Former NHL player Claude Lemieux, whose career as one of hockey\u2019s biggest on-ice pests and clutch scorers helped him win four Stanley Cups, has passed away at the age of 60. <\/p>\n
Lemieux was selected by the Montreal Canadiens<\/a> from the QMJHL\u2019s Trois-Rivieres Draveurs in the second round of the 1983 NHL Draft. <\/p>\n In his first full season with the Canadiens in 1985-86, he scored a team-leading 10 goals in 20 playoff games to help the Canadiens win their 23rd Stanley Cup.<\/p>\n After seven seasons in Montreal, the Canadiens traded Lemieux to the New Jersey Devils<\/a> prior to the 1990-91 season. In 1995, he led all postseason scorers with 13 goals and won the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP after the Devils swept the Detroit Red Wings<\/a> in the Stanley Cup Final to win their first championship.<\/p>\n Lemieux was traded to the Colorado Avalanche<\/a> before the following season and became the 10th player in NHL history to win the Stanley Cup in consecutive years with different teams when he helped Colorado to its first championship, tallying 12 points in 19 games.<\/p>\n Lemieux, who won his fourth Cup with the Devils in 1999-2000, had 78 goals and 158 points – including 19 game-winning goals – in 234 playoff games.<\/p>\n In 1,215 career regular-season games with the Canadiens, Devils, Avalanche, Phoenix Coyotes and San Jose Sharks<\/a>, he scored 379 goals and tallied 786 points.<\/p>\n Lemieux is the older brother of former NHL forward\u00a0Jocelyn Lemieux, while his son\u00a0Brendan\u00a0played for five NHL teams over seven seasons.<\/p>\n