Editing Mario Lemieux (section)

==Legacy==
[[File:Mario Lemieux HHOF.jpg|thumb|upright|Lemieux exhibit at the [[Hockey Hall of Fame]]]]
A statue in his honour, created by sculptor [[Bruce Wolfe]], was erected in Pittsburgh on March 7, 2012, outside the [[Consol Energy Center]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/lemieux-statue-unveiled-in-pittsburgh-1.1232406|title=Lemieux statue unveiled in Pittsburgh|access-date=2018-04-01|archive-date=2016-08-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812120705/http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/lemieux-statue-unveiled-in-pittsburgh-1.1232406|url-status=live}}</ref> The statue is modelled after a play in a 1988 game against the [[New York Islanders]] where Lemieux slipped in between Islanders defencemen [[Rich Pilon]] and [[Jeff Norton]] to score a goal in a 5–3 Penguins victory.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/hockey/nhl/penguins/story/2012-03-07/mario-lemieux-statue/53401818/1 |title=Mario Lemieux statue unveiled in Pittsburgh |agency=[[Associated Press]] |work=[[USA Today]] |date=March 7, 2012 |access-date=November 21, 2013 |archive-date=July 25, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140725172840/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/hockey/nhl/penguins/story/2012-03-07/mario-lemieux-statue/53401818/1 |url-status=live }}</ref> Both Pilon and Norton (the latter of which would later play for the Penguins during Lemieux's [[2000–01 Pittsburgh Penguins season|comeback season]]), as well as the Islanders, are unbranded on their portion of the statue.

In 1992, local confectioner [[D. L. Clark Company]] produced a Mario Bar, modelled on the caramel [[Bun Bars|Bun Bar]], featuring his image on the packaging and including collectors' trading cards.<ref>{{cite web|title=A Very Sweet Deal For Mario Lemieux|publisher=Greensboro News & Record|date=December 16, 1992|url=https://www.greensboro.com/a-very-sweet-deal-for-mario-lemieux/article_34bac50e-c74a-589f-8965-84d2aa3cbd0a.html|access-date=August 9, 2018|archive-date=August 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819170238/https://greensboro.com/a-very-sweet-deal-for-mario-lemieux/article_34bac50e-c74a-589f-8965-84d2aa3cbd0a.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Mario's own: He led his team to two successive league ...|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=December 17, 1992|access-date=August 9, 2018|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1992/12/17/marios-own-he-led-his-team-to/|archive-date=August 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180810042603/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1992-12-17/business/9204240857_1_candy-bar-mario-lemieux-pittsburgh-penguins|url-status=live}}</ref>