India, May 29 -- The hockey world was left mourning on Thursday after the passing of Claude Lemieux, the former NHL star and four-time Stanley Cup champion, at the age of 60. The Montreal Canadiens confirmed the news, marking the loss of one of the league's most accomplished playoff performers across a 21-season career.

Lemieux had recently been in Montreal and served as the Bell Centre torchbearer ahead of Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Final between the Canadiens and Carolina Hurricanes earlier this week. The emotional appearance came just days before news of his death shocked the NHL community.

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