<p>Very sad news from the league office today with the passing of <a href="http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=558573">EJ&nbsp;McGuire from cancer at age 58.</a></p> 
<p>McGuire was the director of the NHL's Central&nbsp;Scouting Bureau since 2005; before that, he coached and scouted for numerous teams at the college, minor-league and NHL levels.</p>

Very sad news from the league office today with the passing of EJ McGuire from cancer at age 58. McGuire was the director of the NHL's Central Scouting Bureau since 2005; before that, he coached and scouted for numerous teams at the college, minor-league and NHL levels.

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