Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach

André Lacroix

André Joseph Lacroix is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player in the National Hockey League and the World Hockey Association. As a youth, Lacroix excelled as a centre for the minor league Peterborough Petes and Quebec Aces before finding his way into the NHL with the Philadelphia Flyers in the middle of the 1967-68 season. He recorded 14 points in 18 games to close out the season before becoming part of a forward line that saw him lead the team in points in the next two seasons with 50 points each. He closed out his tenure in Philadelphia with his third straight 20-goal season before being traded to the Chicago Black Hawks, where he struggled for one season.

Born

1945

June 5

Died

Living

Era

1940s

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1257 Kraków, in Poland, receives city rights.
1284 Battle of the Gulf of Naples: Roger of Lauria, admiral to King Peter III of Aragon, destroys the Neapolitan fleet and captures Charles of Salerno.

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The world in 1945

When André arrived

april 1 World War II: The Tenth United States Army attacks the Thirty-Second Japanese Army on Okinawa.
april 11 World War II: American forces liberate the Buchenwald concentration camp.
april 12 U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies in office; Vice President Harry S. Truman succeeds him.
april 12 World War II: The U.S. Ninth Army under General William H. Simpson crosses the Elbe River astride Magdeburg, and reaches Tangermünde—only 80 kilometres from Berlin.

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