Bernie Geoffrion, born on 16 February 1931 and nicknamed Boom Boom, was a Canadian ice hockey right winger and coach. He is generally considered one of the innovators of the slapshot and spent most of a sixteen year career with the Montreal Canadiens, finishing with the New York Rangers. He was the second player in National Hockey League history to score 50 goals in a season, won the Art Ross Trophy as scoring champion in 1955, and helped the Canadiens to six Stanley Cup championships alongside Maurice Richard and Jean Beliveau. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1972 and died on 11 March 2006.
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was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and coach
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