Word: slap
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...among the peasants, he spends almost as much time on the stump as he does behind his desk. Nothing suits him so much as jumping behind the controls of an air force DC-3 and flying off to some remote pocket of the Andean country to shake hands and slap backs...
John Daly's first-period slap shot bounced out of Perani's hand and into the net to open the scoring at 14:05. Gonzales got his first two goals later in the period, both with quick shots on passes from McCullough...
With the Crimson's Bill Fitzsimmons turning in 25 saves in the game, the Huskles could never come back. Jimmy Leu tipped in Don Turootte's well-screened slap shot to spoll Fitzsimmons' shutout at 3:45 of the final period...
Hull is the N.H.L.'s fastest skater (a Canadian research institute clocked him at 28.3 m.p.h. on a typical dash down the ice), and its hardest shooter: his left-handed slap shot zips toward the goal at 118 m.p.h.-19 m.p.h. faster than the fastest measured pitch in baseball. Even his backhand tops 90 m.p.h. "Stopping one of Hull's shots on the pads is like being slugged by a sledge hammer," says Toronto Goalie Johnny Bower, and when New York's Jacques Plante tried to block one of Hull's slap shots with his gloved...
Ironically, Montague Demment, who is not a member of either of the first two units, is the only skater to have scored in each game. Known for a strong slap shot, Demment also leads the team in penalty minutes with...