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Bruins Season Ticket Holder Jim Burgoyne recalls airport meeting with Ray Bourque by Eric Russo @erusso22 / BostonBruins.com BostonBruins.com - Jim Burgoyne has been a Bruins fan since the days of Bobby Orr. As such, it is not uncommon to find the longtime Season Ticket Holder donning the Spoked-B in support of his favorite team....

loved Pierre Lacroix and Carl Scheer. Strange, strong word for a cold, callous columnist to type in bold face about a couple of general managers. GMs and sportswriters coalesce and coexist like Burr and Hamilton, Kennedy and Khrushchev, Dr. Peter Venkman and Slimer. General managers believe that sports scribes are incompetent ne’er-do-wells who don’t know if a ball is stuffed or inflated, and they should be banished to Par Naogaon, Bangladesh. Columnists opine that GM stands for “Godawful...

loved Pierre Lacroix and Carl Scheer. Strange, strong word for a cold, callous columnist to type in bold face about a couple of general managers. GMs and sportswriters coalesce and coexist like Burr and Hamilton, Kennedy and Khrushchev, Dr. Peter Venkman and Slimer. General managers believe that sports scribes are incompetent ne’er-do-wells who don’t know if a ball is stuffed or inflated, and they should be banished to Par Naogaon, Bangladesh. Columnists opine that GM stands for “Godawful...

Pierre Lacroix, architect of 2 Avalanche Stanley Cup titles, dies at 72 Durango, Colorado Currently Tue 4% chance of precipitation 8% chance of precipitation 15% chance of precipitation 11% chance of precipitation Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020 3:25 PM Pierre Lacroix, who brought Colorado two Stanley Cup titles as team president, died Sunday at the age of 72. David Zalubowski/Associated Press file Pierre Lacroix, architect of 2 Avalanche Stanley Cup titles, d...

Two-time NHL champion general manager Lacroix dead at 72 Issued on: 13/12/2020 - 22:32 2 min New York (AFP) Pierre Lacroix, who twice won the Stanley Cup as general manager of the National Hockey Leagues Colorado Avalanche, died Sunday at age 72. The Montreal-born executive was hired by the Quebec Nordiques in May 1994 and stayed with the franchise when it moved to Denver before the start of the 1995-96 campaign. The squads he assembled won the Stanley Cup in 1996 and 2001, captured division ...

Pierre Lacroix, architect of two Colorado Avalanche Stanley Cup titles, dies at 72 The Avalanche confirmed his death Sunday. No cause of death was given. Lacroix was a driving force behind turning the Avalanche into a perennial power after the team relocated from Quebec to Denver for the 1995-96 season. The Avalanche hoisted the 96 Stanley Cup Trophy in their first season in the Mile High City and again in 2001. Known for his shrewd trades, Lacroix struck a deal with Montreal to acquire Hall of...

Commissioner Bettman Statement on the Passing of Pierre Lacroix Reflection of Pierre Lacroix, the architect of the Avalanches two Stanley Cups by National Hockey League @NHL / NHL.com NEW YORK--National Hockey League Commissioner  Gary Bettman today released the following statement regarding the passing of  Pierre Lacroix: "Pi...

Lacroix, architect of 2 Avs Stanley Cup titles, dies at 72 December 13, 2020 GMT File-This May 12, 2006 file photo shows Colorado Avalanche president Pierre Lacroix struggling to announce that he will step down from running the teams day-to-day operations as general manager but retain his post as overseer of the NHL hockey franchise. Lacroix, the executive who was the architect behind two Colorado Avalanche Stanley Cup championship teams, has died. He was 72. The Avalanche confirmed his death ...

Former Avs president Lacroix dead at 72 Pierre Lacroix, the former general manager of the Quebec Nordiques and Colorado Avalanche, has died at the age of 72. The Avalanche confirmed his death in a statement Sunday. The Canadian Press Pierre Lacroix , Getty Images Pierre Lacroix, the former general manager of the Quebec Nordiques and Colorado Avalanche, has died at the age of 72. The Avalanche confirmed his death in a statement Sunday. "Pierre was inst...

Pierre Lacroix, former general manager of Nordiques, Avalanche, dead at 72 Colorado Avalanche president and general manager Pierre Lacroix talks to the media as Kroenke Sports Enterprises chief marketing officer Paul Andrews looks on during a news conference, in Denver, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2005. Lacroix, the former general manager of the Quebec Nordiques and Colorado Avalnche, has died at the age of 72. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Jack Dempsey December 13, 2020 - 1:44 ...