Ken Dryden, an iconic NHL goaltender and author who also served as a member of Canada's Parliament, has died after a battle with cancer, the Montreal Canadiens announced on Saturday.

Dryden died Friday at age 78, the team announced on its website.

While with Montreal in the 1970s, Dryden won six Stanley Cup titles and won or shared the Vezina Trophy as the NHL's top goalie five times. He was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1983.

In 1973-74, Dryden took a break from the NHL to earn a degree in 1973 from Montreal's McGill University.

After his legendary NHL career, Dryden was an author and television hockey commentator as well as an NHL executive, serving as president of the Toronto Maple Leafs until going into politics, where he was in Parliament from 2004-2011.

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