Word: expression
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Edmonton Express was the sobriquet coined for these three linemates who have brought the hockey heritage of the Alberta prairies to the Crimson this season. "It just happened that the coach wanted to put us together and it just happened that we're all from Edmontion." Dea said. Despite its haphazard origins, the Edmonton Express is a tag that evokes the scoring chemistry and charisma of the immortal lines of hockey's heyday--Montreal's Punch Line, Toronto's Kid Line, Detroit's Production Line, Boston's Kraut Line, and New York's Gag Line...
...story of the Express begins around 15 years ago when Horton, Hozack, and Dea were energetic striplings of five and six who set out for the corner rink every Saturday. "I don't know what to do on Saturday afternoons since I came here." Hozack says, as he recalls the old days spent huddled over heaters between line changes in the sub-zero Canadian winter...
Hozack, the Edmonton Express' senior center who Dea describes as "really cute with the puck," decided to come to Harvard without any outside prodding. He doesn't regret his departure from the high-pressured hockey of his hometown, as he says that in Edmonton "You're really aware of what's happening in Junior hockey. That's where the struggle to make it is. There are a lot of guys all around you who are trying to make it and don't produce. When you see that kind of thing it doesn't make a good impression...
...aggressive forechecking way back in midget league, are able to dig in the corners and get the puck to him. The result of such a combination is very often a picture-perfect goal and a roar of appreciation in Waston Rink or Boston Garden that might make the Edmonton Express remember the roar of the Canadian Pacific Railroad as it crosses the lonely prairies of Alberta...
...Harvard student, it was just another day of "the typical eat-study-sleep routine," but for the more sentimental, yesterday's celebration of St. Valentine's Day symbolized the year's last chance to express love without looking more foolish than anyone else...