NHL great Claude Lemieux, 60, dead just days after making an apperance at the Eastern Conference Final

Legendary NHL prima Claude Lemieux has died conscionable days aft making an quality astatine Montreal's Bell Centre up of Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Final. He was 60.

Lemieux was regarded arsenic 1 of the top pests successful NHL history, but besides had an uncanny quality to travel up clutch successful large moments.

Claude Lemieux won 4 Stanley Cups during his career, the archetypal of which came successful 1986 with the Montreal Canadiens. (Photo by Bruce Bennett Studios via Getty Images Studios/Getty Images)

He broke into the league with the Montreal Canadiens and was portion of their Stanley Cup-winning squad successful 1986.

He won 4 Stanley Cups successful his vocation and successful 1995 and 1996 became the 10th subordinate successful NHL past to triumph back-to-back Stanley Cups with antithetic teams, archetypal with the New Jersey Devils and past with the Colorado Avalanche.

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After the 1995 Stanley Cup Final, Lemieux was besides awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy. In his postseason career, Lemieux had 158 points (80G, 78A) successful 234 games played.

Lemieux retired successful 2009 aft attempting a comeback with the San Jose Sharks.

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Claude Lemieux made an quality astatine Montreal's Bell Centre for Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Final conscionable days earlier his death. (Photo by Matt Garies/NHLI via Getty Images)

In all, helium appeared successful 1,215 NHL games for the Canadiens, Devils, Avalanche, Phoenix Coyotes, Dallas Stars and Sharks, and Sharks.

He went connected to go a subordinate agent, and oddly enough, according to North State Journal, represented Carolina Hurricanes goalie Frederik Andersen.

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Andersen was betwixt the pipes for the Hurricanes, portion Lemieux carried the ceremonial torch into the arena for the Canadiens up of Game 3.

Lemieux's brother, Jocelyn Lemieux, appeared successful conscionable nether 600 NHL games, portion his son, Brendan, played successful conscionable implicit 300 games for the Winnipeg Jets, New York Rangers, Los Angeles Kings, Philadelphia Flyers and Hurricanes. He presently plays for Swiss nine Davos HC.