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((More references|date=June 2023))((short description|Individual achievement of fifty goals in a team's first fifty games in an NHL season))
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In the [[National Hockey League]] (NHL), the phrase "'''50 goals in 50 games'''" (50-in-50) refers to a player scoring 50 goals within the first 50 (or fewer) games of his team's season.<ref name=":0" /> Only five players in eight different seasons have reached the mark, most recently [[Brett Hull]] in [[1990–91 NHL season|1990–91]]. [[Wayne Gretzky]] (three times) and Hull (twice) are the only players with multiple official 50-in-50 accomplishments.

==Official 50-in-50 scorers==

===Maurice Richard===
*((nhly|1944)): 50 in 50 games (50-in-50)

[[Maurice Richard]] of the [[Montreal Canadiens]] was the first player in NHL history to score [[List of NHL players with 50-goal seasons|50 goals in one season]]. He scored his 50th goal on March 18, 1945, in the 50th (and final) game of the [[1944–45 NHL season]] on goalie [[Harvey Bennett, Sr.|Harvey Bennett]] of the [[Boston Bruins]]. Richard's accomplishment also broke the NHL single-season goal-scoring record; it had previously been held by [[Joe Malone]] of the Montreal Canadiens, who scored 44 goals in a 20-game season in ((nhly|1917)).

Besides Richard's 50-in-50 feat, he also led the NHL in goals on four other occasions and was the league's first career [[List of NHL players with 500 goals|500-goal]] scorer. Richard never again reached the 50-goal mark in his career, even though the NHL extended its schedule to 60 games in ((nhly|1946)) and later to 70 games in ((nhly|1949)); Richard retired in 1960. In recognition of his achievements, the NHL created an annual award in 1999, the [[Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy]], which was donated by the Montreal Canadiens, to be presented to the top goalscorer in the league.

Richard's 50-goal season was the last until [[Bernie Geoffrion]] scored 50 goals in the [[1960–61 NHL season|1960–61 season]], also with the Canadiens. When [[Bobby Hull]] finally broke the single-season goal record with 54 goals in [[1965–66 NHL season|1965–66]], fans of the then-retired Richard, noting that Hull was playing in a 70-game schedule, demanded that the NHL continue to recognize Richard's record. Hull's fans countered that Richard had achieved his record during [[World War II]], during which many NHLers enlisted in the military. (Richard, who was notoriously prone to injury throughout his career, was deemed unfit for service.) Additionally, the counterargument noted Richard's failure to match the record in peacetime, with the caliber of the NHL not similarly hindered, even though he played in eleven 70-game seasons.

The NHL awarded Hull the record, while at the same time recognizing Richard as the first, and to that point only, player to score 50 goals in 50 games, firmly establishing the achievement into NHL lore.

===Mike Bossy===
*((nhly|1980)): 50 in 50 games (50-in-50)

In the 1980–81 season, [[Mike Bossy]] of the [[New York Islanders]] became only the second player to score 50 goals in 50 games, 36 years after Richard had done so. Bossy's quest for the milestone was heavily covered by the hockey press, as Bossy was unofficially competing with [[Charlie Simmer]] of the [[Los Angeles Kings]] to be the first to accomplish it since Richard. Their "competition" was intense during late January 1981, with both players participating in their 50th game on January 24, 1981:<ref>((Cite web|url=http://islanders.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=613282|title=New York Islanders - Anniversary of 50 in 50|access-date=2016-09-03))</ref> Simmer started the day with 46 goals and Bossy 48.<ref name=2VieFor50in50>((cite news |url=https://www.si.com/vault/1981/02/02/825318/it-was-a-50-50-proposition-with-time-awasting-mike-bossy-scored-the-goal-that-tied-the-rockets-mark |title=It Was A 50-50 Proposition With time awasting, Mike Bossy scored the goal that tied the Rocket's mark |author=Larry Brooks |publisher=[[Sports Illustrated]] |date=1981-02-02 |access-date=2015-10-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151003044116/http://www.si.com/vault/1981/02/02/825318/it-was-a-50-50-proposition-with-time-awasting-mike-bossy-scored-the-goal-that-tied-the-rockets-mark |archive-date=2015-10-03 |url-status=dead ))</ref> Simmer had a [[Hat-trick#Hockey|hat trick]] against Boston, giving him 49 goals in 50 games, barely missing the mark. Making his game against the [[Quebec Nordiques]] particularly dramatic, Bossy was scoreless for much of the game but beat goaltender [[Ron Grahame]] twice within the final five minutes. He could have had 51 goals in 50 games soon after, but passed the puck back to [[Bryan Trottier]] because he felt it was the right play and had already achieved his goal of 50 goals in 50 games. Bossy finished the season with 68 goals in 79 games, while Simmer would finish with 56 goals in 64 games.

