The 91-year-old, known as one of the most gentlemanly players in the NHL, as well as among its most skilled, was part of four titles in Toronto, preceded by four others with the Detroit Red Wings.
On Thursday’s 52nd anniversary of their last Stanley Cup, the Maple Leafs have lost the great Red Kelly.“The entire Leafs organization mourns the passing of Red Kelly,” said Leaf President Brendan Shanahan in a statement. “For those of us who were lucky enough to have known or encountered Red, we will all miss his sharp mind and keen intellect. He was a gentleman, but a fierce competitor. Above all, he was a family man, and he will be missed by his hockey family.
A family man and a fierce competitor, Red played eight seasons with the Leafs and won four Stanley Cups in Toronto.— Toronto Maple Leafs May 2, 2019Kelly’s No. 4 is retired by both the Leafs and Red Wings, the latter ceremony taking place at Little Caesars Arena in a game against Toronto. “If you’re going to win the Cup, every man has to give extra,” Kelly said in 2017. “It’s not like golf.”“We stayed together,” Kelly said of a very difficult regular season. “That Cup were four that Montreal didn’t get.”
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