Teemu Selanne with 600

A special congratulations goes out to future hall of famer, Teemu Selanne, who recently became a member of the exclusive 600 goal scoring club. This 39 year-old, who first made headlines, back in 1993, by scoring 76 goals as a rookie with the Winnipeg Jets. He scored that 600^th marker last Sunday, in what was a 5-2 win for the Anaheim Ducks against the Colorado Avalanche. “I was a little nervous that if it didn’t happen tonight, it might not happen here (at home) at all,” said Selanne. He now trails his boyhood hero, Jari Kurri, by only one in the all time goal scoring list. “It’s great, but it’s way more special happening at home. It was a big relief for me — for sure.” Selanne, who is only the 18^th player to hit 600 career goals, became the fourth player in the past four campaigns to hit the milestone. (Three other players are Jaromir Jagr, Brendan Shanahan and Joe Sakic). Always being known as  popular with his teammates, this grizzled veteran, who helped Finland win the bronze at the Vancouver Winter Olympics, has recently made it known that this will likely be his final season. “He’s a great guy, and we definitely were pulling for him,” teammate Scott Niedermayer said. “There is an underlying feeling when you’re on the ice with him. He knows how to score goals.” Showing what kind of unselfish person he is, Selanne gave his teammates heaps of praise after he accomplished that latest milestone. “It’s amazing the way my teammates have been feeding me the puck.” Selanne said. He now has 21 goals in the season.  “I think they wanted this more than I did.” The goal was scored on Craig Anderson, who became the 133^rd goalie to be victimized by Selanne, who is the all time Ducks’ scoring leader, with 373 goals. If this is Selanne’s last year, then there is no doubt,   that in a few years he will be a first ballot Hall of Famer.

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