Bert Olmstead, the Hall of Fame left winger who played on five Stanley Cup championships teams during his 14-year NHL career, has died. He was 89.
The NHL and the Montreal Canadiens said Wednesday that Olmstead died Monday.
Olmstead had 181 goals and 421 assists in 848 regular-season games for Chicago, Montreal and Toronto from 1948 to 1962. He had 16 goals and 43 assists in 115 playoff games, winning titles with the Canadiens in 1953, 1956, 1957 and 1958 and the Maple Leafs in 1962.
Inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1985, Olmstead played on Montreal's top line with Maurice Richard and Elmer Lach and later Jean Beliveau and Bernie Geoffrion.