Word: mask
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Charade, 4 p.m., 7:55, and Mirage, 6 p.m. and 9:55, tonight: And Then There Were None, 4:15, 7:45, and The Kennel Murder Case, 6 p.m., 9:35, Friday and Saturday; The Mask of Dimitrios, 4, 7:15, 10:35, and Murder Most Foul, 5:40, 9 p.m., Sunday through Tuesday...
...players smashing each other into the boards, sticks slashing, fists always at the ready. Even when the skating and body checking are clean-and they often are not-the play is fierce and frightening. And it is all directed at one target-the man in the reinforced fiber-glass mask...
...savage, bruising and ultimately mesmerizing nature of his sport. He is an imposing knight in polyurethane padding as he crouches before the goal, ready to strike out in any direction with glove, skates or oversized stick. But behind his ghostly synthetic face, he is still vulnerable. No padding or mask that leaves him free to move can fully shield him from the potentially lethal blow of a slap shot or misguided stick. Danger is his way of life...
...take some with a grin. In a game against Buffalo last year, Sabre Left Winger Rick Martin sent a hard shot screaming over Parent's shoulder into the net. When Bobby Clarke skated by the Flyer goalie to encourage him, he heard Parent laughing and saying behind his mask, "Gee that kid can shoot." Another time when reporters in the dressing room spotted an ugly bruise on Parent's thigh and asked if a slap shot had caused it, he replied: "Nah, my wife bit me in a wild fit of passion...
...mask is a security blanket. "That mask," he says as though he were speaking of an old friend, "that mask is security." It not only protects Parent from injury, but it hides him from the prying eyes of fans and opponents. On nights when he plays, Parent never appears in an arena without his mask on, even while going to and from the dressing room...