When the Calgary Flames drop the puck tonight against the Toronto Maple Leafs, it will officially be Milan Lucic’s 1000th game in the National Hockey League. In doing so, he will become the 352nd player to reach the 1000 game mark, putting him into an elite club in NHL lore. Now in his 14th season, Lucic has suited up for the Boston Bruins (566 games), Los Angeles Kings (81 games), Edmonton Oilers (243 games), and the Flames (110 games).
He was originally drafted in the 2nd round, 50th overall in the 2006 NHL Draft by Boston, and proceeded to help win a WHL Championship and Memorial Cup Championship in the following two seasons with the Vancouver Giants before making the jump to the NHL.