In Memoriam Blaine Lacher dead at 53

[shelbysdad]

stunned

 

[Gee Wally]

Former Bruins goaltender Blaine Lacher dies at 53 - The Boston Globe

Lacher was with the Bruins for two seasons (1994-96) after winning an NCAA championship at Lake Superior State.

www.bostonglobe.com

Blaine Lacher, who spent parts of two seasons playing goalie for the Bruins, died Monday in Medicine Hat, Alberta. He was 53.
Lacher’s family said his death was unexpected, but no cause was given.
The Bruins issued a statement saying the organization is “deeply saddened by the passing of former goalie Blaine Lacher. We send our thoughts and condolences to his family, friends, and teammates.”
Lacher had a decorated career at Lake Superior State, where he helped lead the Lakers to an NCAA Division 1 championship in the 1993-94 season.
During that run, Lacher went 20-5-4 and led the nation in save percentage (.918) and goals against average (1.98). He had a memorable shutout streak of 375 minutes and 1 second.

Lacher gave up his final year of eligibility and signed with the Bruins as a free agent. He went 19-11-2 during his rookie season of 1994-95, but struggled in his second year, his final one in the NHL, going 3-5-2.

Following his time in Boston, he played two seasons in the IHL before retiring in 1996.

According to his obituary from the Cook-Southland Funeral Chapel, Lacher left one son, Quin.

 

[mikelvl]

Terrible news, great start and tough ending to him in Boston, but that is meaningless now.

 

[DarrenBanks56]

oh man.
rip blaine.
Ill never forget his goalie gear.
he came out of nowhere after the lockout. It was my senior year of HS. what a season he had.

 

[PB37]

RIP Blaine.

Way too young. Awful news.

 

[ODAAT]

that rookie year was fun to watch, super sad, a year younger than I am, RIP

 

[Boston Bruno]

that rookie year was fun to watch, super sad, a year younger than I am, RIP

I totally get this. Same age as I am, and remember him coming out of left field and being like YOU GO BOY. Such a fun story while it lasted and made memories for me to cherish. Ahhh..youth and vigor. Rest in peace

 

[LSCII]

Sad news hearing of his passing. RIP to the Lach net monster….

 

[MAINE-IAC]

That’s too bad. RIP

 

[bbfan419]

Just a total shock and very sad news, condolences to his family and friends.

 

[SPLBRUIN]

Oh wow, so sad. I remember watching him shut out the Sens in Ottawa in person, he was really good early in his Bruin career, RIP.

 

[HustleB]

RIP Blaine Lacher. Condolences to his family. Breaks my heart thinking about his son, also having children myself.

 

[McGarnagle]

Before joining the Bruins Lacher led Lake Superior State to the NCAA title game against Maine, where holding a 2 goal lead in the third period he gave up a natural hat trick to, of all people, Jim Montgomery.

 

[Fenway]

 

[bruins19]

https://x.com/_TyAnderson/status/1753413995564830879?s=20

RiP, Loch Ness

 

[Fenway]

 

[GloveSave1]

That’s horrible. Rest in peace.

I’ll be interested to hear what happened.

 

[Tbaybruin]

My good friend played with him in Saskatchewan. I couldn’t believe it when he became a Bruin. He was on the box top of skybox hockey cards back in the day. May God bless his soul.

 

[Gordoff]

I never met him but remember him well. I don't remember who the other goalie was at the time for the Bruins. IIRC, he was the #1.
His passing was too soon, but for some reason God takes most of the best people too soon. May he rest in peace.

 

[RustyBruins72]

My age. Wow. RIP

 

[McGarnagle]

I never met him but remember him well. I don't remember who the other goalie was at the time for the Bruins. IIRC, he was the #1.
His passing was too soon, but for some reason God takes most of the best people too soon. May he rest in peace.

Vincent Riendeau, later on they brought in Craig Billington to back him up.