NHL Stanley Cup Champion and Legend Sadly Passes Away at age 96
An NHL Legend passed away Thursday, as Marty Pavelich, a Four-Time Stanley Cup Champion with the Detroit Red Wings is no longer with us.
The Red Wings organization and its fans mourn Pavelich's passing who at 96 succumbed to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Pavelich played 634 games in the NHL from 1947-1957, all with the Detroit Red Wings, and had 93 goals, 252 points in that span.
He was a four-time Stanley Cup champion (1950, 1952, 1954, 1955).
Pavelich spent his entire ten-year NHL career with the Detroit Red Wings, who was long thought to be one of the best defensive forwards in the game.
He scored a career total of 252 points( 93-159) and 454 PIMs in 634 games in a decade-spanning career from 1947 to 1957.
Pavelich was a part of the legendary Red Wings teams of the 50s who would win Four Stanley Cups in 1950, 1952, 1954, and 1955.
The Saule St. Marie forward made appearances in the Stanley Cup playoffs each year of his NHL career.
His career was often bolstered by playing with some of the league's top-scorers at the time. Pavelich's teammates included Ted Lindsay and Gordie Howe.
Source: NHL.com
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