<p>Claude Lemieux, a four-time Stanley Cup champion whose hockey career was built on playing on the edge with ferocity and physicality, has died. He was 60.</p><p>The NHL Alumni Association announced Lemieux's death in a post on social media. A cause of death was not immediately available, nor was it clear where Lemieux was when he died.</p><p>Lemieux on Monday night was the Montreal Canadiens' torch bearer prior to Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Final at Bell Centre.</p><div class="Enhancement" data-align-center><div class="Enhancement-item"> <div class="ExternalContent-wrapper" data-embed> <iframe width="200" height="113" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KgtAgg5TdY4?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen title="Claude Lemieux carries the torch for Game 3 against the Hurricanes"></iframe> </div> </div></div><p>"Today is a dark day for the Canadiens family and the entire hockey community," Canadiens owner Geoff Molson said.