{"id":920305,"date":"2026-10-04T13:10:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-04T13:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/920305\/"},"modified":"2026-10-04T13:10:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T13:10:12","slug":"montreal-canadiens-defenceman-lyle-odelein-who-won-a-stanley-cup-in-1993-dead-at-58-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/920305\/","title":{"rendered":"Montreal Canadiens defenceman Lyle Odelein, who won a Stanley Cup in 1993, dead at 58"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Montreal Canadiens defenceman Lyle Odelein, who won a Stanley Cup with the team in 1993, has died at the age of 58.<\/p>\n<p>The Canadiens confirmed Odelein\u2019s death in a statement Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette also reported Saturday that Odelein died of a heart attack. He played the last of his 16 NHL seasons with the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2005-06 and lived in the area.<\/p>\n<p>Odelein from Quill Lake, Sask., scored 20 goals and had 75 assists in 420 games with Montreal between 1990 and 1996.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He ranked second in franchise history with 1,357 penalty minutes, and led the team in that category in each of his six seasons with the team.<\/p>\n<p>The seventh-round pick of the Canadiens in 1986 played a career 1,056 NHL games with Montreal, New Jersey, Phoenix, Columbus, Chicago, Dallas and Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe entire Canadiens organization is saddened to learn of the passing of Lyle Odelein, who passed away Friday at the age of 58,\u201d the Canadiens said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe organization wishes to offer its most sincere condolences to Lyle Odelein\u2019s family, friends and close ones.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Odelein was the first captain of the Columbus Blue Jackets when the team joined the NHL in 2000.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLyle is a significant part of our history, serving as our first captain and helping us celebrate our 25th season in March,\u201d the Blue Jackets wrote in a social media post on X on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe left an indelible mark on our organization and on our community. On the ice, Lyle was a fierce competitor and a Stanley Cup champion. Off the ice, he was warm, kind and quick with a smile and a kind word. He was a friend to all who knew him and will be sorely missed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Penguins also lamented Odelein\u2019s passing Saturday in social media posts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLyle was known for his tough exterior on the ice, but we will always remember his generous heart and enormous laugh,\u201d the team wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Montreal as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=montreal.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791119412_709_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Montreal Canadiens defenceman Lyle Odelein, who won a Stanley Cup with the team in 1993, has died at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":920306,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194292],"tags":[49,48,2338],"class_list":["post-920305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-montreal","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-montreal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/920305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=920305"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/920305\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/920306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=920305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=920305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=920305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}