Word: defenseman
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Scooter Line," consisting of Center Stan Mikita, 22, and Forwards Ab McDonald and Ken Wharram, who have scored 57 goals among them. Then there is the Chicago defense. Only 134 goals have been scored against the Hawks so far this season, best record of any team in the league. Defenseman Elmer Vasko, 27, is the biggest man in hockey at 6 ft. 3 in., 220 Ibs., and takes a special joy in grinding ambitious enemy forwards into the boards. As for Goalie Glenn Hall, 31, an N.H.L. All-Star for six of the past seven years, he is well...
...their knock-'em-down-again style. They have racked up a grand total of 701 min. in the penalty box, second only to the hot tempered Detroit Red Wings, but they deny all accusations of dirty play. "It's just that we check so close," says Defenseman Wayne Hillman. "Just call it rough." When a Chicago player pounds into an opponent, it is not merely to take him out of a play; it is meant to wear him down, maybe hurt him a little, so that in the final period, when the Hawks are still strong, the other...
...varsity will be playing at full strength except for the permanent loss of defenseman Harry Howell through scholastic ineligibility. Howell's enforced absence should mean little tonight but poses a serious personnel problem for Welland in the E.C.A.C. tournament...
...tally was captain Taylor's eighteenth goal and gave him the team scoring lead with 31 points. Johnston's assist was his seventeenth of the season--a phenomenal number for a defenseman...
Smith's tie-breaking marker was followed in less than two minutes by another tally, giving the varsity a 3-1 advantage. Clearing the puck past mid-ice, defenseman Dave Johnston slapped a pass to Tim Taylor near the blue line. Taylor waltzed around the B.C. secondary and jammed his shot past Apprille...