Carol Vadnais

Carol Marcel Vadnais (September 25, 1945 – August 31, 2014) was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played 17 seasons in the National Hockey League, from 1966–67 through 1982–83. Originally a forward, he was shifted to defence in his final year of junior hockey with the Montreal Jr. Canadiens. He made the Montreal Canadiens lineup out of his first NHL training camp for the 1966–67 season and won the Stanley Cup with the club in 1968. Although the Canadiens initially shielded him from the 1967 expansion draft, they left him unprotected after the 1967–68 season, and he was claimed by the expansion Oakland Seals in the 1968 NHL Intra-League Draft. Vadnais became the Seals' captain at the start of the 1971–72 season but was traded mid-season. On February 23, 1972, the Boston Bruins acquired him to bolster their blueline for a Stanley Cup run, outbidding his former club, the Canadiens, to secure his services. The move paid off, and Vadnais anchored the Bruins' second defence pairing behind Bobby Orr's first unit, winning his second Stanley Cup that season in 1972. He won the Cup twice over the course of his career.