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In the wake of the injuries Zack Kassian suffered when his pickup truck struck a tree early Sunday morning in N.D.G., here is a look at five other off-ice incidents involving Canadiens players over the years:

Guy Lafleur

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His sometimes wild off-ice life almost killed him in March 1981 with a spectacular car crash on Highway 20. Lafleur’s Cadillac tore into a chain-link fence separating the service road from the highway. A steel pole smashed through the windshield, threaded the steering wheel and speared the driver’s seat. Lafleur, asleep at the wheel, was slouched to one side. Only his right ear was grazed. At Montreal General Hospital, doctors couldn’t operate right away because the alcohol level in his blood was too high.

Shayne Corson

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In February 1992, the left-winger was suspended by the Canadiens after being involved in a brawl at a city bar. The player was involved in a similar incident the previous year. If it happens again, he’ll be traded or released by the organization, Canadiens managing director Serge Savard said at the time. “That’s why he’s suspended, because it’s not the first time and so it won’t happen again,” Savard said. Corson went to the Zoo Bar on St-Laurent Blvd. after the Canadiens had defeated San Jose at the Forum. According to bar manager Jean-François Martel, Corson was drinking shooters — shot glasses of hard liquor. Corson became incensed with a customer who began talking with a woman he had met at the bar, Martel said. Corson began throwing shot glasses at the customer and a fight erupted, Martel said. As Martel and the doorman attempted to separate the two, Martel was struck on the lip by Corson’s right fist.