Hockey Hall of Fame forward Elmer Lach, who centered the Montreal Canadiens’ famed “Punch Line” in the 1940s, died Saturday in Montreal. He was 97. His death was announced by the Canadiens.

Elmer James Lach was born in Nokomis, Saskatchewan, on Jan. 22, 1918. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1966. Advertisement. Notable deaths of 2015 and 2016 +80.

Forget, for a moment, Elmer Lach's three Stanley Cup championships with the Montreal Canadiens in the 1940s and 1950s, and his 215 goals and 408 assists in his 664 regular-season NHL games. Push ...

MONTREAL (AP) — Hall of Fame forward Elmer Lach, who centered Montreal's famed Punch Line with Toe Blake on left wing and Maurice "Rocket" Richard on the right, has died. He was 97.

MONTREAL — Hall of Fame forward Elmer Lach, who centered Montreal’s famed Punch Line with Toe Blake on left wing and Maurice “Rocket” Richard on the right, has died. He was 97.The ...

Hall of Fame forward Elmer Lach, who centered Montreal's famed Punch Line with Toe Blake on left wing and Maurice “Rocket” Richard on the right, has died. Elmer Lach dead at 97; Montreal ...

Montreal, QC (SportsNetwork.com) - Hockey Hall of Famer Elmer Lach, a three- time Stanley Cup winner with the Montreal Canadiens, died Saturday morning ...

Elmer Lach was the tough little center who made plays for the Montreal Canadiens' legendary Punch Line. He died was 97. The Canadiens announced word of Lach's death on Saturday. A member of the ...

Hall of Fame forward Elmer Lach, who centered Montreal's famed Punch Line with Toe Blake on left wing and Maurice "Rocket" Richard on the right, has died. He was 97.

It has been a tough season for the Montreal Canadiens family with the recent deaths of the legendary Jean Beliveau, Elmer Lach and Dollard St. Laurent. But if there is one organization that knows ...

Elmer Lach was the tough little center who made plays for the Montreal Canadiens' legendary Punch Line. He died was 97. The Canadiens announced word of Lach's death on Saturday.