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Welcome back to another edition of Throwback Thursday! It was this week in 1993 when Winnipeg Jets legend Teemu Selanne broke the NHL’s rookie scoring record notching his 54th goal of the season. He did it in incredible fashion on March 2, when in a 7-4 loss to the Quebec Nordiques, Selanne scored a trio of goals with his third being the record-breaker. He broke open scoring in the game just 15 seconds in, before adding one more late in the second at the 16:59 mark. In the third, the Jets took a 4-3 lead with a Keith Tkachuk goal 1:26 in, before Selanne’s tally at the 9:16 mark broke the record. Despite the Nordiques going on to score four more before the game was over, the night was all Selanne’s. By the end of the year, Selanne kept pouring on finishing the year with a remarkable 76 goals — a mark he would never quite get close to during the rest of his career. Selanne remained with the Jets for only a few years more before he was traded in a blockbuster to the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim. Selanne was shipped

This article first appeared on Jetsnation and was syndicated with permission.

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