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...this was more, or maybe it was less. Whatever, it was paradise, Kevan Melrose-style, where a strong bodycheck and control of the puck were all you needed...

Author: By Michael Stankiewicz, | Title: It's Paradise, Melrose-Style | 2/8/1990 | See Source »

...best freshmen body handler has been Pawloski, who has reintroduced the open-ice bodycheck to the Crimson arsenal, and still skates and stickhandles well enough to fit in with the Crimson's skating style...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: '88's Eight: Hockey Freshmen | 3/4/1985 | See Source »

Gurry started at defense early in the season and his good size (5-11, 170 pounds) and exceptional ability to bodycheck, make him a constant threat literally to upset enemy forwards...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Slamming Gurry Bruises ECAC League Ice Foes | 3/1/1968 | See Source »

...Maddux still shakes his head and says the three men he lost by graduation were the best on the squad. Eddie Davis, now J.V. shepherd, was chosen second All-American at defense; Jay Hurley set up nearly all the Crimson goals; and big Ned Dewey threw the roughest bodycheck on the squad...

Author: By Donald Carswell, | Title: Lining Them Up | 3/25/1948 | See Source »

...Leafs hockey team is their reserve right wing, 137-lb. Ken Doraty. In a way his insignificant appearance is an advantage: opposing defensemen find it hard to be prepared for the sudden bursts of speed his short legs can achieve. A bigger man is a better target for a bodycheck. Last fortnight little Doraty, at the end of his first year in major league hockey, did something that should insure him more: he ended an historically long game (2 hr. 44 min. 46 sec.) by scoring the goal against the Boston Bruins that put the Maple Leafs in the final...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Stanley Cup: Apr. 24, 1933 | 4/24/1933 | See Source »

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