Word: gagnon
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Statistically, this line topped all of hockey's historic great goal-getters: the New York Rangers' Bill Cook-Frank Boucher-Bun Cook combination of the late '20s and early '30s; the Canadiens' superb Howie Morenz-Aurel Joliat-Johnny Gagnon trio in 1932-33; the Boston Bruins' famed "Kraut Line" of 1939-40 (Milt Schmidt-Bobbie Bauer-Woodrow Wilson Dumart). By any N.H.L. standard, Montreal's tricky skaters looked great...
Sergeant Camille Gagnon, a French-Canadian ex-butcher, lay for 14 hours on the frozen ground, between counterattacking Germans and his comrades on a newly taken hill. His warnings enabled the Canadians to repulse a dozen counterattacks. Then the Germans brought an 88-mm. field gun to bear on Gagnon. Feeling safe, the Germans attacked the hill again. Gagnon, still whole, shouted another warning. The Germans quit trying...
Captain Mechem led the '45 aggregation with a brilliant display of defensive skating, made even brighter by the solo scoring dash resulting in the Yardling's second goal. An opening line of Canadlens, Verrier, Beniot, and Gagnon, led the Rindge squad in their unsuccessful attempt to break the victor's victory streak...