Yvan Cournoyer is a Canadian former professional ice hockey right winger, born on November 22, 1943 in Drummondville, Quebec, who played sixteen National Hockey League seasons for the Montreal Canadiens between 1963 and 1978 and won the Stanley Cup ten times. Nicknamed the Roadrunner for his small size and blazing speed, he scored the tying goal in the deciding eighth game of the 1972 Canada-USSR series, which Canada went on to win. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1982 and was named one of the 100 Greatest NHL Players in 2017.
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