Kane Dyriden, the Celebrity Hall goalkeeper who helped Montreal Kindins, died winning six titles in the Stanley Cup in the 1970s, after fighting with cancer. It was 78.
Canadians announced his death early on Saturday, saying that the Draiden family had requested privacy. A team spokesman said that an intimate friend of the organization that was appointed by the family had contacted the organization, adding that he had died in peace on Friday at his home.
“Ken Driden was an exceptional athlete, but he was also an exceptional man,” said Jeff Moulson, owner of Kindins. “Behind the mask was larger than life. We are sad today not only the loss of cornerstone in one of the greatest hockey breeds but also a family man, a thoughtful citizen and a noble man who strongly affected our lives and our societies across generations.”
Draiden declined the most successful NHL franchise for championships in six of his eight seasons in the league from 1970-1971 to 78-79. He won the Calder Tophy Award as a year thunderbolt, Vezina as the best goalkeeper and Conn Smythe in MVP qualifiers in 1971, while all the stars were six times.
“Kane embodied the best of everything around Montreal Kindins.”
He is famous for a break -up rest and his joke on top of his stick in a comfortable way that has become one of the most famous forms of hockey.
“From the moment Ken Dyden joined Montreal Kindins as a 23 -year -old escalation in 1971, he had an immediate and permanent impact on NHL, Canadiens privilege and goal position,” said Gary Bitman, Commissioner of NHL. “Kane’s love for his country was clear inside and outside the ice.”
He was inserted into the Hockey Celebrity Hall in 1983, and Draiden was 258-57-74 with a savings rate.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney posted on social media, “He was very sad when I learned of the death of Hun. Ken Draiden, Canadian hockey legend and Famir Hall, a government employee and inspiration.”
“Few of the Canadians gave more, or stood longer, to our country,” Carney said. “Ken Deriden Canada was the big one. He was the best Canada. Launching peace.”
From Hamilton, Ontario, Deriden played three seasons at Cornell University from 1966-1969, leading to the leadership of the great red color to the NCAA 1967 title and ended with a professional record of 76-4-1.
Draiden entered NHL in 1971 and spent only six games in wrinkle before he first appeared in NHL. He and Montreal disturbed his rival Boston in the first round and beat Chicago in the final.
Then it was the cornerstone of the summit team in Canada for the year 1972 that defeated the Soviet Union, starting from the goal in the 6-5 victory in the game 8.
“I feel the history of that tournament, the legacy of that team is strongly like all Canadian fans,” Draiden told Canadian press in an interview in 2022. “It never disappears. It is a kind of good wine, as I think. In fact, his legacy grows.
He also worked in a law firm in Toronto while sitting in the 1973-1974 season-after obtaining a certificate in the law at the University of Montreal McGil.
After retiring as a player, he went to broadcast and the game books, one of the best known books about this sport, after publishing a confrontation at the top as part of a wonderful profession as an author. The color analyst was alongside the Michaels for the miracle of the ice when the United States defeated the Soviet Union and continued to win the gold medal in the 1980 winter Olympics.
Daraiden served as head of the Toronto Maple Leafs team from 1997 to 2004 – an accredited extension through trips to the final of the Eastern Conference in 1999 and 2002 – before resignation to enter politics. He nominated the federal liberals in 2004 and obtained the Minister of Social Development of the Council of Ministers Paul Martin.
Draiden, who also studied at various universities throughout Canada, stuck to his seat at the York Center in Toronto in 2006 when the liberals were expelled, and again in 2008, but they lost in 2011.
Draiden survived the wife Linda and their two children.
Brother Dave Dureiden has been a goalkeeper for a long time. He died in 2022 at the age of 81.