Lemieux played 1,449 regular-season and playoff games with six different teams from 1983-2009. A cause of death was not immediately available, nor was it clear where he was when he died.
The U.S. women's hockey gold medal-winning team has politely declined an invitation from President Donald Trump to attend his State of the Union address on Tuesday.
The U.S. beat Canada 2-1 in overtime to win its first men's hockey championship at the Olympics since 1980.
A shooter unleashed a flurry of bullets during a Rhode Island youth hockey game, killing two people and injuring three others.
Two people were killed and several are injured from a targeted shooting at an ice skating rink in Rhode Island on Monday, authorities said.
Shoresy is protecting the Bulldog's way of play. Watch the official trailer for "Shoresy" Season 5, streaming Feb. 21 on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+.