Philip Anthony Esposito OC - Born February 20, 1942 in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario is a Canadian retired ice Hockey centre, coach, general manager, executive and author.

- Stanley Cup Champion 1970 and 1972 with Boston Bruins.
Stanley Cup finalist 1974, 1979.

- Prince of Wales Trophy Champion 1971, 1972, 1974 with Boston Bruins.

- Art Ross Trophy Winner 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974 with Boston Bruins.

- Hart Memorial Trophy Winner 1969, 1974 with Boston Bruins.

- Lester B. Pearson Award Winner (Ted Lindsay Award) 1970–71, 1973-74.

- Lester Patrick Trophy Winner 1978

- 1972 Summit Series Champion (scored 1st goal of the series and assisted on the series winner by Paul Henderson in game 8).
Phil Esposito in a speech shown on national TV after game 4 loss (5-3) in Vancouver “To the people of Canada, I say we tried. We did our best. We’re really disheartened, disappointed, and disillusioned! We can’t believe we’re getting booed in our own building. I am really, really disappointed. I can’t believe it. Some of our guys are really down in the dumps. Let’s face facts. They have a good team. We came because we love Canada. I don’t think it’s fair that we should be booed”

- 1976 Canada Cup Champion.

Esposito made his NHL debut with Chicago Black Hawks on January 16, 1964 vs Montreal Canadiens at Montreal Forum in a 1-0 Canadiens win.

Esposito scored his 1st NHL goal vs Terry Sawchuk of Detroit Red Wings at 16:01 of 2nd period on January 25, 1964 at Detroit Olympia in a 5-3 Red Wings win.

While playing for Boston Bruins, Esposito scored his 1st NHL hat-trick vs Rogie Vachon of Montreal Canadiens on October 15, 1967 at Boston Garden in a 6-2 Bruins win.

Esposito was the 1st NHL player to score 100 points in a season - 1968-69, setting the record on March 2, 1969 and finished with 126 points (49 goals).

The 1970 season also saw Esposito shatter the single-season mark for shots on goal, tallying 550. Only 1 other player has come within 100 shots of this record, Alexander Ovechkin in 2008–09, in a season that was 4 games longer than when it was set.

Esposito was the 1st player in NHL history to score 1,000 points in a decade (1970s).

Esposito played in 1282 regular season NHL games, scoring 717 goals (118 GWG), 873 assists with 910 penalty minutes and 130 NHL playoff games, scoring 61 goals (12 GWG / 1 OTG), 76 assists with 138 penalty minutes.

All-time leader in game-winning goals with 118. (tied by Jaromír Jágr on April 21, 2013).

- NHL First All-Star Team 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974.

- Played in NHL All-Star Game 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1980.

December 3, 1987 – #7 jersey retired by the Boston Bruins.

Phil Esposito was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1972.

Won Lou Marsh Trophy as Canadian Athlete of the Year in 1972.

Phil Esposito was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1984.

Phil Esposito was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 1989.

Phil Esposito was inducted into the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame in 2004.

Phil Esposito is an inaugural member of the Lighting Hall of Fame in 2023.

Phil Esposito and brother Tony were responsible for bringing Hockey to Florida, and the main reason why the Tampa Bay Lightning were awarded a franchise in 1990. Phil was the 1st president and general manager of the Lightning.

A Statue was unveiled in his honour in front of the Tampa Bay Times Forum (now Benchmark International Arena) on December 31, 2011.

In 2017, Phil Esposito was named one of the '100 Greatest NHL Players' in history.

NOTE
Esposito and New York Rangers teammates Ron Duguay, Dave Maloney and Anders Hedberg famously appeared in a TV commercial and printed ads for Sasson designer jeans in 1979.

In 1979, Esposito and Ranger teammates recorded a song written by Alan Thicke as a fundraiser for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation called "Hockey Sock Rock"

Bobby Orr on Esposito:
Orr credited Esposito with being "the main force that holds us together." The Bruins were a legendarily close team, both on and off the ice. Orr told Sports Illustrated in 1971, "The minute Phil was traded to us from Chicago four years ago, he changed this whole team. We were a last-place club. Now we're the champions. Give the credit to Esposito. He went around training camp bringing us together. He'd say, 'Come on, guys, I know we can make the playoffs, but we got to stick together.' We did, and we still do. We're like a team of brothers. I know Phil has scored a lot of points, but to my mind he's even more important off the ice."