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Mario Lemieux's 1992-93 season became one of the most remarkable for a professional athlete in the history of organized sport. Lemieux had missed more than 100 games with back problems in his career, but on Jan. 12, 1993, the Pittsburgh Penguins announced their 27-year-old superstar center had cancer. When Mario Lemieux returned in March, he trailed Buffalo Sabres forward Pat LaFontaine by 12 points for the NHL scoring lead. Lemieux finished the season with 30 goals and 26 assists in 20 games -- a 229-point projection over the course of a full season -- to pass LaFontaine and capture the Art Ross Trophy by 12 points.Lemieux finished with 69 goals and 160 points in 60 games.The Penguins were a League-best 29-11-2 before Lemieux's absence, and he was on pace to challenge Wayne Gretzky's NHL record of 216 points. They went 11-10-2 without Lemieux, but his return sparked an NHL-record 17-game winning streak before a tie against the New Jersey Devils in the final contest of the regular season.'92-93 SEASON: LEMIEUX'S COMEBACKPart 1: Mario's great moment in sportsBy Corey Masisak - NHL.com Staff WriterThe 1992-93 NHL season provided one of the great moments not only in hockey history, but all of sports, when Mario Lemieux returned from cancer treatments to go on a torrid scoring spree to win the points race. READ MORE › Part 2: Lemieux gets ovation from Philly fans Video: NHL.com revisits Lemieux's comebackMORE 'GREATEST SEASON?' STORIES ›Mike Lange, Pittsburgh Penguins play-by-play announcer"No question, it gave them a gigantic lift. When you go through a streak,Anze Kopitar Authentic Jersey, quite honestly, you're not really aware of it. The media is talking about it all the time, but those guys are just playing hockey. You're going from place to place and the streak just kind of builds. It is like what Chicago is going through right now. They don't know why it is happening, but it is."Tom McMillan, former beat writer,Zach Parise Authentic Jersey, freelance writer covering the Penguins"The run he went on was beyond belief. He was significantly behind Pat LaFontaine in the scoring race. He missed six weeks. He won the scoring title and it was something like [56] points in [20] games. It was a ridiculous pace. It would have been ridiculous even if he hadn't gone through any physical maladies. To do that in this context was amazing."Dave Tippett, Pittsburgh Penguins forward"I didn't play a lot with Mario; he had his set line with Kevin Stevens and Rick Tocchet the year I was there. But even in practice,Authentic Henrik Lundqvist Jersey, at half speed, you could see the vision and what set him apart from other players. [Wayne] Gretzky would outthink you. Mario would just beat you and score. He had the reach and the physical size, and he just made it so hard on everyone. When he came back that year he wasn't anywhere close to 100 percen