Claude Lemieux, 4-time Stanley Cup champion, dies at 60
Claude Lemieux, a four-time Stanley Cup champion and one of the NHL’s fiercest players, has died. He was 60 years old.
A cause of death has not been announced.
Lemieux played 21 season in the NHL with the Montreal Canadiens, New Jersey Devils, Colorado Avalanche, Phoenix Coyotes, Dallas Stars, and San Jose Sharks. He won two Stanley Cups with the Devils and one each with the Avalanche and Canadiens.
In 1,215 regular-season games, Lemieuxscored 379 goals and 786 points. He was also not shy about being an agitator on the ice, as evidenced by his 1,777 career penalty minutes.
During his career, Lemieux showed he was an impactful player come the postseason. He scored 80 times in 234 Stanley Cup playoff games, good for ninth all-time. As the Devils made their run to the 1995 Stanley Cup title, Lemieux scored 13 goals and recorded 16 points in 20 games, winning the Conn Smythe Trophy as the most valuable player of the playoffs.
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