It didn't take Jeremy Roenick long to earn a smaller number with the Chicago Blackhawks. After starting his first season in 1988-1989 wearing 51, Roenick soon switched to 27, which he would wear for eight seasons in Chicago. The outspoken Roenick stands just five goals shy of 500 after the 2006-07 season and had he reached that plateau, he would have become just the third American player, behind Mike Modano and Joe Mullen, to do it.
Behind The Numbers by Scott Morrison.