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Legendary Montreal Canadiens star Jean Beliveau dead
The Toronto Sun ^
| December 2 2014
| Mike Zeisberger
Posted on 12/02/2014 10:08:25 PM PST by xp38
Jean Beliveau, one of the greatest legends to ever play in the National Hockey League, has passed away. He was 83.
Elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1972, Beliveau scored 507 goals and 712 assists in 1,125 games over parts of 20 seasons, all as a member of the Montreal Canadiens.
Beliveau was the first player to win the Conn Smythe Trophy as Stanley Cup playoffs MVP, winning the award in the Canadiens’ 1965 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks. In the end, Beliveau won the Stanley Cup 10 times with the Canadiens.
Along with being the captain of the Canadiens for 10 years, Beliveau was awarded the Order of Canada in 1989.
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TOPICS: Canada; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: canada; canadiens; hockey; jeanbeliveau; montreal; montrealcanadiens; nhl; obituary
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One of the greatest and classiest sportsmen ever. RIP
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posted on
12/02/2014 10:08:25 PM PST
by
xp38
To: xp38
To: xp38
One of my sports heroes as a kid.
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posted on
12/02/2014 10:29:05 PM PST
by
ElkGroveDan
(My tagline is in the shop.)
To: RitchieAprile
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posted on
12/02/2014 10:35:57 PM PST
by
eyedigress
(e(!zOld storm chaser from the west)/?s)
To: xp38
To: RitchieAprile
I must say, that Canadiens uniform is the best uniform in all sports, IMHO.
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posted on
12/02/2014 10:54:30 PM PST
by
dfwgator
To: xp38
Reminds me of ( the famous ) short film,
The Sweater, featuring multiple references to Maurice Richard ... it's great!
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posted on
12/02/2014 10:55:34 PM PST
by
dr_lew
To: dfwgator
I’ve thought about getting me a sweater, because of the initials CH.
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posted on
12/02/2014 11:22:18 PM PST
by
Charles Henrickson
(CH for Canadien Habitants or Charles Henrickson)
To: xp38
Beliveau was one of the all-time best. Saw him play many times against my Blackhawks.
BTW, Gordie Howe is not doing well these days.
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posted on
12/02/2014 11:24:02 PM PST
by
Charles Henrickson
(CH for Canadien Habitants or Charles Henrickson)
To: Charles Henrickson
Was almost going to type your entire exact post word-for-word.
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posted on
12/02/2014 11:27:21 PM PST
by
Blue Jays
(Rock Hard, Ride Free)
To: xp38
Howe had a massive stroke. A sad day for hockey.
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posted on
12/03/2014 12:20:09 AM PST
by
VanShuyten
("a shadow...draped nobly in the folds of a gorgeous eloquence.")
To: xp38
Condolences to family and friends of Jean Beliveau. One of the greatest sportsmen ever.
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posted on
12/03/2014 1:20:34 AM PST
by
PGalt
To: xp38
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posted on
12/03/2014 2:27:31 AM PST
by
BerryDingle
(I know how to deal with communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
To: xp38; shove_it; Hat-Trick; SZonian; retrokitten; hollywood; Alberta's Child; Betis70; ColoCdn; ...
Hockey Ping!
(let me know if you want on or off the ping list)
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posted on
12/03/2014 3:26:32 AM PST
by
airborne
(My heroes don't wear capes - My heroes wear dog tags!)
To: ElkGroveDan
“One of my sports heroes as a kid.”...
Ditto
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posted on
12/03/2014 4:30:04 AM PST
by
DaveA37
To: DaveA37
Many of my heros from earlier days are reaching the point where they will no longer be with us, as am I (77 yers). Although I too played hockey as a kid, I was never even close to being good enough for the NHL.
RIP Jean Beliveau
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posted on
12/03/2014 4:33:52 AM PST
by
DaveA37
To: xp38
One I wished I could have seen play. Always an impressive gentleman, his name was mentioned with reverence as one of the all time greats when I first watched hockey. RIP Jean.
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posted on
12/03/2014 4:49:12 AM PST
by
Varda
To: airborne
To: Charles Henrickson
Al Arbour isn’t doing well either. 1500 games and 4 Stanley Cups as Islanders coach.
10 Cups with the same team is just incredible. Just looked, it was less than 20 years too.
In 23 years, from the Yankees most recent World Series to 23 years prior, they won 5 World Series. (not that baseball can ever compare to hockey)
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posted on
12/03/2014 8:34:36 AM PST
by
wastedyears
(I may be stupid, but at least I'm not Darwin Awards stupid.)
To: StoneWall Brigade
RIP.. Unfortunately it looks like Mr. Hockey is not too far behind him.
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posted on
12/03/2014 9:11:06 AM PST
by
EQAndyBuzz
(You can't spell liberal without label.)
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