André Lacroix (ice hockey)

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André Joseph Lacroix (la-KWAH; June 5, 1945 – October 27, 2026) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player in the National Hockey League (NHL) and the World Hockey Association (WHA). 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. In 1972, with the advent of the newly created WHA, Lacroix joined the Philadelphia Blazers and immediately had his best season as a professional at the time with 50 goals and 74 assists to win the scoring trophy. Refusing to move with the team to Vancouver, they traded him...

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