Word: yvan
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Winegate" affair by French papers. Protesting his innocence, Cruse shot back in righteous anger: "You'll see, I'll be the Nixon of Bordeaux." That prediction turned out to be more accurate than he could have possibly wished. Last week, in a criminal court, Cruse, his cousin Yvan, a freewheeling wine broker named Pierre Bert and 15 lesser merchants were on trial, charged with falsifying labels, tampering with official documents, and trying to sell doctored wine...
Mark Tardiff scored the game-winner at 1:08 of the first period for the Canadiens and follow up goals by Yvan Cournoyer, Guy LeFleur and Claude Larose proved to be nothing more than icing on the cake...
Goalie Ken Dryden of the Montreal Canadiens was second in the voting, and one of six Canadiens chosen for the team. Joining Orr and Dryden as starters will be Guy Lapointe and Yvan Cournoyer of Montreal, Phil Esposito, the League's leading scorer, of Boston, and Richard Martin of the Buffalo Sabres...
...continued to display the precise teamwork that had given them the edge in Canada. But the Canadians managed to overcome the lack of conditioning that had marred their play in the series' first games. The 35-member Canadian squad included such high-scoring luminaries as Montreal's Yvan Cournoyer and Rod Gilbert of the New York Rangers. Nonetheless its most impressive forward line was made up of three relatively unheralded players: Toronto's Paul Henderson and Ron Ellis and Philadelphia's Bobby Clarke...
...also the first time in 22 years that Montreal was not a Cup contender. The prospect miffed the Canadiens: many of them felt that Detroit had rolled over and played dead against New York. "That was an awful way for the Red Wings to finish up the season," said Yvan Cournoyer. "Those guys have no pride." His fellow-Canadiens felt that many Detroit regulars-Aging Stars Alex Delvecchio and Gordie Howe among them-had been used too sparingly. They were incensed when Detroit's Gary Unger cheerily admitted on TV that the team had stayed up late the night...