Mario+Lemieux

Mario Lemieux: Star Center by Ken Rappoport Berkely Heights, NJ: Enslow Publishers, 1998

 Call Number: 921 LEM

**__Summary/Description__:** Details the life and career of the top-scoring hockey superstar who led the Pittsburgh Penguins to two Stanley Cup championships.

__**Beyond the Book:**__
Go beyond the book by exploring these recommended web resources:


 * **The Mario Lemieux Foundation - This website is the Mario Lemieux Foundation's official website. Here, you can find specific information about the foundation he has built to help cancer victims. Also, on the website there are many ways to donate to the cause and find different events to get involved.You can further learn about the foundation and their methods to help the patients. On the website, information on Mario Lemieux's career is available as well.**


 * **Stats- Interested in the all of the exact staggering stats that Mario Lemieux brought in during his seventeen seasons of hockey? This hockey reference website will be perfect to supply your needs of just exactly how many goals, assists, ice time, and so much more for each particular season. Also, included in the website are the numerous amount of awards Lemieux received.**


 * **"Mario Lemieux- The Best. Ever." Video Of course, reading about all of Mario Lemieux's accomplishments can be very spectacular. However, seeing them take place can be magical. This documentary includes many highlights of his career in hockey and outside of it, as well. The documentary from 2005 starts from Mario's childhood and follows him through the trials and tribulations of his career. There are also highlights of his many goals and interviews with him. Mario Lemieux even mentions some of his tips and tricks on how to beat out the goalies.**


 * **Pittsburgh Penguins Here is the current Pittsburgh Penguin's team website. Over Mario Lemieux's career, the only professional team in the NHL that he played 17 seasons with was the Pittsburgh Penguins. Keep up to date on the team by visiting this all inclusive website. Stats, rosters, news, the schedule and so much more can be found here. Get a chance to go see the current players in action with Mario Lemieux, the owner of the team, watching over them by purchasing tickets from the site.**


 * **USA Hockey Hockey has always been thought of as Canada's sport, but this site shows that hockey is an important sport in the USA as well. Even though the majority of hockey players in the NHL are Canadian or European, like Mario Lemieux, there are a great number hockey players from the United States as well. This site shows that hockey is also very important in The United State's Youth. There are tons of youth hockey programs throughout the US developing the stars of the future, as shown on the website. If interested in playing hockey, one would go here to register to receive a membership to the USA Hockey.**


 * **Pittsburgh Hockey History Although Pittsburgh hockey seems to be remembered most when Mario Lemieux started to play, Pittsburgh has a long hockey history even before him. In fact, Steel City has had hockey for approximately 117 years. There are very interesting and detailed timelines of many topics such as solely the history, the different goaltenders, the varying uniforms, arenas, and even the unique changes of pucks throughout time. This website has all things Pittsburgh Penguins, almost any fact or statistic about them is on it. The Pittsburgh Hockey History website also has many histories of the particular day.**