Four-time Stanley Cup winner
Ice hockey legend is dead
May 29, 2026 – 7:36 a.mReading time: 2 minutes
Claude Lemieux won the Stanley Cup four times in his career and the fans still love him. His death shocked the league.
The ice hockey world mourns the loss of legend Claude Lemieux. The four-time Stanley Cup champion has died at the age of 60. According to authorities, the former professional committed suicide in Florida.
The Canadian, who also had American citizenship, was one of the NHL’s top stars and won the Stanley Cup with three different teams: 1986 with the Montreal Canadiens, 1995 with the New Jersey Devils, 1996 with the Colorado Avalanche and again in 2000 with the Devils.
Donald Trump also mourns the loss of the legend
“The NHL mourns the loss of Claude Lemieux (…) one of the best professionals in important games in the history of ice hockey,” said NHL boss Gary Bettman in a statement. US President Donald Trump called Lemieux a “true legend of the game and one of the toughest competitors hockey has ever seen.”
Lemieux won the first Stanley Cup in 1986 as an NHL rookie and played a major role in the Canadiens’ success with ten goals in the playoffs. The fans there still love him. When he came onto the ice last Monday before game three in the Eastern Conference Finals between the Canadiens and the Carolina Hurricanes, the crowd cheered loudly, according to North American media. “Today is a dark day for the Canadiens family and the entire hockey community,” team owner Geoff Molson said of Lemieux’s death.
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