Four-time Stanley Cup champion Claude Lemieux passes away at age 60

The NHL Alumni Association has announced that former NHLer and four-time Stanley Cup champion Claude Lemieux has passed away.

Lemieux was 60. The cause of his death has yet to be disclosed to the public.

Lemieux’s passing comes just three days after he was the torch bearer for the Montreal Canadiens in Game 3 of their Eastern Conference Final series against the Carolina Hurricanes in the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

A second-round pick of the Canadiens in 1983, Lemieux spent 21 seasons in the NHL spanning 25 years with the Habs, New Jersey Devils, Colorado Avalanche, Phoenix Coyotes, Dallas Stars and San Jose Sharks. Over the course of his career, he accumulated 379 goals, 407 assists and 786 points in 1,215 regular season games, as well as 80 goals, 78 assists and 158 points in 234 playoff games.

Lemieux won the Stanley Cup four times in his career, doing so with the Canadiens in 1986, the Devils in 1995, the Avalanche in 1996 and the Devils again in 2000. He also won the Conn Smythe Trophy in 1995 as the Devils most-valuable player in their Cup run after accumulating 13 goals and 16 points in 20 playoff games.

Lemieux would go on to become a player agent after the conclusion of his NHL career. At the time of his passing, he had negotiated 16 active contracts, highlighted by current playoff participants Rasmus Andersson of the Vegas Golden Knights and Frederik Andersen of the Hurricanes, as well as Devils winger Timo Meier and Detroit Red Wings defenseman Moritz Seider.

Lemieux is also the father of former NHLer Brendan Lemieux. A second-round pick of the Buffalo Sabres in 2014, Brendan spent seven seasons in the NHL with the Winnipeg Jets, New York Rangers, Los Angeles Kings, Philadelphia Flyers and Hurricanes before moving on to the National League in Switzerland in the 2024-25 season.