{"id":160837,"date":"2025-11-27T13:25:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T21:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interior-news.com\/2025\/11\/27\/b-c-s-leading-active-nhl-goal-scorer-becomes-6th-to-crack-the-400-goal-mark\/"},"modified":"2025-11-27T15:30:27","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T23:30:27","slug":"b-c-s-leading-active-nhl-goal-scorer-becomes-6th-to-crack-the-400-goal-mark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/interior-news.com\/2025\/11\/27\/b-c-s-leading-active-nhl-goal-scorer-becomes-6th-to-crack-the-400-goal-mark\/","title":{"rendered":"B.C.&#8217;s leading active NHL goal scorer becomes 6th to crack the 400-goal mark"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you want to score in the NHL, going to the front of the net is a lot like finding gold at the end of the rainbow.<\/p>\n<p>Jamie Benn figured that out early, and the 36-year-old has spent a career proving it.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Nov. 25, the Central Saanich product became the first player from Greater Victoria to score 400 NHL goals, and just the second in Dallas Stars history to hit the mark.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HVkIDgSb8go?si=yrnlK3XAEPtO-dyS\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The only other Star to ever do it is Mike Modano, widely regarded as the greatest American-born player of all time.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve got a long way to go,&rdquo; Benn joked when asked about chasing Modano, speaking with Stars TV after Dallas&rsquo; 8-3 win.<\/p>\n<p>Benn&rsquo;s milestone came in game 1,196 of his career, putting him on the doorstep of 1,200 NHL games.<\/p>\n<p>Within the Stars franchise record book, Benn sits second in goals (400), assists (560), and points (960). He has also played more games in a Dallas sweater than anyone else, suiting up 1,197 times for the club.<\/p>\n<p>His scoring numbers tell one story, but his willingness to live in the heavy areas paints another.<\/p>\n<p>Benn ranks fourth in franchise history with 883 penalty minutes, another reminder of the style that helped shape his career.<\/p>\n<p>This season <a href=\"https:\/\/vicnews.com\/2025\/09\/25\/victorias-jamie-benn-suffers-collapsed-lung-will-miss-start-of-nhl-season\/\" target=\"_blank\">began with a setback<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Benn missed the first 19 games after suffering a collapsed lung during a pre-season game against the Minnesota Wild. Since returning on Nov. 18, he has collected four points in five games.<\/p>\n<p>His hockey roots run deep in Greater Victoria.<\/p>\n<p>Benn played minor hockey with the Peninsula Eagles, then suited up for the VIJHL&rsquo;s Peninsula Panthers and the BCHL&rsquo;s Victoria Grizzlies before heading to the WHL&rsquo;s Kelowna Rockets.<\/p>\n<p>He also attended Stelly&rsquo;s Secondary School, long before becoming one of the most accomplished NHL players the province has ever produced.<\/p>\n<p>His 960 NHL points are nearly 200 more than any active B.C.-born player in the NHL, with Ryan Nugent-Hopkins of Burnaby sitting closest at 764.<\/p>\n<p>He is just 29 points shy of breaking into the top five all-time for B.C.-born players, with Paul Kariya of Vancouver holding the fifth spot at 989.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Victoria&rsquo;s Jamie Benn trails only Mike Modano on Stars franchise scoring list <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":160838,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-160837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","category-video"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - 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