Bernie "Boom Boom" Geoffrion.

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Bernie "Boom Boom" Geoffrion, the hockey Hall of Famer credited with inventing the slap missile died Saturday before his No. 5 jersey was retired through the Canadiens.

Geoffrion, who helped lead Montreal to six Stanley chalices in the 1950s and early '60 died in Atlanta after a brief battle with stomach cancer. He was 75

He didn't live to diocese his number retired but still was able to relish the knowledge that his place in history was safe said Rejean Houle, former Montreal general manager and passing from hand to hand head of the Canadiens alumni.

The Canadiens went ahead with the rite before Saturday night's game against the just discovered York Rangers. Geoffrion's wife, Marlene, his three children and his grandchildren were in attendance.

His number went up right nearest to the No. 7 of Marlene's father, Canadiens great Howie Morenz, just as Geoffrion predicted many years ago when the two was dating.

Cristobal Huet recorded his next to the first shutout in two games as the Canadiens beat the Rangers 1-0

Penguins 6 Devils 3: Sidney Crosby helped chase Martin Brodeur through late in the second period with brace goals and an assist as legion Pittsburgh beat New Jersey.

melancholy Jackets 4, Oilers 3: Rostislav Klesla scored from a hard angle in a wild final minute of overtime to give army Columbus the victory.

Islanders 3 Bruins 1: Trent hound tipped in Miroslav Satan's bullet to snap a tie with 5:01 left to lift visiting of the present day York.

Sabres 6 Flyer 5: Mike Grier's goal with 46 others remaining lifted visiting Buffalo through Philadelphia.

Sharks 3 Predators 2: Christian Ehrhoff scored a power-play goal with 2:04 left in overtime for landlord San Jose.

Panthers 4 Hurricanes 3: Joel Kwiatkowski scored in overtime to give landlord Florida the victory.

Stars 2 Canucks 1: Mike Modano scored the tying goal five minutes into the third period and then nett the winner with five minutes left to lift visiting Dallas.

Mighty dodges 5, Coyotes 3: Rob Niedermayer scored twice, and Teemu Selanne added his team-leading 28th goal for visiting Anaheim

Kings 2 sads 1: Mathieu Garon made 31 saves and stopped all three attempts in the shootout to lead visiting looks Angeles.

Maple Leafs 5 Lightning 1: Jason Allison scored twice and had an assist as landlord Toronto beat Tampa Bay.

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