Gilles Lupien, the ex-Montreal defenseman who succumbed to cancer at age 67 on Wednesday, held but a brief role in the rich, emotionally charged Canadiens-Bruins playoff rivalry that for decades ...
Was part of Stanley Cup teams in 1978 and 1979 while serving as an on-ice bodyguard for Habs superstar Guy Lafleur. Lupien, who was born in Brownsburg, was selected by the Canadiens in the second ...
MONTREAL Back on Oct. 1, the agent for Devils’ goaltender Martin Brodeur said, “As long as Martin is a free agent, the last place I would go for him would be New Jersey. But that was in the NHL’s dark ...
MONTREAL - The Montreal Canadiens were deeply saddened to learn of the passing of former defenseman Gilles Lupien after a courageous battle against cancer. He was 67. Born in Brownsburg, Quebec, on ...
During a walk in the city that year, 1978, he was contemplating his good fortune when he overheard a kids’ road hockey game where duelling players referred to themselves as Lafleur and Lupien. The ...
Tough talk: Goalie Martin Brodeur’s agent has suspended talks with New Jersey, and the NHL’s rookie of the year expects to become a free agent at the end of the season. Brodeur, whose scheduled ...
Gilles Lupien, the agent who is advising Devils defenseman Eric Gelinas to sit out training camp until he gets a new contract, appears to have been warned by GM Lou Lamoriello to avoid discussing the ...
It was Wednesday, April 3, 2013. The NHL trading deadline had come and gone, and hockey agent Gilles Lupien was sitting in Montreal, watching his star client talk to the cameras in Vancouver. For 19 ...
The night before Gabriel Fortier’s NHL debut with the Lightning on Tuesday, he was trading texts with his agent, Erik Lupien. Fortier, 21, never expected to play in the NHL this season, his first full ...
Roberto Luongo may have still been the Panthers’ goalie today, but one more financial request from his agent in the final hours angered team officials enough to abruptly end negotiations and his ...