Claude Lemieux

Canadian ice hockey player (1965–2026)

Claude Percy Lemieux was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played 21 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for six teams between 1983 and 2009. Lemieux won four Stanley Cup championships during his career, including two with the New Jersey Devils, with whom he won the Conn Smythe Trophy during the team's victory in the 1995 Stanley Cup Final. He is one of only 11 players to win a Stanley Cup championship with at least three different teams. He is also known as one of the greatest playoff performers, with his 80 career playoff goals ranking as the ninth most in NHL history.