The NHL Alumni Association is devastated to share that Claude Lemieux has passed away at the age of 60.
Born in Buckingham, Quebec, Claude was selected by the Montreal Canadiens in the second round of the 1983 NHL Entry Draft and would make his NHL debut just a few months later on October 13, 1983 and scored his first career NHL goal on December 4, 1983.
Claude split time between the Canadiens organization and the QMJHL from 1983 to 1985, capturing the President’s Cup with the Verdun Junior Canadiens in 1985 as QMJHL playoff champions, while earning the Guy Lafleur Trophy as Playoff MVP.
The very next season, Claude recorded 10 goals and 16 points in 20 playoff games as he and the Montreal Canadiens won the Stanley Cup. Claude remained with the Canadiens for an additional four seasons before joining the New Jersey Devils ahead of the 1990-91 season.
In 1994-95, his fifth and final season with New Jersey, Claude led the Devils to their first Stanley Cup championship, registering 13 goals in 20 playoff games, taking home the Conn Smythe Trophy as Playoff MVP. As a member of the Colorado Avalanche in 1995-96, Claude was once again an integral part of team history as the Avalanche hoisted Lord Stanley’s Cup for the very first time in 1996.
Claude played 297 regular-season games in an Avalanche uniform before rejoining the New Jersey Devils in November of 1999, and for a fourth and final time, would be crowned a Stanley Cup champion on June 10, 2000. Claude later played for the Phoenix Coyotes and Dallas Stars before making a comeback with the San Jose Sharks during the 2008-09 season.
Internationally, Claude represented Canada on several occasions, including capturing a gold medal at the 1985 World Junior Hockey Championships and winning the 1987 Canada Cup.
He was loved by his wife and four children, and on behalf of the Lemieux family, we kindly ask that everyone respect their privacy during this difficult time.
Memorial service details to follow.
If you poured a gallon of poison in a CEO's pool, you'd be arrested, for attempted murder.
They pour 10,000 gallons into your drinking water, that's just business.
#ableg
We NEED to IMMEDIATELY:
Ban Hoekstra from Canada.
Charge David Parker with Treason.
Investigate Danielle Smith and her ENTIRE office for links.
STOP TOLERATING TREASON!
Good morning, from Canada.
This rainbow was a spectacular double arch, uncannily bright, but what I love best was how the rainbow's end silhouetted our rippling flag. The Maple Leaf, Forever.
I'm thinking of moving from Toronto to the Region of Wood Buffalo, home to the Alberta Oil sands. It generates 30% of Alberta's GDP with a population of only 100,000. Once there, I'm going to start whining about how Wood Buffalo is getting ripped off by Alberta and I'll start a referendum petition to make Wood Buffalo its own province. That way Alberta can receive equalization payments and nobody will have to listen to that tired equalization argument. I'll never have to pay taxes again and I'll have the best healthcare in the world. Then I'll wake up and realize how delusional and selfish that whole dream was.
The guy comes in from Canada to build something the people in Utah don’t want, and then accuses the ones who don’t want it of not being from the place he’s not from
this is a completely unhinged thing to do that has somehow been normalized under capitalism. imagine explaining to someone 300 years ago the idea of destroying 420k trees cuz a company went bankrupt
Housing is a provincial mandate. It’s incredible that this needs to be repeated daily.
For years these same people have complained that housing is too expensive and now that prices are dropping this is also a problem.
Proof that no matter any circumstance they will be angry.