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...seen as a wimp. After the Montreal Canadiens goalie was struck in the face by a flying puck while playing against the New York Rangers on Nov. 1, 1959, the future Hall-of-Famer refused to return to the ice sans protection. Much to the scorn of his coach and fans, Plante returned from the locker room with a crude home-made fiberglass mask in place. Though coach Toe Blake wanted Plante to remove the mask after his wounded face healed, the Canadiens rattled off an 18-game win streak, despite Plante's obscured face. The complaints stopped...
...course, the night played out differently for everyone. A few athletes invited their crew coach. A handful of students said they had wanted to invite their professors but later found out they have already been asked by other students, so they were forced to go with a second choice. It kind of reminded FlyBy of high school prom, except, instead of that cute guy in math class...
...They really put pressure on us,” UNH coach Robin Balducci said. “They really put us back on our heals...
Event organizers don't track all the contestants' occupations. But they confirm a relatively high incidence in recent years of players possessing a finance background. Ari Kiev, a psychiatrist and securities-trading coach, says poker and Wall Street have a lot in common "in terms of trying to make high probability bets in an instant with insufficient information." Kiev says good poker players, like good traders, "have a strong desire for wins but have a tolerance for losses; they know how to recover from failure...
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