{"id":673,"date":"2026-05-28T18:10:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T18:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=673"},"modified":"2026-05-28T18:10:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T18:10:08","slug":"claude-lemieux-four-time-stanley-cup-champion-and-devils-hero-dead-at-60","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=673","title":{"rendered":"Claude Lemieux, four-time Stanley Cup champion and Devils hero, dead at 60"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Claude Lemieux, the four-time Stanley Cup-winning winger who led the Devils to their first championship in 1995 and was one of the most-hated players in the NHL, has died, the NHL Alumni Association announced Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=671\">Judge reprimanded for noisy sex in chambers revealed as Obama appointee who sentenced Todd Chrisley<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He was 60.<\/p>\n<p>A cause of death was not disclosed.<\/p>\n<p>The Quebec native, who won his first Cup with the Canadiens in 1986, was in attendance as Montreal hosted the Carolina Hurricanes in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals Monday night, carrying the ceremonial torch before the game.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=669\">US and Iran negotiators reach \u2018tentative\u2019 agreement to extend cease-fire \u2014 pending Trump\u2019s sign-off<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A clutch scorer and one of hockey\u2019s most reviled agitators, Lemieux won the Conn Smythe award as the playoff MVP after scoring 13 goals during the Devils\u2019 Cup run in 1995, and after spending the next four-plus seasons with the Avalanche, he returned to New Jersey in a November 1999 trade and helped the Devils win another Cup that season.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=667\">New York\u2019s long-delayed $269B budget finally passes legislature<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lemieux\u2019s 80 postseason goals are the ninth-most all-time.<\/p>\n<p><em>This is a developing story. 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