Word: rinks
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...second season with the Edmonton Oilers, Gretzky, 20, obeys the commandment. The 5-ft. 11-in., 165-lb. center is the most exciting one-man show in the sport. Little known outside the puck-hustling world, the Great Gretzky, as he is called by ice-rink railbirds, blows N.H.L. records like wildcat gushers on the Alberta plains...
...three years before this season. His explanation is simple: "Hockey is fun, I like the guys on the team, and the coach is a helluva guy." Team captain Valiscenti, a four-year J.V. performer, offers a different view. He recalls the playing conditions of two years ago, when Watson Rink had not yet been renovated: "We practiced that year on an outside rink at Brown & Nichols at 8 a.m. every day. It got pretty cold out there, and the seniors on the team have not forgotten about it. It brought the team together...
ITHACA, N.Y.--Harried by a frenzied, overflow crowd of 4400 and the usual smattering of sleves and dead fish, the Harvard hockey team dropped a 7-3 decision to a fired-up, talented Cornell squad here at Lynah Rink Saturday night...
...near-miraculous playoff run ended here, beneath the wooden rafters of Lynah Rink. The icemen have two league games remaining--at Vermont and Dartmouth--but even a pair of wins won't mean much unless Yale and Cornell lose everything. Since they play each other next Saturday night, that isn't likely...
...Notebook--It would have seemed hard to believe a year ago, but Murray has become a genuine ECAC superstar. His goal and assist gave the senior captain seven points in seven consecutive Harvard goals over two games...Princeton's Ray Casey had an easy night at the rink. Casey picked up a game misconduct for spearing Ken Code just below the throat after the whistle had blown four minutes into the game. Luckily for all concerned, Code only missed one shift. In the interest of fairness, it must be mentioned that Code drew a two-minute minor for high-sticking...