Dallas Stars forward Tyler Seguin plays in his 1,000th career NHL game tonight against the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Seguin now joins an elite club of players who have achieved this milestone during their NHL careers. For him, he was able to do it for 16 seasons in the league.
Seguin skates in 1,000th career game
It is not an easy feat for players to hit. Most players don’t make it past four or five seasons in the NHL. But for Seguin, despite injuries, he was able to overcome them and reach the milestone.
Seguin was interviewed by Amalie Benjamin from NHL.com and had this to say.
“I’ve felt moments of bliss when I won early, had a daughter, got over it [being] I think I was the oldest player on my team last night. It happened quickly.”
He further said:
“I guess 1,000 games was never something I really thought about until the last few years of the journey it’s been to get here, with the surgeries and the body and now the healthiest feeling I’ve had in years and about to get to this 1,000th game thing.”
Seguin has had a very good career, but has failed to win a Stanley Cup in his time. However, the Stars are one of the best teams in the league and are widely considered Stanley Cup contenders.
During his 16-year career, he scored 363 goals and 451 assists for 814 points. He spent 13 years with Dallas, where he scored 693 points. Early in his career, during his time with the Boston Bruins, he scored 121 points.
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