Claude Lemieux's Death Puts Spotlight on the Family Left Behind

This story is tugging at the edges of a much larger tragedy, and that is why it hits so hard. The piece focuses on Deborah Lemieux, the wife of the NHL great who won four Stanley Cups before his reported suicide. When a hockey career ends, the family usually disappears from the spotlight, but this is one of those moments when the human cost takes center stage. The photos and personal angle only underscore how much is now being examined beyond the rink.