NHL Number 24 - Bernie Federko

Bernie Federko spent 14 seasons in the NHL, 13 of them wearing the jersey number 24 for the St. Louis Blues.  Federko had a prolific career with the Blues, playing Center, between the 1976-77 and 1988-89 seasons.  He would also play one season with the Red Wings where he inverted his traditional jersey number to wear 42. 

During his 14 NHL seasons, Federko would rack up 1,130 overall points in 1,000 career regular season games.  Of those 1,130 points, 369 were goals with 761 assists. 

Federko, at the time of his retirement, held the all-time St. Louis Blues records for assists and career points.  Federko was in the top ten in assists for the league in 7 of his 14 NHL seasons.  He was also in the top ten in overall points for five of those seasons.  He would go over the 100 point mark in four of his NHL seasons (1980-81, 1983-84, 1984-85 and 1985-86).

Federko's acheivements, primarily with the Blues, were good enough to get him inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2002.

Did you know.............that Bernie Federko has a restaurant  named after him in St. Louis?