Word: beliveau
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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When the Rangers opened the second game by scoring two goals against Dryden in less than seven minutes, the impossible seemed possible. Then the Canadiens found the miracle wrecker in Left Wing Bob Gainey. Gainey is the stuff of dynasties as surely as are Lafleur, Jean Beliveau and Maurice ("Rocket") Richard from earlier teams, an example of the depth of talent that Montreal assembles to support its stars. In six N.H.L. seasons, Gainey, 25, has averaged fewer than 15 goals a year, concentrating instead on the less dramatic, but equally vital skills of a defensive forward...
...time running out in regulation and Boston nursing a 4-3 lead achieved when Rick Middleton stuffed a backhand under Ken Dryden's stick-glove at 16:05 of the third, Guy Lafleur showed what makes him follow in the skate-steps of Howie Morenz, Rocket Richard and Jean Beliveau. He calmly circled in his own zone, resisting the urge to panic, then flashed down right wing and played give-and-go with Jacques Lemaire...
...Quebec, Lafleur has succeeded Richard and Beliveau as a folk hero, the stuff of little boys' dreams. Shy and something of a loner, he is to Coach Bowman "a model of a superstar." Adds Bowman: "Guy never lets up, never tries to pull rank. And, for all his talent, he never stops trying to improve." While other players wait in line during shooting drills, Lafleur circles restlessly beside them, honing his turns, devising a new move, or flicking the occasional errant puck toward the goal. Says Teammate Rick Chartraw, the only Venezuelan-born player in the N.H.L.: "Guy even...
...WHICH is disheartening, because Cannon Group, Inc., invested a large sum of money and a good bit of time putting it together. There is some good action footage from NHL games that includes nice cameo shots of Stan Mikita, Jean Beliveau, Gordie Howe, and Bobby Orr and an impressive brawl between the Maple Leafs and Los Angeles Kings that apparently was caught by accident...
...summer, the two brothers practice together, with Phil shooting endless breakaway shots at Tony. "That's how he beats me," says the older Esposito. "I start to make the moves I was making this summer and he sees them coming." Replies Tony, grinning: "I play him like Howe, Beliveau, all those tricky players." But neither brother can really explain Tony's moves. The young goalie occasionally tries, but after several long minutes of explaining what he does not do, he wrinkles his brow and concludes: "Sometimes I'm pretty awkward. I guess I just do whatever...