Mr Jiggyfly
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- Jan 29, 2004
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Haha.....just wanna mention Robbie Brown for a second. As he seems to get mentioned a lot here and labeled as mainly as a product of Mario Lemieux. Yeah, he was a goal leach, but he worked well with Mario cause he was very skilled. Brownie's issues were skating and a poor worth ethic. Which hurt his career, because he didnt apply himself enough early in his career, as he just relied on talent, and he had plenty of it. But he worked very well with Mario because of his high hockey iq and skill.
Robbie tore up the WHL during his time there. He lead the league in scoring as a 17 year old, and an 18 year old. Not that Jr. scoring champions meaning anything, but it does show he could produce.
In '86-87 he lead the WHL with 212 points. Next closest was 146, and his closest teammate was at 123 points. That's quite the gap. He didn't go early in the draft because it looked like he was skating in quicksand. But he definitely had skill. A guy like Warren Young, now that was someone that was simply a product of Mario Lemieux.
I was so young when he was a Pen during his first stint. I just recall his windmill celebrations and I think Hextall tried to kill him a few times. I mostly remember being jealous he was dating Alyssa Milano. How did the Pens get him? Was he on the Jacks?
I do remember Stevens first game, but I was listening to it on the radio. Lange was raving about him and until then, I had no idea what a farm was, except they grew vegetables, not hockey players. That started drumming up my interests in the Jacks though.