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I remember a certain Roxy Music hit single receiving heavy airplay at a Vancouver radio station at the time Lemay was playing for the Canucks, and I half-imagined Bryan Ferry was singing about him: "Tell me one thing, Moe Lemay..."

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On 21/10/2024 at 06:33, edm88 said:

Society for International Hockey Research (SIHR)'s database. It's a member-only resource, though.


 @edm88Myron Stankiewicz (wiki) died on September 11, 2024, aged 88, according to an unsourced edit to Wikipedia. Someone in Burlington, Canada added it so I think it's accurate. Is there anything on the SIHR?

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Bill Hay, who played over 500 games with the Chicago Black Hawks from the late 1950s to the mid-1960s, but who became a Hockey Hall of Fame executive for contributions that included having been president and COO of Hockey Canada from 1990-1995, has died. He was 88.

 

https://www.coastreporter.net/national-sports/former-blackhawks-all-star-and-hall-of-fame-hockey-executive-bill-hay-dead-at-88-9715211

 

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12 hours ago, Ulitzer95 said:


 @edm88Myron Stankiewicz (wiki) died on September 11, 2024, aged 88, according to an unsourced edit to Wikipedia. Someone in Burlington, Canada added it so I think it's accurate. Is there anything on the SIHR?

Nothing, unfortunately. Maybe the obituary could be still yet to be published. A family tree posted by a sister-in-law on Ancestry also has the same date.

 

 

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Co-majority owner of the Seattle Kraken (along with Jerry Bruckheimer), minority owner of the Boston Celtics, and billionaire private equity businessman David Bonderman dead at 82:

 

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-12-11/david-bonderman-buyout-dealmaker-who-co-founded-tpg-dies-at-82

 

Kraken are into their 4th season of operation. As an aside, the other majority owner, Bruckheimer, is 81.

 

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Ex-NHL enforcer/broadcaster Kelly Chase had a bone marrow transplant just before Christmas. His brother served as the donor. Chase was originally diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia in 2023. 

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On 31/12/2024 at 15:15, HDS said:

Ex-NHL enforcer/broadcaster Kelly Chase had a bone marrow transplant just before Christmas. His brother served as the donor. Chase was originally diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia in 2023. 

He also has to watch the St Louis Blues every week, which will take a toll on most.

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Al MacNeil, who played 524 games combined with five teams between 1955-56 and 1967-68, then went on to have a successful career as a head coach and executive for the Calgary Flames, guiding them to the 1989 Stanley Cup, has died. He was 89.

 

https://www.nhl.com/flames/news/flames-mourn-passing-of-al-macneil

 

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On 07/01/2024 at 14:18, Banana said:

 

 

Missed last year, here's 2024:

 

Player Games Cups Birthdate - Deathdate
Steve Wochy 54 GP 0 December 25, 1922
Tom McGrattan 1 GP 0 October 19, 1927
Marty Pavelich 633 GP 4 November 6, 1927 - June 28, 2024
Reg Abbott 3 GP 0 February 4, 1930
Guyle Fielder 9 GP 0 November 21, 1930
Paul Masnick 232 GP 1 April 14, 1931 - March 23, 2024
Ron Hurst 64 GP 0 May 18, 1931
Len Haley 30 GP 0 September 15, 1931 - July 24, 2024
Glenn Hall 906 GP 1 October 3, 1931
Bruce Cline 30 GP 0 November 14, 1931
Fred Hucul 162 GP 0 December 4, 1931
Don Marshall 1176 GP 5 March 23, 1932 - October 8, 2024
Dave Gatherum 3 GP 0 March 28, 1932 - June 20, 2024
Don Poile 67 GP 0 June 1, 1932 - February 23, 2024
Jean-Guy Talbot 1066 GP 7 July 11, 1932 - February 22, 2024
Pete Conacher 229 GP 0 July 29, 1932
Gene Achtymichuk 32 GP 0 September 7, 1932 - June 28, 2024
Marcel Bonin 545 GP 4 September 12, 1932
Alex Delvecchio 1550 GP 3 December 4, 1932
Bob Sabourin 1 GP 0 March 17, 1933 - July 9, 2020
John Henderson 46 GP 0 March 25, 1933 - October 4, 2024
Billy Dea 397 GP 0 April 3, 1933
Ed Chadwick 184 GP 0 May 8, 1933 - April 23, 2024
Don Head 38 GP 0 June 30, 1933
Wally Maxwell 2 GP 0 August 24, 1933
Phil Goyette 940 gp 4 October 31, 1933
Brian Cullen 325 GP 0 November 11, 1933
Val Fonteyne 820 GP 0 December 2, 1933
Hillary Menard 1 GP 0 January 15, 1934
Marc Reaume 344 GP 0 February 7, 1934
Murray Costello 163 GP 0 February 24, 1934 - July 27, 2024
Les Binkley 196 GP 0 June 6, 1934
Gerry McNamara 7 GP 0 September 22, 1934
Brian Kilrea 26 GP 0 October 21, 1934
Gerry James 149 GP 0 October 22, 1934 - February 13, 2024
Earl Ingarfield 746 GP 0 October 25, 1934
Dennis Olson 3 GP 0 November 9, 1934 - July 29, 2021
Art Chisholm 3 GP 0 November 11, 1934

Marcel Bonin, who played 454 combined with Detroit, Boston and Montreal, and was a three-time Stanley Cup winner with the Canadiens and won one with the Red Wings, has died. He was 92 or 93.

https://www.nhl.com/canadiens/news/the-canadiens-are-saddened-to-learn-of-the-passing-of-marcel-bonin-jan-19-2025

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Tom McVie, who had a 20-year minor league career from the early 50s through the early 70s but who went on to become head coach of the Washington Capitals, Winnipeg Jets (in the WHA and NHL), and New Jersey Devils, as well as an assistant coach with the Boston Bruins, has died. He was 89.

 

https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/former-winnipeg-jets-coach-tom-mcvie-dies-at-89-1.2239267

 

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