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The Lowell Sun is reporting that former Umass Lowell and Lockmonsters star Craig Charron passed away.
Happy trails to a hell of a hockey player.
Here is the story:
Lowell hockey star Craig Charron dies
The Lowell Sun
Updated: 10/20/2010 06:42:47 AM EDT
LOWELL -- Four days before he was scheduled to be honored as one of the Legends of Lowell Hockey at the Tsongas Center, former ULowell and Lowell Lock Monsters star Craig Charron lost his battle with stomach cancer.
Charron, 42, died in Rochester, N.Y., late Monday night.
Charron, a play-making center for ULowell from 1986-90 who helped the Chiefs reach the NCAA Division I Tournament for the first time in 1988, is the fourth-leading all-time scorer among Division I players at the school with 64 goals and 148 points in 142 career games. He is 13th overall on the school's all-time scoring list.
He was drafted by the Montreal Canadiens in 1989 but never played in the NHL. However, Charron was a long-time star in the American Hockey League and is a member of the Rochester Americans' Hall of Fame. He played 11 years in the pros from 1990-2002 and also played for Team USA in the World Hockey Championships in 1995.
Charron played two seasons for the Lock Monsters from 1998-2000, netting 22 goals and 61 points in 71 games in 1998-99.
Charron was to be honored by UMass Lowell on Friday night with Bob Kearin and Mike Murray as one of the Legends of Lowell Hockey. The UMass Lowell River Hawks will wear ULowell sweaters with Charron's number on the back during warmups before their home opener with Providence.
The sweaters will be auctioned during the game to raise money for his family. Charron is survived by his wife, Wendy, also a ULowell graduate, and four children.
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