Word: montreal
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...Montreal 7, Minnesota...
...Blake knows a little something about scoring goals in hockey games. As a player for the Montreal Canadiens, Blake led the National Hockey League in points (goals plus assists) in 1939. In 13 seasons as the Canadiens coach, he won eight Stanley Cup titles and shepherded the careers of Maurice ("Rocket") Richard, Jean Beliveau and Bernie ("Boom-Boom") Geoffrion. From behind the bench, Blake schemed to stop such high-scoring opponents as Gordie Howe, Bobby Hull, Phil Esposito and Stan Mikita. So when it comes to evaluating hockey's newest natural wonder, the New York Islanders' Right Wing...
...Born in Montreal, the fifth often children, Bossy grew up playing with his brothers on a rink set up in the backyard by his father, an industrial engineer. As a peewee and junior, he poured the puck into the net so often that the French-speaking Quebecois adopted Bossy, whose parents are English, as one of their own, listing his name as Michel, not Mike, in the newspaper stories extolling his scoring exploits. In four years as a junior player with the Laval Nationals, he scored 308 goals, but was passed over by 14 teams in the amateur draft because...
Bossy's skating style is deceptively languid, not galvanic in the manner of, say, Montreal's Guy Lafleur. He circles, seemingly remote, while his linemates, Center Bryan Trottier and Left Wing Clark Gillies, rush the puck up-ice or dig it loose from the corners. When the time comes for a pass, Bossy is often open, waiting for the puck. Once he has it, no one gets off a shot faster. Says Philadelphia Flyers Goaltender Phil Myre: "You're always looking for Bossy, wondering where he is. Sometimes you never see him until after...
...lives quietly on Long Island with his wife and infant daughter, returning to Montreal during the offseason. Bossy makes a reported $185,000 a year, and will renegotiate into superstar salary status when his contract expires next year...