Word: wingman
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Tech squad, all but six are Canadians, and most have already been drafted by some N.H.L. club. Captain Ricky Yeo comes from Port Arthur, Ontario. All-America Goalie Tony Esposito, brother of the Chicago Black Hawks' Phil Esposito, is on the Montreal Canadiens' "negotiation list," and Wingman Jerry Bumbacco was drafted at 16 by the Black Hawks. The deal for those who do well is free room, board and tuition, plus a $25-a-month bonus if they keep their grades above...
...they could do just to finish fourth in the six-team National Hockey League. Their goalie, Terry Sawchuk, had 1) a pinched nerve, 2) a sick wife, 3) six kids and 4) a $100,000 liability suit over an automobile accident to contend with. And their star, Wingman Gordie Howe, was obviously slowing down. He would never see 35 again, and in 14 games against Toronto this season, he had not scored a single goal...
...hand grenade in each hand. A burst of gunfire from the choppers cut him down; both grenades exploded beneath his body. From the door of a grass hut, a guerrilla blazed away at a hovering Huey, missed its copilot by only a few inches. The Huey's wingman planted a rocket smack in the doorway of the hut and blew it to pieces...
...immediately called the ground fire to the attention of my wingman. Almost at the same instant he also was informing me. This was the first break of radio silence since we departed MacDill...