Word: patrick
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Every evening Grand-Père St. Laurent, heavy-rimmed glasses perched on his nose, read to his grandchildren. Christmas Eve and Sunday morning the family went to Mass at Saint-Coeur-de-Marie, instead of St. Patrick's Church across the street from their house. They like the French sermons better than the English...
...training camp, crusty Lester Patrick tried to cut Lynn from the squad, but Frank Boucher persuaded him to keep the boy on. Says Lynn: "It wasn't easy to work under dad." The other players distrusted him, the fans booed him, and his father was rougher on Lynn than on anybody else. But by 1942 Lynn was one of the National Hockey League's top scorers, made the all-star team, and was popular with fellow players...
Last week, the pressure was on Lynn Patrick again. Said he: "I'm plenty scared." Two nights after they beat the Black Hawks, the Rangers shut out Montreal's Canadiens...
...Stanley Cup, hockey's World Series, Ranger Goalie Lome Chabot was hit in the eye by a flying puck. Manager Lester Patrick, who was 44, had quit the ice two years before, and had never played goal in his life, got into Chabot's sweaty armor and skates. He let only one puck get past him, held on against a furious Montreal Maroons' attack until Boucher scored the winning Ranger goal...
...Brother Murray (Muzz) Patrick is manager-coach of the Tacoma Rockets...