Elmer Lach was the tough little center who made plays for Jonathan Villar Jersey the Montreal Canadiens' legendary Punch Line. He died was 97.The Canadiens announced word of Lach's death on Saturday. , Lach was on three Habs teams that won the Stanley Cup.MORE: | | Elmer Lach in 2009 (Getty Images)His line was among the most renowned in NHL history. Lach centered fellow Hall of Fame wingers Maurice Richard and Toe Blake.Lach was born in Nokomis, Saskatchewan, on Jan. 22, 1918. He played 14 seasons."They used to call him Elegant Elmer but he wasn't very elegant," broadcaster Dick Irvin Jr. told . Dick Irvin Sr. was Lach's only coach through Jhoulys Chacin Jersey his career from 1940 to 1954. "He was a tough little guy."But he was a wonderful playmaker. He knew what to do with the puck."Lach had a stroke a week earlier, according to .In remembering Lach, The Gazette's Dave Stubbs wrote:Lach spoke virtually nothing of himself. Instead, he deflected all credit for the Punch Line's stunning succe s to his incandescent right winger, Milwaukee Brewers Hoodie the Rocket, and to the industrious Blake, who patrolled the left side.The Canadiens retired Lach's No. 16 sweater in December 2009.They could well have raised his X-rays as well. Called Lach the Unlucky, he was frequently out of the lineup with injuries, and more often in the lineup playing through them.The Gazette offered a list of Lach's injuries.They included a nose shattered seven times; a jaw (later permanently wired) officially broken twice but, in reality, three times he didn't tell Irvin of one fracture lest he be scratched from a game; a fractured skull that at first was treated as a "slight concu sion" Ryan Braun Jersey ; and two severed veins in a foot from the slash of a skate blade, an injury with which he played until a teammate saw the blood.Lach Matt Garza Jersey had 215 goals in 664 NHL games, but mi sed 150 games.Card i sued for Lach's sweater retirement. See more at .With the death of Lach, the oldest living member of the Hockey Hall of Fame is "Terrible" Ted Lindsey, 89.Lach's first wife Kay died in 1985 and his second wife Lise Desjardins died in 2014, according to The Canadian Pre s. He had two daughters.
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