Word: stroke
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...offense and 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...
Moving at a 34 strokes-per-minute clip, the women in black picked up nearly a seat a stroke following the settle, and by the 300-meter mark they owned a lead of just under a length. By the halfway mark the lead grew to a full length, where it held steady until the closing sprint...
Southern Connecticut's number one man Billy Rea played the role of the Pied Piper with a four-over par 75, one stroke ahead of the Crimson troika. Another Southern Connecticut player strung together a 74 but was officially ineligible to play because of his transfer status...
...second swamping at the blades of Rutgers on the Harlem River last weekend signalled the week of searching and seat-racing which ended with three changes, including the stroke, from the eight that struggled last Saturday. Jeff Cooley, the J.V. stroke last weekend, has switched seats with former varsity front-man Kevin Cunningham and at three and four, Randy Vagelos and Jeff Brown have moved up to oust, at least momentarily, Pasha Lakdhir and Karl Forsguard...
...should have been moved up. Despite the fact that Cunningham beat Cooley in seat racing on Thursday, Higginson felt, and his rowers concurred, that Cooley was largely responsible for the J.V.'s ability to keep up with and even outstrip the varsity during the week. Cooley's "the better stroke in establishing the swing, the length, the proportion," Higginson said. "What bothers me is that Kevin had something to offer--enormous drive--and he won't be able to offer it from...