Canadiens legend Guy Lafleur underwent successful quadruple-bypass heart surgery Thursday morning in Montreal. “Guy Lafleur underwent quadruple bypass heart surgery earlier this morning at the Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM),” the Canadiens said in a statement released at the request of the Lafleur family. The operation was successful, and doctors predict a full recovery after several months of convalescence. “For behalf of the Montreal Canadiens family I’d like to wish Guy Lafleur the best in his recovery and we hope to see him soon at the Bell Centre healthy,” Bergevin said. Lafleur, 68, won five Stanley Cups during his 14 seasons with the Canadiens and won the Hart Trophy as the NHL’s most valuable player in 1976-77 and 1977-78.

Source: National Post September 26, 2019 19:41 UTC