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Word: pucks (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...played much of the Stanley Cup series with an injured left knee, but neither he nor the Rangers seemed to notice. On defense, the puck seemed magnetically drawn to his stick. Once, when the Rangers had a man advantage in the fourth game, Orr controlled the puck for 20 seconds, literally skating circles around the frustrated New York attackers. The New York fans, who lived up to their reputation by directing a steady stream of obscenities and litter at the Bruins, could think of no solution for Orr's heroics other than to urge the Rangers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: More for Orr | 5/22/1972 | See Source »

Duke's life story begins, as they all do, on a frozen lake somewhere in the backwoods of Canada, where his father is calmly, patiently instructing him on how to keep his little four-year-old ankles straight, shift the puck from side to side and let that slap shot go. Father Duke dies, but his creation lives on, and we watch him go from Squirt to Pee Wee to Midget to Bantam to the Junior Leagues, and finally, as Derek Sanderson looks on, to a triumphant performance at Toronto and the OHA championship...

Author: By John L. Powers, | Title: Winter Comes Early | 3/23/1972 | See Source »

...Rangers, under the direction of coach Emile "the Cat" Francis, have come a long way from the days when Harry Howell and Larry Cahan used to inadvertently poke the puck by the beleaguered Ranger goalie, Gump Worsley...

Author: By Rob Eggert, | Title: Bruins Look for Stanley Cup; Boston Press Predicts Victory | 3/18/1972 | See Source »

...Crimson temporarily regained the lead at 7:53 on a fluke goal. Apparently intending to simply throw the puck into the zone, defenseman Doug Elliott lofted a 65-foot wrist shot at the Clarkson net, and to his amazed delight, the puck sailed under Woods's glove and into...

Author: By Evan W. Thomas, | Title: Corkery Goal Nips Clarkson in Overtime, 6-5 | 3/8/1972 | See Source »

Harvard's defense gave Clarkson a reprieve with only 2:37 remaining in the game, once again failing to clear a loose puck. Clarkson cashed in on the gift, and Harvard was faced with sudden-death overtime...

Author: By Evan W. Thomas, | Title: Corkery Goal Nips Clarkson in Overtime, 6-5 | 3/8/1972 | See Source »

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