Dryden, a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame whose goaltending helped the Montreal Canadiens win the Stanley Cup six times in the 1970s and later became an author, television analyst, hockey executive and a member of Canada’s Parliament, died Friday after a battle with cancer. He was 78.

Hall of Fame goaltender Ken Dryden, a six-time Stanley Cup winner with Canadiens' dynasty of the 1970s, died after a battle with cancer. He was 78.

Understanding that this is largely a daily column focused on the New York Rangers, it’d still be wrong not to lead with the news that we lost a true hockey legend early Saturday morning. Ken Dryden succumbed to cancer and died at 78.