For instance, on Sept. 29, 2007, he scored the first goal by an NHL player in Europe during a regular-season game in the Los Angeles Kings' 4-1 victory against the Anaheim Ducks in London. On Dec. 28, 2009, he scored the 20,000th goal in the history of the Montreal Canadiens; it came during the first period of a 4-2 loss to the Ottawa Senators.

The grandson of Polish Holocaust survivors on his mother's side of the family, Cammalleri has done just about everything a player would want to during an NHL career. He's also done a few things no player would ever dream of.

The grandson of Polish Holocaust survivors on his mother's side of the family, Cammalleri has done just about everything a player would want to during an NHL career. He's also done a few things no player would ever dream of.

For instance, on Sept. 29, 2007, he scored the first goal by an NHL player in Europe during a regular-season game in the Los Angeles Kings' 4-1 victory against the Anaheim Ducks in London. On Dec. 28, 2009, he scored the 20,000th goal in the history of the Montreal Canadiens; it came during the first period of a 4-2 loss to the Ottawa Senators.

Cammalleri was even traded in the middle of a game. He was pulled off the ice midway through the Canadiens' game against the Boston Bruins on Jan. 12, 2012, after Montreal and the Calgary Flames worked out a trade.

Before he left, Cammalleri tied a franchise playoff scoring record shared by Maurice Richard, Jean Beliveau, Bernie Geoffrion, Guy Lafleur and Marcel Bonin. He did it during the second round of the 2010 Stanley Cup Playoffs, when he scored seven goals in a seven-game series against the Pittsburgh Penguins to lead the Canadiens into the Eastern Conference Final. Cammalleri finished the 2010 playoffs leading all scorers with 13 goals.

A native of Richmond Hill, Ontario, who played three seasons of college hockey at the University of Michigan rather than junior hockey, Cammalleri was the leading goal-scorer at least once on three of the first four NHL teams he played for. He led the Kings with 26 goals during the 2005-06 season; led the Flames in goals with 39 goals in 2008-09 and 26 in 2013-14 with 26; and topped the New Jersey Devils with 27 goals in 2014-15.

A second-round selection (No. 49) by the Kings in the 2001 NHL Draft, Cammalleri has represented Canada internationally, winning gold at the 2007 World Championship and silver at the World Junior Championship in 2001 and 2002.

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