Quinn Hughes could go down as the perfect defenseman to ever play for the Vancouver Cancucks someday and he reached yet one more main milestone in his profession this week, along with his three hundredth help.
Hughes Reaches 300 Assists
Quinn Hughes reached his three hundredth help within the NHL on Tuesday afternoon throughout a 5-1 win for the Canucks over Anaheim.
His help got here in simply 376 video games, making Hughes the quickest participant in Canucks historical past to ever attain the milestone. Hughes additionally grew to become the third-fastest defenseman in NHL historical past to succeed in 300, behind solely Bobby Orr and Brian Leetch.
Quinn Hughes reached the mark in 376 video games, trailing solely Bobby Orr (346 video games) and Brian Leetch (368 video games). đź‘Ź pic.twitter.com/DEQqgUvkVS
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Talking after the sport, Hughes was fast to thank his teammates and the Vancouver workers, earlier than crediting teammate Elias Pettersson who scored the milestone objective.
“I’m clearly very lucky, it’s been quite a lot of enjoyable taking part in right here in Vancouver. I’ve made quite a lot of nice friendships and I’ve performed with quite a lot of nice gamers.
“There are lots of people which have contributed to that and I’m glad Petey [Elias Pettersson] bought that [goal] as a result of that doesn’t go in with out him standing in entrance, it was an amazing display.”
Hughes reiterated that his assists are solely made presumably by his teammates on the ice, in what was a humble postgame interview from an especially particular participant.
“I simply really feel very lucky. I’m fortunate to have had the nice teammates I’ve had. It’s been a enjoyable six years, and hopefully (there’s) many extra (to return).”
Quickest defencemen to 300 profession assists, NHL historical past
Bobby Orr (346 video games)
Brian Leetch (368 video games)#Canucks Quinn Hughes (376 video games)
Paul Coffey (377 video games) pic.twitter.com/qzn1IV7sD5— Sportsnet Stats (@SNstats) November 6, 2024
The Canucks have began this season flying with a 6-2-3 file and their win towards the Geese on Tuesday marked again to again victories within the league.
Vancouver face the Los Angeles Kings subsequent on Thursday night time in a take a look at that may actually problem them, because the Kings have already gained eight video games this 12 months in a fast begin.
