21 Facts About Phil Esposito

Philip Anthony Esposito is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player, coach and executive, and current broadcaster for the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Phil Esposito is considered one of the greatest players of all time, and is the older brother of fellow Hall-of-Famer Tony Esposito, a goaltender.

The elder Phil Esposito served as the franchise's first president and general manager until 1998; he now serves as Tampa Bay's radio colour commentator.

In 2017, Phil Esposito was named one of the '100 Greatest NHL Players' in history.

Phil Esposito signed with the Chicago Black Hawks as a teenager and was assigned to the Sarnia Legionnaires Jr.

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Midway through the 1964 season, Phil Esposito was called up to the parent Black Hawks to make his NHL debut.

In 1967, Phil Esposito was dealt with Ken Hodge and Fred Stanfield to the Boston Bruins in a blockbuster trade.

Phil Esposito would fall a single point shy in 1970, then reached triple digits again the next five years running.

Phil Esposito was named to the NHL's first All-Star team six consecutive times, and won the Hart Memorial Trophy as the NHL's most valuable player in 1969 and 1974.

Phil Esposito set the single-season point-scoring record in 1971 with 152, a mark later raised by Gretzky to 215.

Phil Esposito holds the Boston record for most playoff hat-tricks with four, one of which was a four-goal game versus Toronto in 1969.

Phil Esposito scored the first goal of the series and he scored or assisted four times in the deciding game.

Phil Esposito played for Canada in the inaugural Canada Cup in 1976, on a line with Hall-of-Famers Bobby Hull and Marcel Dionne.

Phil Esposito retired in 1981, behind only Gordie Howe in career goals and total points, and third in assists to Howe and Stan Mikita.

Phil Esposito moved on to found the NHL's Tampa Bay Lightning but faced competition from the Compuware Group, which wanted to place a team in nearby St Petersburg, Florida.

Phil Esposito remains the team's radio colour commentator and co-hosts a daily call-in show on SiriusXM's SiriusXM NHL Network Radio channel.

Phil Esposito was "visibly moved" when Bourque showed the Boston Garden crowd his new number, which he used for the rest of his career.

Phil Esposito was on hand in Boston to hand Bourque his retired number after the latter retired.

Phil Esposito's younger brother Tony is an honoured member of the Hockey Hall of Fame.

Phil Esposito makes an appearance in the 2015 animated Christmas special, The Curse of Clara: A Holiday Tale, both as a young ballet dancer's imaginary mentor and as the actual person performing a cameo in The Nutcracker.

Phil Esposito appeared in a recurring role for several episodes as a fire chief in Denis Leary's FX show Rescue Me.