Pavol Demitra, the Czechoslovakian born left-winger, is the best NHL athlete to ever wear the jersey 
number 38. Demitra has worn jersey number 38 for the majority of his 16 NHL seasons (through 2010), with the exception of three years spent with the Senators when he wore number 78.
Although Demitra began playing in the NHL at age 19 during the 1993-94 season, he got the chance to start for the majority of a season during the 1997-98 campaign with the St. Louis Blues. That season, Demitra would play in 61 games, tallying 52 points and a very respectable 11 in the plus/minus column.
Demitra would show that he was in the NHL to stay, the following season, when he would score more points (89), than regular season games played (81). Although Demitra could certainly shoot the biscuit (he had an impressive 10 game winning goals in 1998-99), he proved his mettle setting up his teammates, assisting them in putting 52 pucks in the net.
Demitra would continue to produce for the Blues throughout his tenure with them, leading the league with 10 game winning goals in 2001-02, and tallying 93 points during the 2002-03 season.
Over his 16 seasons in the NHL, during which time he has also spent seasons with the Kings, Wild and Canucks, Demitra has scored 304 goals and 464 assists in 847 regular season games. Demitra also has 59 career playoff points, won the 1999-00 Lady Byng Memorial Trophy, is 56th all-time in the NHL in game-winning goals, and is 99th all-time in NHL points-per-game (0.91).
Did you know....................Pavol Demitra had only 8 penalty minutes in 71 games played during 1999-00?
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number 38. Demitra has worn jersey number 38 for the majority of his 16 NHL seasons (through 2010), with the exception of three years spent with the Senators when he wore number 78. Although Demitra began playing in the NHL at age 19 during the 1993-94 season, he got the chance to start for the majority of a season during the 1997-98 campaign with the St. Louis Blues. That season, Demitra would play in 61 games, tallying 52 points and a very respectable 11 in the plus/minus column.
Demitra would show that he was in the NHL to stay, the following season, when he would score more points (89), than regular season games played (81). Although Demitra could certainly shoot the biscuit (he had an impressive 10 game winning goals in 1998-99), he proved his mettle setting up his teammates, assisting them in putting 52 pucks in the net.
Demitra would continue to produce for the Blues throughout his tenure with them, leading the league with 10 game winning goals in 2001-02, and tallying 93 points during the 2002-03 season.
Over his 16 seasons in the NHL, during which time he has also spent seasons with the Kings, Wild and Canucks, Demitra has scored 304 goals and 464 assists in 847 regular season games. Demitra also has 59 career playoff points, won the 1999-00 Lady Byng Memorial Trophy, is 56th all-time in the NHL in game-winning goals, and is 99th all-time in NHL points-per-game (0.91).
Did you know....................Pavol Demitra had only 8 penalty minutes in 71 games played during 1999-00?
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