Q. How many times was Stan
Mikita a ‘triple crown’ winner, taking home the Lady Byng, Art Ross and
Hart Trophies all in the same season?
A. Mikita was a
triple crown winner twice. He is the only NHL player to accomplish this and
certainly the only NHL player to do it in consecutive seasons. In both 1966-67
and 1967-68, Stan won the Byng, Ross and Hart. He won the Byng in 1966-67,
accumulating just 12 PIM. Just two years before, Mikita was a completely
different player, sitting out 154 minutes in penalties.
In 1966-67, Stan totalled an NHL record (at the time) 97
points over 70 regular season games. He finished with 17 points more than
teammate Bobby Hull, who finished in second. Hull led the league in goals with
52 while Mikita was second with 35. Stan obviously led the league with his 62
assists, 13 more than Phil Goyette of the New York Rangers.
In 1967-68, the first year of the 12 team National Hockey
League, Mikita dropped to 87 points on 47 assists and 40 goals over 72 games.
Stan led the league with just three more points than Phil Esposito of the
Boston Bruins. He came within four goals of league leader Bobby Hull and placed
fourth for assists behind Esposito, Rod Gilbert and Alex Delvecchio.
All four were within two assists.
Q. In 1966-67, Stan Mikita totalled 97 points. At the time, he tied an
NHL record. Who did he share the NHL record for most points in a single season
with?
A. Just the
season before, Mikita’s teammate, Bobby Hull, set the league mark with 97
points. After the 1968-69 season, these numbers would become just distant
memories with Phil Esposito shattering the mark with 126 points. Esposito would
increase the record to 152 points in 1970-71 and that would be considered
unreachable until a kid named Wayne Gretzky came along in the 1980’s.
Q. In 1980, the Chicago Black Hawks retired Stan Mikita’s jersey
number. What number did he wear during his NHL career with Chicago?
A. Stan Mikita’s
number 21 was retired at the start of the 1980-81 season. It was just a year
after his final season in the National Hockey League. Mikita wore number 21
right from 1958-59 when he appeared in just three games with Chicago while
still a junior with the St. Catherines Teepees of the OHA.
Q. In what year was Stan Mikita inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame?
A. Mikita was
part of the HHOF class of 1983. Joining him was long-time teammate in Chicago,
Bobby Hull and goaltending great Ken Dryden. Harry
Sinden was inducted the same year in the builder category.
| Season | Team | Lge | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| 1956-57 | St. Catharines Teepees | OHA | 52 | 16 | 31 | 47 | 0 |
| 1957-58 | St. Catharines Teepees | OHA | 52 | 31 | 47 | 78 | 0 |
| 1958-59 | St. Catharines Teepees | OHA | 45 | 38 | 59 | 97 | 0 |
| 1958-59 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 1959-60 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 67 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 119 |
| 1960-61 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 66 | 19 | 34 | 53 | 100 |
| 1961-62 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 70 | 25 | 52 | 77 | 97 |
| 1962-63 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 65 | 31 | 45 | 76 | 69 |
| 1963-64 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 70 | 39 | 50 | 89 | 146 |
| 1964-65 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 70 | 28 | 59 | 87 | 154 |
| 1965-66 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 68 | 30 | 48 | 78 | 58 |
| 1966-67 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 70 | 35 | 62 | 97 | 12 |
| 1967-68 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 72 | 40 | 47 | 87 | 14 |
| 1968-69 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 74 | 30 | 67 | 97 | 52 |
| 1969-70 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 76 | 39 | 47 | 86 | 50 |
| 1970-71 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 74 | 24 | 48 | 72 | 85 |
| 1971-72 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 74 | 26 | 39 | 65 | 46 |
| 1972-73 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 57 | 27 | 56 | 83 | 32 |
| 1973-74 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 76 | 30 | 50 | 80 | 46 |
| 1974-75 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 79 | 36 | 50 | 86 | 48 |
| 1975-76 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 48 | 16 | 41 | 57 | 37 |
| 1976-77 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 57 | 19 | 30 | 49 | 20 |
| 1977-78 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 76 | 18 | 41 | 59 | 35 |
| 1978-79 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 65 | 19 | 36 | 55 | 34 |
| 1979-80 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 17 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| NHL Totals | 1394 | 541 | 926 | 1467 | 1270 |
