Claude Lemieux won four Stanley Cup championships during his career, two with the New Jersey Devils, with whom he won the Conn Smythe Trophy during the team's victory in the 1995 Stanley Cup Finals.
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30 Facts About Claude Lemieux
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Claude Lemieux is one of only 11 players to win a Stanley Cup championship with at least three teams.
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Claude Lemieux is known as one of the best playoff performers, as his 80 career playoff goals are the ninth most in NHL history.
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Claude Lemieux was born in Buckingham, Quebec, but grew up in Mont-Laurier, Quebec.
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Claude Lemieux was traded to the Colorado Avalanche in 1995 and won his second consecutive Stanley Cup during the 1996 finals.
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In 1999, Claude Lemieux was traded back to the Devils and won a second Stanley Cup with them in the 2000 finals – his fourth overall.
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Claude Lemieux's son Brendan Lemieux is an NHL player, a forward for the Los Angeles Kings.
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Claude Lemieux was drafted in the second round of the 1983 NHL Entry Draft by the Montreal Canadiens.
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In September 1990, Claude Lemieux was traded to the New Jersey Devils for Sylvain Turgeon.
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Claude Lemieux won his second Stanley Cup in 1995 as New Jersey defeated the Detroit Red Wings.
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In November 1999, Claude Lemieux was traded back to New Jersey in a deal that sent Brian Rolston to Colorado.
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Claude Lemieux won his fourth and final Stanley Cup title with the Devils in 2000.
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In 2005, Claude Lemieux became president of the ECHL incarnation of the Phoenix RoadRunners until resigning in 2007.
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In 2007, Claude Lemieux took part in the second season of the Spike TV television show Pros vs Joes.
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In October 2009, Claude Lemieux began competing as a pairs figure skater on the CBC Television reality show Battle of the Blades with Shae-Lynn Bourne.
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For one of their routines, the pair skated to Claude Lemieux's recorded version of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah, which he sang as a duet with Kathryn Rose.
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In September 2008, on RDS, Claude Lemieux expressed an interest in making a comeback to the NHL.
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Claude Lemieux represented Canada three times in international competitions over the course of his career.
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Claude Lemieux finished the tournament with 3 goals and 2 assist in 6 games to help Canada win its second World Junior gold medal.
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Claude Lemieux was a member of the 1987 Canada Cup winning team where he tallied 2 points in 6 games.
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Claude Lemieux picked up 19 penalty minutes in the eight games as Canada finished second.
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Claude Lemieux played in 234 playoff games, which is fourth all-time in the NHL.
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Claude Lemieux retired with 80 career playoff goals, ninth all-time in the NHL.
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Claude Lemieux was notorious for being among the league's most hated and dirtiest players; in fact, a 2009 TSN special entitled "The Top 10 Most Hated NHL Players of All Time" ranked him second, behind only Sean Avery.
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Claude Lemieux challenged him face to face, and the two had their second fight.
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Claude Lemieux was born in Buckingham, Quebec, and resides in Huntington Beach, California.
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Claude Lemieux is the older brother of former NHL forward Jocelyn Claude Lemieux.
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Claude Lemieux has another brother, Serge, who was diagnosed with cerebral palsy.
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Claude Lemieux has four children between two marriages: three sons and a daughter.
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