The club made the announcement Sunday but provided no details Bernie Parent, the Hall of Famer considered one of the great goalies of all time who anchored the net for the Philadelphia Flyers’ only two Stanley Cup championships in the 1970s during their Broad Street Bullies heyday, has died. He was 80. The Flyers made …
Sudbury, Ont., native was a 6-time all-star, won Vezina Trophy in 1970-71 Eddie Giacomin, a Hockey Hall of Fame goalie and one of the faces of the New York Rangers’ franchise in the 1960s and 1970s, has died. He was 86. Giacomin died of natural causes, a Rangers spokesperson said after the organization learned of the …
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Hall of Famer backstopped Montreal to 6 Stanley Cup championships Ken Dryden, the Hall of Fame goaltender whose long resumé in and out of hockey included six Stanley Cup victories and helping backstop Canada’s generation-defining victory at the 1972 Summit Series, died Friday at the age of 78 after a battle with cancer. A key …
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Delvecchio, who was born in Fort William, passed away on Canada Day Three Stanley Cups, three Lady Byngs, and a spot in the Hockey Hall of Fame: Fort William’s Alex Delvecchio is being remembered for his on-ice skill, and off-ice kindness. Delvecchio died on Tuesday at his home in Rochester, Mich. He was 93. He’s known …
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Toronto native was previously part of CBC’s Hockey Night in Canada, NHL on Sportsnet Former NHL goaltender and longtime hockey broadcaster Greg Millen has died at 67. The NHL Alumni Association announced his death Monday but did not provide a cause. Millen spent 14 years in the NHL from 1978-92, playing for the Pittsburgh Penguins, …
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Hockey Hall of Famer Bobby Hull has died at the age of 84. He played for Chicago and Hartford of the NHL as well as the World Hockey Association’s Winnipeg Jets over a 23-year pro career. The Chicago organization confirmed his death Monday. In 1961, he helped lead Chicago to its first Stanley Cup in 23 …
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Legendary NHL defenceman Börje Salming, who was a fixture on the Toronto Maple Leafs’ blue line for 16 years, has died. He was 71 years old. The Maple Leafs announced Salming’s death Thursday afternoon. “Börje was a pioneer of the game and an icon with an unbreakable spirit and unquestioned toughness,” President and Alternate Governor Brendan Shanahan said …
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Montreal Canadiens icon Guy Lafleur, who captured five Stanley Cup titles and was a hockey hero in Quebec long before his NHL playing days, has died. He was 70. The cause of death was not immediately known. However, Lafleur suffered through health issues in the latter stages of his life. In September 2019, he underwent quadruple bypass …
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Social Sharing Mike Bossy, 4-time Stanley Cup champion with the New York Islanders, dead at 65 Social Sharing Mike Bossy, one of hockey’s most prolific goal-scorers and a star for the New York Islanders during their 1980s dynasty, has died after a battle with lung cancer. He was 65. Bossy had revealed his diagnosis in …
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Leo Boivin, a hockey legend who never forgot his Prescott roots, has died at the age of 89. The Prescott native was an NHL defenceman from the early 1950s until 1970, most notably with the Boston Bruins for 12 years when he was known as a feared and physical competitior. He started his NHL career …
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