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Hall of Fame forward Elmer Lach, who centered Montreal's famed Punch Line with Toe Blake on left wing and Maurice ''Rocket'' Richard on the right, has died. The Canadiens say Lach passed away Saturday morning in Montreal. He had been the oldest living NHL player. ''They used to call him Elegant Elmer but he wasn't very elegant,'' said broadcaster Dick Irvin Jr., whose father Dick Irvin Sr. was Lach's only coach through this 14-year NHL career from 1940 to 1954.
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