Word: pucks
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...defense. Lafleur, 26, is a scorer of such artistry that defenders often watch his goals with rueful admiration. Fast and agile, he swoops down the ice in an effortless rush, blond hair streaming as he feints, cuts, changes direction, and finally, with a deft, delicately tuned stroke, rifles the puck into the net or feeds a teammate with a radar-accurate pass. "He doesn't just score, he creates," says...
...superstar." Adds Bowman: "Guy never lets up, never tries to pull rank. And, for all his talent, he never stops trying to improve." While other players wait in line during shooting drills, Lafleur circles restlessly beside them, honing his turns, devising a new move, or flicking the occasional errant puck toward the goal. Says Teammate Rick Chartraw, the only Venezuelan-born player in the N.H.L.: "Guy even goofs off hard...
Both teams came out slowly in the first period, with the Terriers having trouble clearing the puck from their own end. Wisconsin took to forechecking and drew first blood on a power play with B.U. freshman sensation Mark Fidler in the penalty box for slashing...
...continued to control the puck in the second period, and Providence could not keep up the pace. Mullen found the net twice, while teammate Skidmore shut out the Friars...
Mullen's first tally ended a scramble around the Providence net to make it 2-1, B.C., at 4:52. Eight minutes later, while the Eagles were short-handed, he stole the puck in his own zone to go one-on-one with Providence goalie Bill Milner...