Word: vachon
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...tied Montreal, 4-4, in a game at Capital Centre last April. 13. Atlanta--Dave Schultz [5:40, OT]; Rangers--Gary Dornhoefer; Bruins--Rick MacLeish from Andre "Moose" Dupont. 14. The New Haven Nighthawks of the AHL. 15. Pettie and Boston defeated Chicago, 4-2, in Chicago. 16. Rogie Vachon of Detroit. 17. 1970, when the Rangers and Montreal had identical records but New York won the spot on total regular season goals, 246-244. 18. Pierre Larouche, Pittsburgh Penguins, 20 years, 5 months. 19. 50 penalties. Islanders vs. Rangers, Zebra Ron Wicks. 20. Wayne Gretzky, Edmonton Oilers, 17 years...
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Slow Start. Indeed, Vachon is an irrepressible roamer around the net. Unsatisfied with merely blocking shots, he constantly sweeps alongside the goal -and even behind it-to clear the puck or start breakaways up the ice. "I like moving around," he says. "If I stayed in the net, I wouldn't be involved in the game and the opposition could score some easy goals...
Such scores used to come often. In fact, Vachon's career started with what for him was agonizing slowness. After learning to play goalie as a farm boy in rural Quebec (his peers would not let him play offense because of his size), he was invited to a Montreal Canadien junior team tryout at age 16. He was immediately sent to the second-rank junior squad. Four years later, when his junior stint was ending, Vachon was once again farmed out, this time to a minor league team. When he finally got a chance to play for Montreal eight...
...expansion club needed a leader as well as a good goalie, and Vachon has filled both roles. He constantly hollers instructions to teammates during play. He has also blended easily into Coach Bob Pulford's style-a minimum of rowdy brawls and fancy maneuvers, a maximum of basic, methodical play. Vachon gets plenty of help from two N.H.L. veterans, Defenseman Terry Harper and Right Wing Bob Nevin, who leads the King attack. Before this season started, Vachon made an extra effort to get in shape, running three to four miles as well as playing tennis for up to four...