Every hockey player's dream is to have his name engraved into Lord Stanley's Cup.
Hockey players dream of it as a kid, playing hockey on the pond and pretending to score the Cup-winning goal. They continue on throughout their hockey careers, winning Pee-Wee and Squirt championships before playing hockey in high school and eventually making it to the greatest stage in hockey: the NHL. Yet, none of the championships in minor leagues or children's league that they had won before matter at all.
The only trophy in hockey that matters is the Stanley Cup.
The Cup seems to have its way of creating miraculous stories. Ray Bourque and Dave Andreychuk, for example, are some players who had to wait until their forties to finally accomplish their dreams.
Yet, the Cup seems to elude some players throughout their careers no matter how well they perform on the ice; players such as Pat LaFontaine, Jeremy Roenick and Marcel Dionne.
...and Adam Oates.
Oates played in 22 NHL seasons from 1985/1986 through 2003/2004. He is currently sixth in all-time assists with 1,079 and has more points than any other NHL player or former NHL player wh ...
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