Happy Birthday to Two Legends

Today marks the 43rd birthday of Mario Lemieux, the best hockey player ever. (Wayne Gretzky is the greatest. There is a difference.)



Unknown to most, October 5, 1965 is also the day one of the greatest goaltenders in NHL history was hatched. Patrick Roy and Lemieux were born on the same day in Montreal. I don't know if they played on the same squirt team, but they would have dominated. The photo shows Lemieux being stopped by Roy back in their QMJHL days.