===Wayne Gretzky===
*((nhly|1981)): 61 in 50 games (50-in-39)
*((nhly|1983)): 61 in 50 games (50-in-42)
*((nhly|1984)): 53 in 50 games (50-in-49)

[[Wayne Gretzky]] of the [[Edmonton Oilers]] broke the 50-in-50 mark less than a full year after Bossy had tied Richard. In Gretzky's 38th game of the 1981–82 season, he scored four goals, giving him 45 on the season. In his next game, on December 30, 1981, he scored a rare [[List of players with five or more goals in an NHL game|five goals in one game]] against the [[Philadelphia Flyers]], the fifth being an empty-net goal with three seconds left in the game, to give him the record of 50 goals in 39 games. He had 50 goals before any other player had scored 30, and would finish the season with an [[List of NHL records (individual)#Goals|NHL-record]] 92 goals, having participated in all 80 of the Oilers' games.

Gretzky went on to score 50 goals within 50 games twice more in his career. In 1983–84, he scored his 50th goal in the team's 42nd game, on January 7, 1984, and finished the season with the second highest single-season total with 87 goals in 74 games. Gretzky's 50th goal was an empty-net goal that put the Oilers up 5–3 in a win over the [[Hartford Whalers]] at home. It was also Gretzky's third goal of the game, completing a [[Hat-trick#Hockey|hat trick]]. Also in 1983–84, Gretzky accumulated the fastest 50 goals recorded over consecutive games at any point of a season when he scored 50 goals over 34 consecutive games from December 14, 1983, through March 11, 1984.

In 1984–85, he scored his 50th goal in Edmonton's 49th game, ending the season with 73 goals in 80 games. Gretzky's 50th goal came on January 26, 1985 (his 24th birthday), on the first of three goals he scored in a 6–3 win over the [[Pittsburgh Penguins]], beating goaltender [[Denis Herron]]. It was the third time Gretzky scored 50 goals within 50 games, and the third time his 50-in-50 goal was achieved with a hat trick.

===Mario Lemieux===
*((nhly|1988)): 54 in 50 games (50-in-46)

[[Mario Lemieux]] of the Pittsburgh Penguins was the next player to score 50 goals in 50 or fewer games, achieving the feat on January 20, 1989. Lemieux's 50th goal came in game 46 of the team's schedule against the [[Winnipeg Jets (1972–96)|Winnipeg Jets]] and goaltender [[Pokey Reddick]]. Lemieux was playing his 44th game of the season. Lemieux finished the season with the fourth highest single season total with 85 goals in 76 games.

===Brett Hull===
*((nhly|1990)): 52 in 50 games (50-in-49)
*((nhly|1991)): 50 in 50 games (50-in-50)

[[Brett Hull]] scored 50 goals in 50 games or fewer twice in his career, both times while playing for the [[St. Louis Blues]]. Hull first did it in the 1990–91 season when he scored his 50th goal, and second of the game, against goalie [[Dave Gagnon]] of the [[Detroit Red Wings]] on January 25, 1991, in the Blues' 49th game. Hull finished the season with the third highest single season total with 86 goals in 78 games played.

His second time, the most recent season the feat was achieved, was during the subsequent 1991–92 season. On January 28, 1992, Hull scored his 50th goal against Kings goalie [[Kelly Hrudey]] in game number 50, a 3–3 tie in Los Angeles. He ended the season with 70 goals in 73 games.

==50 goals in player's first 50 games==
By definition, the 50-in-50 is an official achievement only when a player completes it within his team's first 50 games, reflecting [[Maurice Richard]]'s achievement in the 50-game season of ((nhly|1944)).<ref>((cite book|title=Next Goal Wins! The Ultimate NHL Historian's One-of-a-Kind Collection of Hockey Trivia|last=Maguire|first=Liam|year=2012|publisher=Random House of Canada|page=151|isbn=9780307363411))</ref><ref name=":0">((cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/sabres/news/buffalo-sabres-classics-alexander-mogliny-50-goals-1993-hartford-whalers-grant-fuhr-trade/c-316969114|title=Sabres Classics: Mogilny hits 50 goals after blockbuster trade in 1993|last=Ryndak|first=Chris|access-date=11 June 2023|date=20 May 2020|website=www.nhl.com|publisher=NHL Enterprise))</ref> This specificity of the first 50 games thus differs from records for [[List of NHL players with 50-goal seasons|most goals in a season]], which is not limited by the increasing number of scheduled games in an NHL season, which has been as high as 84 games (((nhly|1992)) and ((nhly|1993))), and has been set at 82 games since the ((nhly|1995|app=season)), barring circumstances such as the [[Lockout (industry)|lockouts]] of [[2004–05 NHL lockout|2004–05]] and [[2012–13 NHL lockout|2012–13]], and the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].

