Guy Damien Lafleur

Guy Lafleur (Known as "Guy Lafleur")

["ice_hockey_player","right_winger","stanley_cup_champion","hall_of_famer"]

Born Sep 20, 1951

Thurso, Quebec, Canada

Passed Away Apr 22, 2022 Kirkland, Quebec, Canada

Lifespan 70 years old

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"Play every game as if it's your last, because one day it will be."

Archival Overview

Legendary Montreal Canadiens right winger known as "The Flower" and "Le Démon Blond" whose blazing speed without a helmet and thunderous slapshots led the Canadiens to five Stanley Cup championships, becoming the first NHL player to score 50 goals and 100 points in six consecutive seasons.

Biographical Record

Guy Damien Lafleur was born in Thurso, Quebec, and dominated Quebec junior hockey with the Quebec Remparts, scoring 130 goals in 1970–71 to win the Memorial Cup. Selected first overall in the 1971 NHL Draft by the Montreal Canadiens to succeed the retiring Jean Béliveau, he blossomed in 1974 into the most thrilling and offensive offensive force in the National Hockey League.

Skating helmetless with his blond hair streaming behind him, Lafleur mesmerized the Forum faithful, winning five Stanley Cups (1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979). He captured three Art Ross Trophies as leading scorer, two Hart Trophies as MVP, and the 1977 Conn Smythe Trophy. Over his 17-season NHL career with Montreal, the Rangers, and Nordiques, he scored 560 goals and 1,353 points. Inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1988, his state funeral in Montreal brought Quebec to a complete standstill.

Key Life Milestones

May 14, 1977

Hart Trophy and Stanley Cup Sweep

Led the Canadiens to the Stanley Cup, sweeping the Hart, Art Ross, and Conn Smythe Trophies in a single season.

September 20, 1988

Hockey Hall of Fame Induction

Inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto, before returning for an acclaimed late-career comeback with the Rangers.

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Final Resting Place

Perpetual Memorial

Cimetière Notre-Dame-des-Neiges
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

                         GPS: 45.4967, -73.6167                    

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