Searching this on google, I realized I have repeated this post almost every year on this date. It’s a special date. Mario Lemieux scored straight off a faceoff on 12-23-2002 against the Buffalo Sabres. Great moment. Cool thing. No doubt.
And it’s easy holiday fodder since usually by this time it’s holiday break season. And a unique cool Mario Lemieux moment should never be celebrated.
But then, I realized another reason I remember this so much, and always want to bring it up every day on this year is because of personal reasons. I was at this game.