Hall of Fame forward Elmer Lach, who was named the National Hockey League’s most valuable player in 1945 while centering the Montreal Canadiens’ famed Punch Line of the 1940s, with Toe Blake ...

Hockey Hall of Fame forward Elmer Lach, who centered the Montreal Canadiens' famed "Punch Line" in the 1940s, died Saturday in Montreal.

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.

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.

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.

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 ...

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, QC (SportsNetwork.com) - Hockey Hall of Famer Elmer Lach, a three- time Stanley Cup winner with the Montreal Canadiens, died Saturday morning. He was 97 years old. "Every 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.

(Reuters) - National Hockey League Hall of Famer Elmer Lach died on Saturday at the age of 97, the Montreal Canadiens said. Lach, who won the Hart Trophy as the NHL’s Most Valuable Player after ...

Elmer Lach and Maurice Richard formed a partnership that brought out the best in both – a hockey equivalent of Hepburn-Tracy or Lennon-McCartney. Unlike the relatively equal attention shared by ...