Denis Cyr (born February 4, 1961 in Verdun, Quebec, Canada) is a former professional ice hockey right winger who played in the National Hockey League for the Calgary Flames, Chicago Blackhawks, and St. Louis Blues. He was also a member of the famous junior line, "Les Trois Denis", while a member of the Montreal Juniors of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.
Cyr started his notable hockey career with the Montreal Juniors of the QMJHL. He was pr...
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Denis Cyr (born February 4, 1961 in Verdun, Quebec, Canada) is a former professional ice hockey right winger who played in the National Hockey League for the Calgary Flames, Chicago Blackhawks, and St. Louis Blues. He was also a member of the famous junior line, "Les Trois Denis", while a member of the Montreal Juniors of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.
Cyr started his notable hockey career with the Montreal Juniors of the QMJHL. He was promptly put on a line with boyhood friends Denis Savard and Denis Tremblay in a line that was dubbed, "Les Trois Denis". They also shared more than first names, as they were all born on February 4, 1961 and also grew up together in the same Verdun neighbourhood . Savard, the most famous of the three and Hockey Hall of Fame member, asked "What are the odds of that when you think about it. We played together as kids from age eight all the way through until I turned pro." . The line would play two full seasons together from 1977-1979. The line...
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