While not considered an official record, the following players scored 50 goals in their first 50 games, but outside of their teams' first 50 games, due to having missed some of the team's first 50 games due to injury, disciplinary action, or other reasons.
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! rowspan="2" class=unsortable|Season
! rowspan="2" class=unsortable|Team
! rowspan="2" class=unsortable|Player
! colspan="2" |Game number
! rowspan="2" class=unsortable|((Abbr|Ref|Reference))
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!Player
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|-
|[[1984–85 NHL season|1984–85]]
|[[Edmonton Oilers]]
|[[Jari Kurri]]
|50
|53
|<ref>((cite web |title=NHL Stats ((!)) Date range: 1984/10/11 to 1985/02/03 |url=https://www.nhl.com/stats/skaters?reportType=game&dateFrom=1984-10-11&dateTo=1985-02-03&gameType=2&filter=gamesPlayed,gte,1&sort=goals&page=0&pageSize=50))</ref>
|-
|[[1992–93 NHL season|1992–93]]
|[[Buffalo Sabres]]
|[[Alexander Mogilny]]
|46
|53
|<ref>((cite web |title=NHL Stats ((!)) Date range: 1992/10/08 to 1993/02/14 |url=https://www.nhl.com/stats/skaters?reportType=game&dateFrom=1992-10-08&dateTo=1993-02-14&gameType=2&filter=gamesPlayed,gte,1&sort=goals&page=0&pageSize=50))</ref>
|-
|1992–93
|[[Pittsburgh Penguins]]
|[[Mario Lemieux]]
|48
|72
|<ref>((cite web |title=NHL Stats ((!)) Date range: 1992/10/06 to 1993/03/25 |url=https://www.nhl.com/stats/skaters?reportType=game&dateFrom=1992-10-06&dateTo=1993-03-25&gameType=2&filter=gamesPlayed,gte,1&sort=goals&page=0&pageSize=50))</ref>
|-
|[[1993–94 NHL season|1993–94]]
|[[Boston Bruins]]
|[[Cam Neely]]
|44
|66
|<ref>((cite web |title=NHL Stats ((!)) Date range: 1993/10/05 to 1994/03/07 |url=https://www.nhl.com/stats/skaters?reportType=game&dateFrom=1993-10-05&dateTo=1994-03-07&gameType=2&filter=gamesPlayed,gte,1&sort=goals&page=0&pageSize=50))</ref>
|-
|[[1995–96 NHL season|1995–96]]
|Pittsburgh Penguins
|Mario Lemieux
|50
|59
|<ref>((cite web |title=NHL Stats ((!)) Date range: 1995/10/07 to 1996/02/03 |url=https://www.nhl.com/stats/skaters?reportType=game&dateFrom=1995-10-07&dateTo=1996-02-23&gameType=2&filter=gamesPlayed,gte,1&sort=goals&page=0&pageSize=50))</ref>
|}

==World Hockey Association==
Bobby Hull, the father of two-time 50-in-50 scorer Brett, never reached 50 in 50 during his NHL career, but he did record a 50-in-50 season in [[1974–75 WHA season|1974–75]] with the [[Winnipeg Jets (1972–96)|Winnipeg Jets]] of the [[World Hockey Association]]. The elder Hull's accomplishment made him the first player to reach the mark in any professional hockey league since Maurice Richard's 50-in-50 season in [[1944–45 NHL season|1944–45]]. Hull had 47 goals through 49 games before recording a [[Hat trick#Hockey|hat trick]] in his 50th game to reach the milestone. He finished the season with 77 goals in 78 games, which was the new NHL/WHA single-season record for most goals scored at the time ([[Phil Esposito]] of the [[Boston Bruins]] had scored 76 in 78 games in ((nhly|1970)), though he only scored his 50th goal in his 58th game).

[[Anders Hedberg]] broke the record in [[1976–77 WHA season|1976–77]], also while playing for the Jets. He scored 51 goals in 49 games, becoming the first NHL or WHA player to score 50 goals in fewer than 50 games. He scored 70 goals in 68 games that season.

==References==
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==Further reading==
*''National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2005'', published by Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
*''Beckett Hockey Monthly'', issue #50, December 1994.

==External links==
* [https://records.nhl.com/records/skater-records/goals/most-goals-50-games-from-season-start Most Goals, 50 Games From Start of Season] - NHL Records
* [https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20101208160647/http://www.oilersheritage.com/memories/videos_50_goals.html Gretzky scores 50 in 39]
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