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...decided to take his shot at frozen glory is Chris Nilan. After three seasons of action in a Husky uniform, Nilan saw the strategic window to the pros opening when he was offered a contract and promptly bagged his senior year. And, oh, yes it wasn't just any NHL team that Nilan got an offer from. It was those standard bearers of the pious tradition of the puck, the Montreal Canadiens...
...life after the Beanpot, the Canadiens sent Nilan to their Nova Scotia farm team in 1979 to hone his skills and then called upon his services in February of that year. He has remained in the NHL ever since. He saw regular action last year, but this year has played sporadically. Yet, when he talks about his stats, you know they are as respectable and by intimidating...
...gets them. Muscling your way into the slot can't always be done legally, after all. Trips to the sin bin hurt Northeastern, in its 9-6 loss to B.C. (with its 29.7 per-cent-effective power play) last December 10. But, insists coach Flaman (21st on the NHL's career penalty-minutes list). "Six men a side, we're capable of beating them...