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Ice hockey player Children: Mark Lafleur, Martin Lafleur Trending Born: September 20, 1951, Thurso, Canada Died: April 22, 2022, Kirkland, Canada Spouse: Lise Lafleur (m. 1973–2022) Playing career: 1971–1985; 1988–1991 Height: 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) Parents: Réjean Lafleur, Pierette Lafleur Born: September 20, 1951 Birthplace: Thurso, QC, CAN Shoots: Right Draft: 1971 MTL, 1st rd, 1st pk (1st overall) guy lafleur wiki
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Lafleur was born on September 20, 1951, in Thurso, Quebec. He started playing hockey at the age of five after receiving his first hockey stick as a Christmas present. Lafleur was a licensed helicopter pilot.[ He was part owner of a helicopter transportation company. He was the copilot when the Tampa Bay Lightning’s André Roy proposed to his fiancée, the Stanley Cup serving as the engagement ring bearer. In the 1990s, Lafleur had his own brand of fruit juice energy drink, “Flower Power”. Lafleur also owned a restaurant in Berthierville, Quebec, “Guy Lafleur Mikes Signature”, which opened in 2002. He opened a new restaurant, called “Bleu, Blanc, Rouge!” in Rosemère, Quebec, in 2008. Lafleur sold the “Bleu, Blanc Rouge” in December 2012. The restaurant closed on December 22, 2012. From 2005 to 2008 Lafleur was appointed honorary colonel of 12 Radar Squadron, an air force unit in Bagotville, Quebec. In February 2013 he was appointed honorary colonel of 3 Wing Bagotville, the parent formation of 12 Radar Squadron. Honorary colonels generally serve for three years. In 2007 Lafleur’s son Mark was arrested for assault, forcible confinement, and other charges, and remained at his father’s house as part of his bail conditions. In 2009, Lafleur was charged with giving contradictory testimony about whether Mark had respected his curfew. Lafleur was convicted in 2009, but in August 2010, he was unanimously acquitted of all charges by the Quebec Court of Appeal. He filed a $2.8 million civil suit against police and prosecutors, claiming that his rights were violated and his reputation damaged but did not win his case. Guy Lafleur’s life would change forever when he was 10 years old, filling the net with ridiculous ease at Quebec City’s renowned international peewee tournament against boys a couple of years his senior. It was then, in 1962, after another game in which Lafleur had dazzled, that the forward met both an idol and a hockey icon, Montreal Canadiens legend Jean Beliveau, who stopped by the dressing room at Le Colisee to meet the young, starstruck team. The arena in the provincial capital was known as “The House that Beliveau Built” for his heroics with the junior Quebec Citadelles and the senior-league Quebec Aces in the late 1940s and early ’50s. On this rink from 1969-71 with the Quebec Remparts, Lafleur would score 233 goals and 379 points and lead his Remparts to the Memorial Cup in ’70-71 as Canada’s top major-junior team. ‘The Flower’ won Stanley Cup five times with Canadiens, was first to score at least 50 goals, 100 points in six straight seasons. Guy Lafleur’s life would change forever when he was 10 years old, filling the net with ridiculous ease at Quebec City’s renowned international peewee tournament against boys a couple of years his senior.
