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1985-86 NHL Deaths

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League Champion: Montreal Canadiens

Calder Memorial Trophy: Gary Suter (18 G, 50 A, 68 P)

Vezina Trophy: John Vanbiesbrouck (31-21-5, 3.33 GAA)

Hart Memorial Trophy: Wayne Gretzky (52 G, 163 A, 215 P)

Goals Leaders: Jari Kurri (68)

Assists Leaders: Wayne Gretzky (163)

Points Leaders: Wayne Gretzky (215)

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Listing deaths between Sept. 1 before the season began, and Aug. 31 following the season's end.

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Deaths Table
								Scoring						Goalie Stats
Rk	Name	Birth Date	Death Date	Age at Death	From	To	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	GP	W	L	T/O	SV%	GAA
1	Murph Chamberlain	1915-02-14	1986-05-08	71	1938	1949	LW	510	100	175	275		789
2	Bill Cook	1896-10-09	1986-04-06	89	1927	1937	RW	475	228	138	366		386
3	Rosie Couture	1905-07-24	1986-03-01	80	1929	1936	RW	329	48	55	103		185
4	Ernie Dickens	1921-06-25	1985-09-27	64	1942	1951	D	278	12	44	56		98
5	Clarence Drouillard	1914-03-02	1986-05-03	72	1938	1938	C	10	0	1	1		0
6	Jake Forbes	1897-07-04	1985-12-30	88	1920	1933	G	210	0	0	0		2	210	85	114	11		2.76
7	Jimmy Fowler	1915-04-06	1985-10-17	70	1937	1939	D	135	18	29	47		39
8	Ebbie Goodfellow	1906-04-09	1985-09-10	79	1930	1943	C/D	557	135	191	326		511
9	Johnny Gottselig	1905-06-24	1986-05-15	80	1929	1945	LW	591	176	196	372		211
10	Alex Gray	1899-06-21	1986-04-10	86	1928	1929	RW	50	7	1	8		30
11	Red Hamill	1917-01-11	1985-12-12	68	1938	1951	LW	429	128	94	222		170
12	Hec Highton	1923-12-10	1985-09-28	61	1944	1944	G	24	0	0	0		0	24	10	14	0		4.50
13	Jim Jamieson	1922-03-21	1985-12-26	63	1944	1944	D	1	0	1	1		0
14	Aurele Joliat	1901-08-29	1986-06-02	84	1923	1938	LW	655	269	194	463		766
15	Benjamin LaPrairie	1911-10-20	1986-04-20	74	1937	1937	D	7	0	0	0		0
16	Pelle Lindbergh	1959-05-24	1985-11-10	26	1982	1986	G	157	0	5	5	0	10	157	87	49	15	.887	3.31
17	Jacques Locas	1926-02-12	1985-09-26	59	1948	1949	RW	59	7	8	15		66
18	Kilby MacDonald	1914-09-06	1986-05-11	71	1940	1945	LW	152	36	34	70		47
19	Bill Miller	1908-08-01	1986-06-12	77	1935	1937	C/D	95	7	3	10		16
20	George Owen	1901-02-12	1986-03-04	85	1929	1933	D	183	44	33	77		151
Rk	Name	Birth Date	Death Date	Age at Death	From	To	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	GP	W	L	T/O	SV%	GAA
21	Gord Pettinger	1911-11-11	1986-04-12	74	1933	1940	C	292	42	72	114		77
22	Jacques Plante	1929-01-17	1986-02-27	57	1953	1973	G	837	0	8	8	0	92	837	437	246	145	.920	2.38
23	Leo Quenneville	1900-06-15	1986-04-09	85	1930	1930	LW/C	25	0	3	3		10
24	Reg Reid	1899-02-17	1986-01-14	86	1925	1926	LW	39	1	0	1		4
25	Gus Rivers	1909-11-19	1985-10-15	75	1930	1932	RW	88	4	5	9		10

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