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...Chicago Black Hawks' Bobby Hull has been called the "perfect muscular mesomorph." He is the National Hockey League's Most Valuable Player, its fastest skater (upward of 23 m.p.h.) and hardest shooter (his lefthanded slap shot rockets toward the net at 118 m.p.h.). Goalies complain that getting in the way of a Bobby Hull shot is "like being slugged with a sledge hammer," and practically everybody agrees with Montreal's Claude Provost that Hull is "the strongest guy in hockey." He even looks mean when he smiles, because he is missing his three front teeth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ice Hockey: Positive Protection | 1/21/1966 | See Source »

Defenseman Captain Charlie Stuart broke up Fitzsimmons' shutout bid after 15 minutes of the second period, but the Indians gave that goal back three minutes later. Gordie Price's slap shot from the point skimmed the ice and was deflected past Cruickshank off a Green defenseman's skate, with an assist going to Eric Rosenberger...

Author: By Robert P. Marshall jr., | Title: High-Scoring Six Drubs Indians; Parrot's Two Goals Spark 8-3 Rout | 1/19/1966 | See Source »

...Republican to be reckoned with. He participated in formation of the Republican Coordinating Committee last year and has otherwise supported National Chairman Ray Bliss. While counseling amity between the party's "responsible conservatives" and "progressives" (a term he prefers over "moderate"), he has also taken the now mandatory slap at the "radical fringe." In the fall he campaigned in New Jersey for the Republican gubernatorial candidate, Wayne Dumont, who lost, and in Philadelphia for the Republican nominee for district attorney, Arlen Specter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pennsylvania: Building a Base | 1/14/1966 | See Source »

...Demment made up for this slip with a slap shot from eight feet inside the blue line that had lit the lamp before Cohen could move. Jack Garrity applied the finishing touches to the triumph when he converted a loose puck from a long shot by Smith that Cohen couldn't control...

Author: By Robert P. Marshall jr., | Title: Harvard Sextet Destroys B.C., 7-4 | 1/13/1966 | See Source »

Five minutes later B.U.'s Vic Conte hit a slap shot from the point, which Fitzsimmons stopped with an excellent save. But after making the stop Fitzsimmons lost his balance and fell down. Fred Baset had no difficulty shoving the rebound past him, making the score...

Author: By R. ANDREW Bever, | Title: B.U. SEXTET OUTCLASSES HARVARD, 4-2 | 1/6/1966 | See Source »

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