Senators recognize Neil's 1,000th game with personalized sticks
Chris Neil will have more than one way to remember his 1,000th NHL game.
When Neil and the Ottawa Senators take on the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday, it will mark the 1,000th game for the veteran winger, as he becomes the latest player to join the NHL's millennium club.
Neil becomes just the 308th player in league history to play 1,000 games. That's more than the likes of Maurice Richard, Yvan Cournoyer, and Peter Stastny, to name a few.
To mark the occasion, Neil will take to the ice with a stick marked with "1000th NHL Game" along the shaft.
Sticks Chris will be using when he becomes the 46th @NHL skater to play his first 1,000 games w/one team tmrw in LA. pic.twitter.com/2g1pVtZPSB
— Sens communications (@Media_Sens) December 9, 2016
The 37-year-old made his NHL debut with the Senators in 2001.
That same season, the noted enforcer set a season-best in penalty minutes, when he was called for 231 minutes in the box. In 2005-06, he scored a career-best 33 points. Neil has tallied 112 goals and 136 assists through 999 games.