Montreal Canadiens legend Guy Lafleur underwent succe sful quadruple bypa s heart surgery Thursday, the team announced. The team released the following : “Guy Lafleur underwent quadruple bypa s heart surgery earlier this morning at the Centre hospitalier de l’Universit de Montral (CHUM). Jim Benning Jersey This procedure was nece sary after a routine examination detected a cardiac i sue. The operation was succe sful, and doctors predict a full recovery after several months of convalescence. The family wishes to thank the entire medical team, as well as the personnel at the CHUM, and will not i sue any further comment.” TheHall of Fame right winger’shealth update was first reported Conor Garland Jersey byTSN 690’s Tony Mariano on Sept. 25. Just been told that Guy Lafleur went to get his heart checked this morning. DR told him he needs to have Quadruple Bypa s Surgery. The surgery is scheduled for tomorrow. Best of luck to my childhood idol. Tony Marinaro (@TonyMarinaro) During a 17-year NHL career in which he played for the Montreal Canadiens, New York Rangers and Quebec Nordiques, Lafleur scored 560 goals and totaled 1,353 points in 1,126 games. He ranks 27th on the NHL’s all-time scoring list. He was the first player in league history to record 50 goals and 100 points in six straight seasons (1974-80). “The Flower” is mainlyremembered, however,for his 14-year tenure with the Habs, the franchise that selected him first overall in the 1971 draft. His No Danton Heinen Jersey . 10 is raised to the rafters at Bell Centre, and for good reason; he won five Stanley Cups with the team, including four consecutive (1976-79). Lafleur is also the franchise’s all-timeleader in a sists (728), regular-season points (1,246) and single-season points (136). Name any great and they will not have as many points as Guy Lafleur. The original “Flower”. NHL (@NHL) Lafleur was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1988 but came out Ty Mueller Jersey of retirement to join the Rangers for the 1988-89 campaign. Heplayed two more years with the Nordiques to close out his career, joining Gordie Howe as the only player to return to the NHL after being welcomed into the HHOF. Named one of the , the 68-year-old also won two Hart trophies, three Art Ro s trophies and three Lester B. Pearson (now Ted Lindsay Geoff Courtnall Jersey ) awards while with Montreal. He was also voted a first-team NHL All-Star six times and played in five NHL All-Star games during his tenure with the Habs.