The incredible moment when Normand Léveillé got to take the ice one last time
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Dorin Canaday
July 2, 2022 (8:00 PM)
On September 26th, 1995, the Boston Bruins said farewell to the Boston Garden with a preseason game against the Montreal Canadiens.
As part of the closing ceremonies, Normand Léveillé got to take the ice one last time at the Garden, accompanied by team captain Raymond Bourque.
Léveillé was drafted 14th overall by the Bruins in 1981 and was a highly touted prospect coming out of the QMJHL after a 101-point season in his last year with the Chicoutimi Saguenéens. In his rookie year with the Bruins, he scored 33 points in 60 games.
Sadly his career was cut short by a brain aneurysm at just the age of 19, suffered at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, leaving him unable to walk. Doctors did confirm that the aneurysm was caused by a congenital condition and was not triggered by the on-ice incident.
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