Word: olczyk
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Dates: during 1984-1984
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...Canada game, the defending gold medalists were behind. The final score was 4-2, and though the play was less passionate than expected, the arena was quiet enough to hear a dream drop. The 1984 team has more teeth, but fewer calluses than its more grizzled predecessors. Ed Olczyk, 17, of Chicago, still says things like, "It wasn't long ago that, when the Black Hawks lost, I cried." David A. Jensen, 18, of Lawrence Academy in Groton, Mass., is writing a journal on this experience for high school credit. Of the hard road, he says...
...Captain Phil Verchota, 27, and John Harrington, 26, both forwards) returning to the '84 team, its average age is only 20.7 years-the youngest in U.S. Olympic hockey history. Leading the offense is "the Diaper Line": Center Pat LaFontaine, 18, and Wings David A. Jensen, 18, and Ed Olczyk, 17. LaFontaine, sweet-natured and teen-idol cute, left his home in Pontiac, Mich., in 1982 to sharpen his skills in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, where he scored 104 goals to break records set by Islander Mike Bossy and Montreal Canadien Guy Lafleur. The U.S. Olympic chief assistant...
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