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His best season was the [[1981–82 NHL season|1981–82 season]], during which Middleton scored a career high 51 goals, won the [[Lady Byng Trophy]] for excellence and sportsmanship, and was named to the NHL's Second All-Star Team. The following season he led the Bruins to the league's best regular season record, and set unbroken records that year for the most points scored in the playoffs by a player not advancing to the finals (33) and for a single playoff series (19, in the quarterfinals against Buffalo). His 105 points in the [[1983–84 NHL season|1983–84 season]] tied Ken Hodge's team record for most points scored in a season by a right winger, and remains unbroken.
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Middleton also starred in international play, being named to play for [[Canada men's national ice hockey team|Team Canada]] in the [[Canada Cup (ice hockey)|Canada Cup]] in [[1981 Canada Cup|1981]] and [[1984 Canada Cup|1984]]. Teamed on a line with [[Wayne Gretzky]] and [[Michel Goulet]] in the 1984 series, he scored four goals and four assists in seven games. Further, Middleton played in the [[NHL All-Star Game]] in 1981, 1982 and 1984.
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