Former NHL player Ron Duguay, who spent three seasons with the Detroit Red Wings, is battling cancer., His family has set-up a Go Fund Me account to help defray the cost of his treatments.

Duguay has Stage 4 colon cancer, according to his family. The Go Fund Me page is called “Ron Duguay’s Fight Against Cancer.” Duguay first opened up to the New York Post about his illness.

Former vice president candidate Sarah Palin, Ron Duguay’s girlfriend, has been helping with his care, according to his family.

Going on now ⁦@sidrosenberg⁩ pic.twitter.com/5aCMCm9miu

— Ron Duguay (@RonDuguay10) February 26, 2026

Duguay, 68, played 860 NHL games (1977-78 to 1988-89). Most of those games were with the New York Rangers, but perhaps his two best seasons came with the Detroit Red Wings.

With Duguay clashing often with Rangers coach Herb Brooks, New York management traded him to Detroit in 1983, along with Eddie Mio and Eddie Johnstone, for Willie Huber, Mark Osborne and Mike Blaisdell.

In his first season with Detroit, he netted 33 goals and 47 assists for 80 points. The next season, he posted a career-high 89 points on 38 goals and 51 assists. He played one more season with the Red Wings before they moved him to the Pittsburgh Penguins. He was traded before the 1985-86 NHL trade deadline for Doug Shedden.

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