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...Oilers are at home. Temporarily down to a solitary goaltender, awaiting a replacement from the minor leagues, they have recruited an Edmonton policeman, Floyd Whitney, for a practice session. "You're the target today, eh?" one of the stubbly giants greets Whitney reassuringly, as the Stanley Cup champions slide sleepily onto their indoor pond. Despite a proliferation of Europeans, hockey players still tend to be white, toothless Canadians from small, picturesque places, who skated to grammar school on iced-over footpaths until diverted during high school to the big city, where they enjoy drinking beer and occasionally throwing each other...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Masters of Their Own Game | 3/18/1985 | See Source »

...laughs aloud at the successful plays, and drops his long jaw and howls at the blunders, drawing happy curses all around. Wimp does not fairly describe his 5-ft. 11- in., 170-lb. appearance in this bulky company, but it comes to mind. Almost every shot Gretzky takes, Officer Whitney snares in his first-baseman's mitt, an astonishment that the goalie explains later with a chagrined smile: "I didn't even see some of them. He was aiming for my glove...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Masters of Their Own Game | 3/18/1985 | See Source »

...baby girl, Marya Whitney Spence, arrived two weeks early, but was in good condition yesterday, officials at Brigham and Women's Hospital said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Baby Marya Joins Spence Clan | 3/5/1985 | See Source »

...Dream of Orchids, Whitney...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Best Sellers: Feb. 18, 1985 | 2/18/1985 | See Source »

...Dream of Orchids, Whitney...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Best Sellers: Feb. 11, 1985 | 2/11/1985 | See Source »

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