Senators honour Chris Neil for 1,000 NHL games played
Rough and tumble forward reaches mark having never been suspended
The Ottawa Senators honoured Chris Neil Wednesday night for 1,000 NHL games played - all in a Senators uniform.
The <a href="https://twitter.com/Senators">@senators</a> honor Chris Neil for 1,000 NHL games played. <a href="https://t.co/wtU3m2GpMn">pic.twitter.com/wtU3m2GpMn</a>
—@NHLNeil clinched his 1,000th game the other night against the L.A. Kings — the third Senators player to reach this honour. His current and former teammates sent their congratulations:
Congrats to my former teammate Chris Neil on 1000 games! Very honoured to play beside him for most of them. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/warrior?src=hash">#warrior</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/prankster?src=hash">#prankster</a>
—@CPhillipsFourChris Neil is a beast. 1,000 games - crazy. Not easy to do at all. Congrats! It's an honor to play with such a <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/warrior?src=hash">#warrior</a>.
—@CraigAnderson41Huge congrats to Chris Neil on playing in his 1000th NHL game! It's an honour being able to lace them up with you! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NeilDog?src=hash">#NeilDog</a>
—@MHoffy68Congrats Chris Neil on playing 1000 NHL games. It's an honor to be your teammate!
—@Chris_WidemanCongrats to Chris Neil on the 1000 games... will never forget the time he smeared a PB&J sandwich on my windshield. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/legend?src=hash">#legend</a>
—@MarcMethot3Believe it or not, considering how he plays, Neil reached the mark without ever being suspended.
Chris Neil a 1000 games and 2500pims yet never suspended that is hard to do. Congrats neiler <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/sens?src=hash">#sens</a>
—@stephenhollan11Aside from being honoured in front of a home crowd, the Senators found other ways to make Neil's career milestone memorable.
Behind the nets for tomorrow night. 25 to honour Chris Neil and game number 1000. Nice touch by Sens. <a href="https://t.co/ZKXbv7XOtG">pic.twitter.com/ZKXbv7XOtG</a>
—@TerryMarcotteThe <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Sens?src=hash">#Sens</a> are all wearing Chris Neil's #25 during warm-up tonight. <a href="https://t.co/GTIobyySlU">pic.twitter.com/GTIobyySlU</a>
—@SenatorsCongrats to <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ChrisNeil?src=hash">#ChrisNeil</a> on reaching a <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/hugehockeymilestone?src=hash">#hugehockeymilestone</a> ❤ <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Sens?src=hash">#Sens</a> #1000 🏒🏒🏒 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/letsgosens?src=hash">#letsgosens</a> <a href="https://t.co/qZSN3oZSy0">pic.twitter.com/qZSN3oZSy0</a>
—@KingaS82