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Claude Lemieux

#32 San Jose Sharks / NHL - 08/09

1-time NHL Stanley Cup MVP (Conn Smythe Trophy)

1-time QMJHL Playoffs MVP (Guy Lafleur Trophy)

Date of Birth

Jul 16, 1965

Position

Age

Height

6'1" / 185 cm

Place of Birth

Buckingham, QC, CAN

Weight

216 lbs / 98 kg

Nation

Canada / USA

Shoots

Youth Team

Status

Retired

Drafted

1983 round 2 #26 overall by Montréal Canadiens

Brother: Jocelyn Lemieux
Sons: Christopher Lemieux, Brendan Lemieux, Michael Lemieux

Claude Lemieux's ferocious play style helped him make the playoffs in 15 straight seasons. Over that span, he won 4 Stanley Cups with the 3 different teams: the Canadiens, Devils, and Avalanche. He won the Conn Smythe in 1995 after scoring 13 goals and 16 points in 20 games. The big winger also won a Canada Cup in 1988 and retired in 2009 with 369 goals, 407 assists, and 1,777 penalty minutes over 21 seasons.

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Claude Lemieux Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-		POST	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
1981-82	Richelieu Éclaireurs	QMAAA	48*	24*	48*	72*	96*	-*	\|	Playoffs	8	10	13	23	14	-
1982-83	Trois-Rivières Draveurs	QMJHL	62*	28*	38*	66*	213*	-*	\|	Playoffs	4	1	0	1	30	-
1983-84	Verdun Juniors	QMJHL	51*	41*	45*	86*	227*	-*	\|	Playoffs	9	8	12	20	63	-
	Montréal Canadiens	NHL	8*	1*	1*	2*	12*	-2*	\|
	Nova Scotia Voyageurs	AHL	0*	0*	0*	0*	0*	0*	\|	Playoffs	2	1	0	1	6	-
1984-85	Verdun Jr. Canadiens “C”	QMJHL	52*	58*	66*	124*	152*	-*	\|	Playoffs	14	23	17	40	38	-
	Montréal Canadiens	NHL	1*	0*	1*	1*	7*	1*	\|
	Canada U20	WJC-20	6*	3*	2*	5*	6*	-*	\|
1985-86	Montréal Canadiens	NHL	10*	1*	2*	3*	22*	-6*	\|	Playoffs	20	10	6	16	68	1
	Sherbrooke Canadiens	AHL	58*	21*	32*	53*	145*	-*	\|
1986-87	Montréal Canadiens	NHL	76*	27*	26*	53*	156*	0*	\|	Playoffs	17	4	9	13	41	6
1987-88	Montréal Canadiens	NHL	78*	31*	30*	61*	137*	16*	\|	Playoffs	11	3	2	5	20	-2
	Canada	CC	6*	1*	1*	2*	4*	0*	\|
1988-89	Montréal Canadiens	NHL	69*	29*	22*	51*	136*	14*	\|	Playoffs	18	4	3	7	58	0
1989-90	Montréal Canadiens	NHL	39*	8*	10*	18*	106*	-8*	\|	Playoffs	11	1	3	4	38	2
1990-91	New Jersey Devils	NHL	78*	20*	17*	47*	105*	-8*	\|	Playoffs	7	4	0	4	34	-3
1991-92	New Jersey Devils	NHL	74*	41*	27*	68*	109*	9*	\|	Playoffs	7	4	3	7	26	1
1992-93	New Jersey Devils	NHL	77*	30*	51*	81*	155*	3*	\|	Playoffs	5	2	0	2	19	-3
1993-94	New Jersey Devils	NHL	79*	18*	26*	44*	86*	13*	\|	Playoffs	20	7	11	18	44	4
1994-95	New Jersey Devils	NHL	45*	6*	13*	19*	86*	2*	\|	Playoffs	20	13	3	16	20	12
1995-96	Colorado Avalanche	NHL	79*	39*	32*	71*	117*	14*	\|	Playoffs	19	5	7	12	55	5
1996-97	Colorado Avalanche “A”	NHL	45*	11*	17*	28*	43*	-4*	\|	Playoffs	17	13	10	23	32	7
	Canada	WCup	8*	1*	1*	2*	19*	-3*	\|
1997-98	Colorado Avalanche “A”	NHL	78*	26*	27*	53*	115*	-7*	\|	Playoffs	7	3	3	6	8	2
1998-99	Colorado Avalanche “A”	NHL	82*	27*	24*	51*	102*	0*	\|	Playoffs	19	3	11	14	26	5
1999-00	Colorado Avalanche “A”	NHL	13*	3*	6*	9*	4*	0*	\|
	New Jersey Devils	NHL	70*	17*	21*	38*	86*	-3*	\|	Playoffs	23	4	6	10	28	7
2000-01	Phoenix Coyotes	NHL	46*	10*	16*	26*	58*	1*	\|
2001-02	Phoenix Coyotes “A”	NHL	82*	16*	25*	41*	70*	-5*	\|	Playoffs	5	0	0	0	2	-2
2002-03	Phoenix Coyotes “A”	NHL	36*	6*	8*	14*	30*	-3*	\|
	Dallas Stars	NHL	32*	2*	4*	6*	14*	-9*	\|	Playoffs	7	0	1	1	10	-1
2003-04	EV Zug	NLA	7*	2*	3*	5*	4*	-*	\|	Playoffs	5	1	3	4	8	-
2004-08	Did not play		*	*	*	*	*	*	\|
2008-09	China Sharks	Asia League	2*	0*	1*	1*	4*	-*	\|
	Worcester Sharks	AHL	23*	3*	8*	11*	24*	2*	\|
	San Jose Sharks	NHL	18*	0*	1*	1*	21*	-5*	\|	Playoffs	1	0	0	0	0	0

