brian bellows was the youngest captain in nhl history.
brian bellows was the youngest captain in nhl history.
who is the youngest captain in nhl history?
brian bellows
when connor mcdavid was named captain of the edmonton oilers, he became the youngest permanent captain in nhl history. gabriel landeskog of the colorado avalanche and sidney crosby of the pittsburgh penguins, are the second- and third-youngest players to be named captain in nhl history, respectively. in 1984, brian bellows was named interim captain of the minnesota north stars when craig hartsburg was injured, and is the youngest player to captain a team in nhl history. however, because bellows served only on an interim basis, mcdavid retains the distinction of being the youngest permanent captain in the league's history. mark messier is the only player to captain two separate teams to stanley cup championships, those being the 1990 edmonton oilers and the 1994 new york rangers. sidney crosby also became the youngest captain to win the stanley cup with the pittsburgh penguins in 2009. the oldest permanent captain in league history was mark messier of the new york rangers, who turned 43 years old, during his last nhl season, 2003–04. the longest tenure in league history was steve yzerman of the detroit red wings, who served as captain of the red wings for (nineteen seasons) twenty years.
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on 4 september 2012, the colorado avalanche announced landeskog as team captain, at the time making him the youngest captain in nhl history. at 19 years and 286 days (or 19 years, nine months and 13 days), landeskog was 11 days younger than when sidney crosby was named captain of the pittsburgh penguins. on 5 october 2016, connor mcdavid of the edmonton oilers became the youngest captain in league history surpassing landeskog's mark by 20 days. however, because of the nhl lockout, he wouldn't be able to play a game as captain until 19 january 2013. when the 2012–13 nhl lockout was in effect, landeskog returned to sweden to begin the season with djurgården, who were relegated the previous season from the elitserien to the hockeyallsvenskan. in 17 games with the mid-table djurgården, landeskog produced 6 goals for 14 points before returning to north america citing income tax issues on 3 december 2012. he trained with his former junior team, the kitchener rangers before an agreement was reached to end the lockout.
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