Claude Lemieux, Four-Time Cup Winner, Dies at 60

Claude Lemieux’s name carried weight wherever playoff hockey was taken seriously, and his death at 60 closes the book on a career that never blended into the background. He was one of those rare players whose reputation followed him from rink to rink, long after the final horn. The four-time Stanley Cup champion left a mark that went beyond the stat sheet, because his game always came with an edge. Hockey loses a real character here, and the kind of player people in the league do not forget.