The following season he had a breakout year as a star, and centering the famed "Scooter Line". He became the most-feared center of the Sixties, and with superstar teammate Bobby Hull, the Black Hawks had the most powerful offense of the decade, generally leading the league in goals scored.
Combining skilled defense and a reputation as one of the game's best faceoff men with his innovative curved stick, Mikita himself led the league in scoring four times in the decade, breaking the single-season scoring mark in 1967 with 97 points.
In his early years, he was among the most-penalized players in the league, but he then decided to play a cleaner game and went on to win the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy for sportsmanlike conduct not once but twice.
His later years were marred by chronic back injuries, Mikita finally retired during the 1980 season. Upon his retirement he had the second-highest career scoring point total of any NHL player, after Gordie Howe, and had played in the seventh most games of any player at the time.
He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1983 and into the Slovak Hockey Hall of Fame in 2002.
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