Claude Lemieux Tournament Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
1981-82	Richelieu Éclaireurs M18 AA	Mac's Tournament	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	\|
1983-84	Verdun Juniors	Memorial Cup	3*	1*	3*	4*	2*	-*	\|
1986-87	NHL All-Stars	Rendez-vous 87	2*	0*	0*	0*	4*	-*	\|

Claude Lemieux Career Totals

League	Years	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-	\|	Years	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-
AHL	3	81*	24*	40*	64*	0.79*	169*	2*	\|	1	2	1 *	0 *	1 *	0.50 *	6 *	- *
Asia League	1	2*	0*	1*	1*	0.50*	4*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
CC	1	6*	1*	1*	2*	0.33*	4*	0*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
Mac's Tournament	1	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
Memorial Cup	1	3*	1*	3*	4*	1.33*	2*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
NHL	21	1 215*	369*	407*	786*	0.65*	1 777*	13*	\|	18	234	80 *	78 *	158 *	0.68 *	529 *	41 *
NLA (NL)	1	7*	2*	3*	5*	0.71*	4*	-*	\|	1	5	1 *	3 *	4 *	0.80 *	8 *	- *
QMAAA (QM18AAA)	1	48*	24*	48*	72*	1.50*	96*	-*	\|	1	8	10 *	13 *	23 *	2.88 *	14 *	- *
QMJHL	3	165*	127*	149*	276*	1.67*	592*	-*	\|	3	27	32 *	29 *	61 *	2.26 *	131 *	- *
Rendez-vous 87	1	2*	0*	0*	0*	0.00*	4*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
WCup	1	8*	1*	1*	2*	0.25*	19*	-3*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
WJC-20	1	6*	3*	2*	5*	0.83*	6*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*

* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

Claude Lemieux Career Highlights

Season

Awards by season

1983-1984
- QMJHL Second All-Star Team
1984-1985
1985-1986
- NHL Stanley Cup Champion
1987-1988
- Canada Cup Champion
1994-1995
1995-1996
- NHL Stanley Cup Champion
1996-1997
- NHL Playoffs Most Goals (13)
1999-2000
- NHL Stanley Cup Champion

Transactions

DATE	STATUS	FROM	TO	SOURCE
07/08/2009
07/08/2009	Confirmed	San Jose Sharks	Retired

Player Biography and Trivia

Drafted 1982, 1 #6 overall by Trois-Rivières Draveurs in the QMJHL Entry Draft

Cult/Star player for Arizona Coyotes

Cult/Star player for China Sharks

Cult/Star player for Colorado Avalanche

Cult/Star player for EV Zug

Cult/Star player for Montréal Canadiens

Cult/Star player for New Jersey Devils

Has become President Hockey North America of the 4Sports Hockey Agency.

Career transactions
- 2009-07-08 • Announced his retirement
- 2008-12-29 • Signed by the San Jose Sharks
- 2008-11-24 • Signed by the Worcester Sharks
- 2003-10-07 • Bought out by the Dallas Stars
- 2003-01-16 • Traded to the Dallas Stars for Scott Pellerin & a 2004 conditional draft pick
- 2000-12-02 • Signed by the Phoenix Coyotes
- 1999-11-03 • Traded to the New Jersey Devils with a 2000 1st round pick (David Hale) & a 2000 2nd round pick (Matt DeMarchi) for Brian Rolston & a 2000 1st round pick (later traded to Boston in the Ray Bourque deal: Martin Samuelsson)
- 1995-10-03 • Traded to the Colorado Avalanche for Wendel Clark
- 1995-10-03 • Traded to the New York Islanders for Steve Thomas
- 1990-09-04 • Traded to the New Jersey Devils for Sylvain Turgeon
- 1983-06-08 • Selected 26th overall in the NHL Entry Draft by the Montreal Canadiens