Word: nhl
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...proponent of wide-open hockey rather than the tight, agressive NHL style, Cleary praised the Soviets for their emphasis on team play and their skillful movement without the puck...
...They have a much more wide open style of play than American teams have. Their skating ability is great," Cleary said. "They move and weave over the ice as well as some NHL teams do and then they seem to strike when you least expect it. We're going to have to work hard to keep them away from the puck...
...these are not NHL second-round draft-pick freshmen we're talking about here. These are the guys that didn't even make it on Ronn Tomassoni's scouting list...
Weisbrod may have the best shot of any ofHarvard's superstars to make it in the NHL. Unlikehis former teammates who are trying their handabroad, Weisbrod is much better suited to theclose-checking NHL game than the wide-openEuropean style...
...going to make a run at the NHL," Weisbrodvows. "I'd rather play ten years in the minorsthan play in Europe. That's always been my dream,what I've aspired to. I don't think I'd get muchpersonal satisfaction playing abroad. I'd feellike I was selling out on my goal...