Former NHLer Bobby Sheehan passes away at 77

The hockey world has lost a member of the Montreal Canadiens‘ 1971 Stanley Cup championship team. On Monday, the NHL Alumni Association announced that former center Bobby Sheehan passed away at the age of 77. The Weymouth, Massachusetts native was selected by the Canadiens out of the Ontario Hockey Association’s St. Catherines Black Hawks in the 1969 NHL Amateur Draft. He spent his first two professional seasons in Montreal’s organization, playing 45 total regular season games with the Canadiens and winning the Stanley Cup with Montreal in 1971. Sheehan joined the California Golden Seals for the 1971-72 season, where he…