Former NHL coachJacques Demers, 71, wasin stable condition Thursday at a Montreal hospitalafter suffering a stroke Wednesday night, David Justice Jersey .
Demers, who is now a Quebec senator, was scheduled to appear on a Freddie Freeman Jersey radio show Wednesdayin Montrealbut never showed up.
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He was inundated with get-wellwishes from acro s Canada, including a tweet from the prime minister.
Sending my best wishes to Senator Jacques Demers for a full recovery. Get well soon.
Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau Scott Kazmir Jersey )Demers spent 15 years in the NHL and led the Canadiens to a Stanley Cup in 1993, the last time they Tyler Flowers Jersey won the championship. He also coached theQuebec Nordiques, St. Louis Blues, Detroit Red Wings and Tampa Bay Lightning.
Hemade headlines in2005 when he admitted he wasbasically illiterate and had to hide it throughout his tenure in the NHL.
Demers dropped out of schoolafter the eighth grade because Deion Sanders Jersey of what has been described as anunstable and violent home life.
When he was appointed to the Canadian Senate in 2009, Demers Jose Ramirez Jersey said he had been striving to improve his reading skills and was positive his abilitieswouldn't affect his work.
