On October 5th, Enrico Ciccone was elected to a third term in the National Assembly of Quebec for Marquette, a Montréal district comprised of one corough (Lachine) and two West Island cities, Dorval and L'Île-Dorval. As a member of the Liberal Party (a centrist/centre-right party), he will serve in the Official Opposition to the ruling Parti Québécois (formerly a left-leaning party, now a coalition of left, centre and right - including a minority of far-right partisans - whose main objective is for Québec to eventually secede from Canada, and to acquire more autonomy in the meantime). The more progressive (and generally younger) pro-independence voters now support Québec Solidaire instead of the PQ.
Prior to that, of course, Ciccone had been an NHL defenseman, more specifically an enforcer. In ten professional seasons, he played for 13 teams in four different leagues, including 374 NHL games, where he scored 10 goals, had 18 assists for 28 points, with 1469 penalty minutes to go with one goal and 48 penalty minutes in 13 playoff games, including two stints each with the Tampa Bay Lightning and Washington Capitals.
What's really cool about his time with the Caps is that he is part of two types of unique transactions, including one that is no longer allowed: on December 28th (right after the Holiday trade freeze) 1998, the Bolts sent him to Washington for... cash. And if you know about the Liberal Party's history, that's pretty ironic (though I'm 100% certain Ciccone's one of the clean ones). The other is from June 25th, 1993, where the Dallas Stars sent him to the Capitals to complete an earlier deal that required "future considerations" - HE WAS THE FUTURE CONSIDERATION!
Which is why I'm proud to show this 1993-94 Series 2 card from Upper Deck, signed in fading blue sharpie:
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