Editing Mario Lemieux (section)

==Cultural references==
* Lemieux had a hockey [[video game]], ''Mario Lemieux Hockey'' (1991) for the [[Sega Genesis]], named after him.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gamespot.com/genesis/sports/mariolemieuxhockey/index.html |title=Mario Lemieux Hockey for GEN |website=GameSpot |access-date=February 21, 2011 |archive-date=September 25, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110925042110/http://www.gamespot.com/genesis/sports/mariolemieuxhockey/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Additionally, he was featured as the cover athlete on [[EA Sports]]' [[NHL 2002|2002 edition]] of its popular [[NHL series|''NHL'' series]] for multiple platforms.
* Lemieux was mentioned in the [[hip hop]] group [[A Tribe Called Quest]]'s track "Keep It Rollin'", which was released on the group's third studio album "[[Midnight Marauders]]".<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.songmeanings.net/songs/view/17799/ |title=Keep It Rollin' Lyrics |date=March 8, 2007 |publisher=Song Meanings.net |access-date=July 16, 2010 |archive-date=June 4, 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110604034948/http://www.songmeanings.net/songs/view/17799/ |url-status=live }}</ref> On the track, rapper [[Phife Dawg]] sings: ''"I skate on your crew, like Mario Lemieux."''
* Canadian [[Hardcore punk|hardcore]] band [[Comeback Kid (band)|Comeback Kid]] are named after a newspaper article which nicknamed Mario Lemieux 'the comeback kid'.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allschools.de/article/show/Interview_mit_Comeback_Kid_34738|title=Interview mit Comeback Kid|access-date=October 8, 2015|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304043749/http://www.allschools.de/article/show/Interview_mit_Comeback_Kid_34738|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Lemieux appears in [[NHL 12]], [[NHL 13|13]], [[NHL 14|14]], and [[NHL 15|15]] in the game's 'Be A Legend' mode. As well as being a part of the Penguins Alumni team in newer games.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://forums.ea.com/en/nhl/discussion/264823/nhl-21-alumni-teams-list|title=NHL 21 Alumni Teams List|newspaper=Ea Forums|access-date=January 23, 2022|archive-date=January 23, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123215944/https://forums.ea.com/en/nhl/discussion/264823/nhl-21-alumni-teams-list|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Many school kids are taught quotation marks as "Lemieuxs and Gretzkys" due to the numbers 66 and 99 looking like handwritten quotation marks.<ref>{{Cite web |title=How & When to Use Quotation Marks |url=https://study.com/academy/lesson/how-when-to-use-quotation-marks.html |website=www.study.com |access-date=January 9, 2024 |language=en-US}}</ref>