Pierre Lacroix, the gifted former general manager of the Colorado Avalanche who was instrumental in building the teams who captured eight straight division titles, two Stanley Cups, and providing Denver with it’s very first major professional sports championship in 1996, died Sunday at the age of 72. His death was due, in-part to complications from Coronavirus (COVID-19), according to the Journal de Quebec.
The Avalanche organization confirmed Lacroix’s death in a statement released Sunday morning:
Avalanche statement on the passing of Pierre Lacroixhttps://t.co/pFpkKhJAjQ
— Colorado Avalanche (@Avalanche) December 13, 2020
Lacroix had an astute hockey mind and in 1994 veered off the player agent path to become general manger of the Quebec Nordiques.