Word: rinks
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...that search, Reporter Mark Goodman spent eleven days with this week's cover subject, Hockey Superstar Bobby Hull, observing the man at home, in his car, on the rink, at work on radio commercials, in his lawyer's office, in a bar, signing autographs in a barbershop. Part of the reporting and most of the in-house research for Sport is done by Researcher Geraldine Kirshenbaum, who is often amused when sports people get nervous about having a feminine reporter around. Some hockey public relations men tried to keep her away from the players "because their language...
Face-Off. Hockey's version of the jump ball in basketball, in which the referee drops the puck between two opposing players to initiate play. Besides the blue center circle, eight red face-off dots are positioned at strategic points about the rink to get the puck back into action after a referee's whistle stops the game. Among the most common: the "end-zone face-off," which usually occurs after a goalie blocks a shot at the net, and the "last-play face-off," which takes place at the point where play has been stalled...
Blue Lines. Twin lines running parallel across the width of the ice that divide the rink into three 60-ft. zones-attacking, defending and neutral (center ice). When a team is on the attack, the puck must cross the opponent's blue line ahead of all offensive players (to prevent them from lurking around the goal, waiting for a length-of-the-ice pass); otherwise play is stopped and reopened with a face...
...entails suspension from the game for a specified length of time. A minor penalty carries a two-minute suspension, and is imposed for such offenses as illegal checks, high-sticking (raising the stick above shoulder height), charging, tripping, slashing, kneeing, elbowing and intentionally shooting the puck out of the rink. A major penalty (five minutes' suspension) is generally meted out for starting fist fights or roughing the goalie. Deliberate or provocative infractions, particularly those involving officials or fans, can lead to stiffer penalties: misconduct, ten minutes on the bench; game misconduct, suspension for the balance of the game...
ITHACA. N.Y., Wednesday, Feb. 28--Cornell's unstoppable hockey champions rolled over Harvard, 7-2, at Lynah Rink here tonight in its move toward the triple championship of the Ivies, the East, and the Nation. The Crimson stayed with the powerful Big Red for a period, but the fast, well-drilled machine pulled inexorably away thereafter...