Claude Lemieux, four-time Stanley Cup winner, dies by suicide at 60
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The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office has confirmed that four-time Stanley Cup champion Claude Lemieux has died after committing suicide. He was 60 years old.
Deputies responded shortly after 3 a.m. to a suicide at the family’s furniture store in Lake Park, Florida, authorities said Thursday. The officer said the victim is believed to be Lemieux, who was found in a back storage room by one of his sons.
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Just days before his death, Claude Lemieux appeared at the Bell Center in Montreal for Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Final. (Photo: Matt Garies/NHLI via Getty Images)
Lemieux entered the league with the Montreal Canadiens and was part of the team that won the Stanley Cup in 1986.
He won four Stanley Cups in his career, and in 1995 and 1996 he became the 10th player in NHL history to win back-to-back Stanley Cups with different teams, first with the New Jersey Devils and then the Colorado Avalanche.
NHL GREAT CLAUDE LEMIEUX, 60, DIES JUST DAYS AFTER ATTENDING THE EASTERN CONFERENCE FINAL
Claude Lemieux won four Stanley Cups during his career; the first of these came in 1986 with the Montreal Canadiens. (Photo: Bruce Bennett Studios via Getty Images Studios/Getty Images)
Following the 1995 Stanley Cup Final, Lemieux was also awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy. Lemieux had 158 points (80G, 78A) in 234 games played in his postseason career.
Lemieux last played in the NHL for the San Jose Sharks and retired in 2009.
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In total, he appeared in 1,215 NHL games for the Montreal Canadiens, New Jersey Devils, Colorado Avalanche, Phoenix Coyotes, Dallas Stars and San Jose Sharks.
He went on to become a player agent and oddly enough represented Carolina Hurricanes goaltender Frederik Andersen, according to the North State Journal.
OutKick’s Matt Reigle and the Associated Press contributed to this report.
