Claude Lemieux
Claude Lemieux (born July 16, 1965 in Gatineau, Quebec) is a Canadian ice hockey right winger. He played for the Montreal Canadiens, New Jersey Devils, Colorado Avalanche, Phoenix Coyotes, and Dallas Stars in the NHL from 1983 to 2003. He earned a status as one of the league's most hated players after he checked Kris Draper into the boards in a playoff series between the Colorado Avalanche and the Detroit Red Wings, starting a feud between the two teams that continues to this day. He notoriously got his "ass whomped" by Red Wings forward Darren McCarty in his first apperance at Joe Louis Arena since the incident with Draper, which occured on March 26, 1997, a 6-5 Wings victory that also featured a fight between Wings goaltender Mike Vernon and Avs goaltender Patrick Roy. He also won 4 Stanley Cups, with the Canadiens in 1986, the Devils in 1995 and 2000, and the Avalanche in 1996. He was always considered to have better performances in the playoffs than the regular season, and won the Conn Smythe Trophy for the Devils in 1995. He is now the president of the Phoenix Roadrunners.
Awards
- Conn Smythe Trophy - Stanley Cup MVP (1995)
- Quebec Major Junior Hockey League Hall of Fame (2005)
See also
External link
- Lemieux's statistics at hockeydb.com
| Preceded by: Brian Leetch |
Conn Smythe Trophy Winner 1995 |
Followed by: Joe Sakic |
- 1965 births
- Living people
- Canadian ice hockey players
- Montreal Canadiens players
- New Jersey Devils players
- Colorado Avalanche players
- Phoenix Coyotes players
- Dallas Stars players
- Conn Smythe Trophy winners
- Stanley Cup Champions
- Quebec sportspeople
- Gatineauans
- Trois-Rivieres Draveurs alumni
- Verdun Juniors alumni
- Verdun Junior Canadiens alumni
- French Quebecers