April 22, 2022(2022-04-22) (aged 70) Kirkland, Quebec, Canada
Height
6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight
185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb)
Position
Right wing
Shot
Right
Played for
Montreal Canadiens New York Rangers Quebec Nordiques
National team
Canada
NHL draft
1st overall, 1971 Montreal Canadiens
Playing career
1971–1985 1988–1991
Guy Damien LafleurOC CQ (September 20, 1951 – April 22, 2022), nicknamed "the Flower" and "Le Démon Blond", was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. He was the first player in National Hockey League (NHL) history to score 50 goals in six consecutive seasons as well as 50 goals and 100 points in six consecutive seasons.[1] Between 1971 and 1991, Lafleur played right wing for the Montreal Canadiens, New York Rangers, and Quebec Nordiques in an NHL career spanning 17 seasons, and five Stanley Cup championships in 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, and 1979 (all with the Canadiens).[2] Lafleur was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1988, named one of the 100 Greatest NHL Players in history in 2017,[3] and was named to the Order of Hockey in Canada in 2022.
^Dave Blevins (2011). The Sports Hall of Fame Encyclopedia: Baseball, Basketball, Football, Hockey, Soccer. Scarecrow Press. p. 554. ISBN 978-1-4616-7370-5. Archived from the original on June 29, 2014. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
^Craig MacInnis (2004). Remembering Guy Lafleur. Raincoast Books. p. 13. ISBN 978-1-55192-701-5.
^"100 Greatest NHL Players". National Hockey League. January 27, 2017. Archived from the original on October 7, 2018. Retrieved January 27, 2017.
Guy Damien Lafleur OC CQ (September 20, 1951 – April 22, 2022), nicknamed "the Flower" and "Le Démon Blond", was a Canadian professional ice hockey player...
The GuyLafleur Trophy is awarded annually to the Most Valuable Player in the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League playoffs. It is named for Hockey Hall...
Autoroute 50 (Autoroute Guy-Lafleur) is an Autoroute in western Quebec, Canada. It links Canada's National Capital Region (Gatineau) and the Greater Montreal...
to celebrate Lafleur—ironically, Lafleur wore the #10 jersey number with the Canadiens—which included cheers, chants of "Guy! Guy! Guy!", and an "Olé...
both have been awarded) by 22 players: Bobby Clarke, Phil Esposito, GuyLafleur (x2), Gretzky (x5), Mario Lemieux (x3), Mark Messier (x2), Brett Hull...
included GuyLafleur, Yvan Cournoyer, Ken Dryden, Pete Mahovlich, Jacques Lemaire, Pierre Larouche, Steve Shutt, Bob Gainey, Serge Savard, Guy Lapointe...
1.268 Peter Forsberg, 1.250 Kent Nilsson, 1.241 Phil Esposito, 1.240 GuyLafleur, 1.202 Joe Sakic, 1.191 Dale Hawerchuk, 1.186 Pat LaFontaine, 1.171 Evgeni...
Geoffrion, Dickie Moore, Bobby Hull, Stan Mikita, Phil Esposito, Bobby Orr, GuyLafleur, Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux, and Jaromir Jagr all won it on multiple...
GuyLafleur is an outdoor sculpture depicting the Canadian professional ice hockey player of the same name, installed outside Montreal's Bell Centre,...
have been inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame: Perreault, Potvin, GuyLafleur, Eric Lindros, Hawerchuk, Lemieux, Mats Sundin and Mike Modano. Billy...
more popular Canadiens; fans chanted "Guy, Guy, Guy!" whenever he touched the puck, much as they did for GuyLafleur (with whom Carbonneau played from 1982–1985)...
Michael "GuyLafleur leaves indelible legacy behind, will be remembered forever". Sportsnet.ca. April 12, 1979. Retrieved April 22, 2022. "GuyLafleur pays...
Player during the regular season in the same year: Orr in 1970 and 1972, GuyLafleur in 1977, and Wayne Gretzky in 1985. These three players also won the...
records. Hockey Hall of Fame alumni of the QMJHL include Mario Lemieux, GuyLafleur, Ray Bourque, Pat LaFontaine, Mike Bossy, Denis Savard, Michel Goulet...
Chartraw, Yvan Cournoyer, Ken Dryden, Bob Gainey, Doug Jarvis, GuyLafleur, Yvon Lambert, Guy Lapointe, Michel Larocque, Jacques Lemaire, Doug Risebrough...
celebrations of the Montreal Canadiens, Mortensen introduced one of his idols, GuyLafleur, to the crowd at the Bell Centre in Montreal. He is also a fan of the...
The GuyLafleur Award of Excellence (French: Prix d'excellence Guy-Lafleur) is presented annually to hockey players at the amateur level who "best combined...
for having too many men on the ice. With Montreal on the power play, GuyLafleur scored the game-tying goal with 1:14 remaining to force overtime. Approaching...
scored three game-winning goals, including the Cup-winner in overtime. GuyLafleur won the Conn Smythe Trophy for scoring nine goals and 17 assists during...
Hockey League (QMJHL) team. In the 1990–91 season Potvin was awarded the GuyLafleur Trophy as Playoff MVP.[citation needed] Potvin was drafted in the second...
skates. As well superstars Bobby Clarke and Bernie Parent of the Flyers, GuyLafleur of the Canadiens and Walter Tkaczuk and Brad Park of the Rangers were...
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