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SAN JOSE, CA - The San Jose chapter of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association announced today that
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Marleau finds himself in the upper echelon on several of the NHL's other all-time lists, including 23rd in goals (566); T-7th in game-winning goals (109); 50th in points (1,197); and 80th in assists (631).
He is the Sharks franchise leader in most offensive categories, including games played (1,606), goals (522), points (1,111), power-play goals (163), shorthanded goals (17), game-winning goals (101) and shots (3,953). He also ranks second in assists (589), eighth in penalty minutes (481), and 6th in points-per-game (0.69 - min. 400 games). He has scored a game-winning goal against every current NHL team (including the Sharks), except for the Vegas Golden Knights in his career.
Of the 365 players to ever don a Sharks uniform for at least one game, Marleau has played alongside 259 of them (71%). He played in his 1,600th career regular season game with the Sharks on April 28th against Arizona.
Including Stanley Cup Playoff games, Marleau has amassed 1,963 career games (195 playoff games) which is second to only Mark Messier's 1,992 total games. Marleau is also just one of 13 NHL players to skate in at least 23 seasons, and is one of 14 players in NHL history to play in four separate decades (1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s).
His 195 Stanley Cup Playoff games is tied for 22nd in NHL history, and his appearance in the playoffs in 20 different seasons is tied for the third most. In the postseason, Marleau has recorded 127 points (72 goals, 55 assists) and ranks tied for 14th all-time in playoff goals and tied for 48th in playoff points.
Internationally, Marleau played for the gold-medal winning Team Canada in the 2010 and 2014 Olympics, represented Canada in the 2014 World Cup of Hockey (gold medal), and has appeared in four World Championships (1999, 2001, 2003, 2005).
The six-foot-two, 215-pound native of Aneroid, Saskatchewan was originally selected by San Jose in the 1997 NHL Draft (first round, second overall).