"A highly decorated player, Mullen earned a pair of Lady Byng Trophies as well as the Lester Patrick Trophy in 1995. The three-time Stanley Cup winner became the first American-born skater to total 1,000 career points."
They left out the part that he was also the first American-born player to score 500 goals as well, but there's only so much room on the back. Mullen went on to be inducted into the US Hockey Hall Of Fame in 1998 and the Hockey Hall Of Fame in 2000.
As you can probably see in the picture, this is the blue border parallel #/50 for this card. The painting was rendered by famed artist Chuck Gillies. Chuck has published his art for over 40 years and you can see his work across a number of products. He has done over 80 book covers, two children's books, and his acrylic paintings have been featured in hundreds of books, prints, posters and of course, trading cards. YOu'll find his stuff in a number of Upper Deck products over the years including the Masterpieces set as well as the Hockey Heroes sets and others.
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