Former NHL defenceman Noel Picard has died in Montreal at the age of 78.
The St. Louis Blues say he died last week after a long battle against cancer.
Picard appears in one of the most famous hockey photographs which shows Bobby Orr horizontally flying through the air after scoring a Stanley Cup-winning goal against the Blues. Orr took flight after being tripped by Picard in front of St. Louis goalie Glenn Hall.
http://montrealgazette.com/sports/h...rmer-montreal-canadien-noel-picard-dies-at-78
Bob Ring is a footnote. He was from Wakefield and he played goal in only one game for the Bruins on October 30, 1965. He was the first American to play goal for Boston since Frank Brimsek.
He never played another NHL game.
He died of cancer earlier this summer in South Carolina at the age of 70.
http://www.goaliesarchive.com/bruins/ring.html
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/islandpacket/obituary.aspx?pid=185933154
