Stanley Cup winner Petr Klima dies at 58

[pwaldo]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/nh...r-dies-58.html

Stanley Cup winner and Czech forward Petr Klima has died at the age of 58.

The news was announced by HC Litvinov, the Czech club where he started his career in the 1981-82 season, and by Kadan, where he previously worked as the general manager. The cause of death was not given.

Litvinov said the news caused 'great pain in the heart.'

Klima emigrated from communist Czechoslovakia in 1985, four years before the collapse of the Iron Curtain.

In 786 games across 13 seasons in the NHL, the right winger scored 313 regular season goals and added 260 assists. He netted another 28 times with 24 assists in 95 playoff games.

He won the Stanley Cup with the Edmonton Oilers in 1990 and also played for the Detroit Red Wings, Tampa Bay Lightning, Los Angeles Kings and Pittsburgh Penguins.

'The NHL mourns the passing of Czech legend Petr Klima,' the league said in a statement.

'Klima helped the Oilers win the 1990 Stanley Cup while scoring a memorable triple-overtime winner in Game 1 of the Final. Our sympathies are with his family, friends and many fans.'

It was the last time the Oilers won the trophy.

[bakemeister52]

Wow, RIP bro! Has it been that long for the Oilers!

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