins nhl mark recchi amazing career
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