Obit Claude Lemieux Hockey

FILE - Former Montreal Canadiens player Claude Lemieux holds a torch as he enters the arena before Game 3 of the NHL Eastern Conference final Stanley Cup playoff series between the Canadiens and Carolina Hurricanes, Monday, May 25, 2026, in Montreal.

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Claude Lemieux, a feisty winger and a four-time Stanley Cup champion, dies at 60

Claude Lemieux, a feisty winger and a four-time Stanley Cup champion, dies at 60

Four-time Stanley Cup champion Claude Lemieux has died. He was 60. The NHL Alumni Association announced Lemieux's death in a social media post. A cause of death was not immediately available. Lemieux was the Montreal Canadiens' torch bearer prior to Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Final on Monday night. He won the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP with New Jersey in 1995. Lemieux had become an agent in the years since his lengthy playing career ended and represented Carolina's Frederik Andersen and Detroit's Moritz Seider among more than a dozen clients in the NHL.