Karlsson chasing milestone Top-10 scoring spot

If Erik Karlsson finishes in the top 10 of NHL scoring, he’ll be the first defenceman to do that since Paul Coffey, then of the Pittsburgh Penguins, did it in the lockout-shortened 1994-95 season, and Brian Leetch of the New York Rangers did it in 1991-92.
Coffey was tied for sixth with 58 points, while Leetch was ninth with 102 points.
Al MacInnis of the Calgary Flames finished ninth in 1990-91 with 103 points, and Coffey, again with the Penguins, finished ninth in 1989-90 with 103 points.
Karlsson went into Wednesday’s game sitting in ninth spot with 69 points.

About Allen Panzeri

After three years of teaching English at the University of British Columbia, Allen Panzeri began his career in journalism in 1979 at the Medicine Hat News, where he covered Kelly Hrudey and the Tigers while learning about block heaters, rodeo, and curling. In 1981, he moved north to the Edmonton Journal, where he covered boxing, the Edmonton Drillers of the North American Soccer League, and the University of Alberta Golden Bears and Pandas for four years, before taking a 10-year hiatus from sports to write editorials, cover primary, secondary, and university education, and watch the beginnings of the Ralph Klein era at the provincial legislature. Traded to the Citizen in 1995, he accepted an offer to return to sports and cover the Ottawa Lynx, lucking into a front-row seat for their 1995 International League championship, and since then has covered the Senators and typed out the occasional article on golf. View all posts by Allen Panzeri →