Guy Lafleur
Guy Lafleur
Guy Damien "The Flower" / "Le Démon Blond" Lafleur, OC, CQis a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who was the first player in the National Hockey Leagueto score 50 goals and 100 points in six straight seasons. Between 1971 and 1991, he played for the Montreal Canadiens, New York Rangers and Quebec Nordiques in an NHL career spanning 17 seasons, and five Stanley Cup championships...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth20 September 1951
CityThurso, Canada
fun main raise time
That's the main thing, that's what we're here for. To have fun and at the same time raise money.
felt legs
It felt like we were 10 again, but with the legs of 50-year-olds.
caps family felt higher players relationship salary
The players wanted more money, higher salary caps and they didn't have that family relationship we felt with the players. Mentally, the players were more businesslike.
game last
Play every game as if it is your last one.
bringing harder learned matter maybe regain
I think it was always there and it was maybe a matter of bringing it out. It was harder than I thought it would be and I had to try harder. I had to regain my confidence, maybe the most important thing. I have learned a lot to relax. I know what I can do now, and I do it.
nice years parent
It's nice to see the young ones 7, 8, 9 years old. It seems like they know you through their parents.
guy together firsts
I would compare that to when I first started with the Montreal Canadiens; it was a big family then, where the guys really stuck together and worked like a unit. But when I came back in '88, it was not like that anymore.
thank-you nice careers
It's nice to go to small places where we had a lot of fans. They followed our career and it's kind of a way to say thank you to them and do it for a good cause.
hockey games play
Play every game as if it's your last one
team player nhl
A lot of the players are not involved with any NHL team, so to play and travel around with the Oldtimers' it's a kind of gift that the players really appreciate.
captains boat call-me
The day you hear someone call me captain will be the day I buy a boat.
giving long crowds
The crowd doesn't give a crap as long as you bring the money in.
kids parent shapes
I was working on the farm to get in shape, about a mile away from my parents. You know, I did everything as a kid to stay in shape - jogging, work on the farm, driving the tractor. I'll never forget.
night important downtown
I realized that my family was more important to me than downtown night life.