John Clark LeClair (born July 5, 1969) is an American former professional ice hockey left winger who played 16 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Montreal Canadiens, Philadelphia Flyers, and Pittsburgh Penguins. He won the Stanley Cup with Montreal in 1993 but he had his most productive seasons while with Philadelphia, scoring 50 goals three straight seasons - the first American-born player to do so - and being a member of the Legion of Doom line.
LeClair was drafted by the Montreal Canadiens with the 33rd pick in the 1987 NHL Entry Draft after graduating from Bellows Free Academy (B.F.A.) High School in St. Albans, Vermont. One of the most highly recruited hockey players in New England, Leclair put his NHL aspirations on hold to attend the University of Vermont on a full scholarship. His fans didn't have to wait long to see him score in his first collegiate game. After the final game of his senior year he signed with the Canadiens and, less than a week later, played and scored in his first NHL game. As a member of the Canadiens, LeClair was on the Stanley Cup-winning team in 1993, where he scored two overtime game-winning goals during the 1993 Stanley Cup Finals.
Mark Louis Recchi (born February 1, 1968) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey right winger who played 22 years in the National Hockey League (NHL), most notably for the Pittsburgh Penguins, Philadelphia Flyers, Montreal Canadiens, Carolina Hurricanes, and Boston Bruins. Over the course of his career, Recchi was a member of three Stanley Cup-winning teams.
Having previously announced that he would "sail off into the sunset" if Boston were victorious in the 2011 Stanley Cup Final, he announced his retirement in the post-game celebration after Boston's Stanley Cup championship.
Recchi played his junior hockey for the Kamloops Blazers of the Western Hockey League. His number 8 was retired by the team shortly after he left for the NHL. He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins, first playing in the NHL 1988, and was a key player on their Stanley Cup winning team in 1991.
The following season he was traded to the Philadelphia Flyers as part of a deal that brought Rick Tocchet and Kjell Samuelsson to Pittsburgh. He played for Philadelphia from 1992 to 1995 as part of the "Crazy Eights" line with Eric Lindros and Brent Fedyk, including a 53-goal, 70-assist, 123-point season in 1992–93, still the Flyers single-season point scoring record. In 1995, he was traded to the Montreal Canadiens in a deal for Éric Desjardins, Gilbert Dionne and John LeClair, but was reacquired by the Flyers for the 1998–99 season, and was consistently among their top scorers.