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Phil Esposito
Tony Esposito 1943- Canadian hockey player Nicknamed "Tony O," Tony Esposito was a Hall of Fame goaltender who was an early proponent of the modern style of butterfly goaltending and the use of an unorthodox, sprawling style to make saves. Younger brother of fellow Hall of Famer Phil Esposito... Read more |
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Patrick Roy
Patrick Roy Over the course of his 18-year professional career, Canadian hockey player Patrick Roy (born 1965) proved to himself and hockey fans everywhere his outstanding skills and instincts as a goaltender. His heroic actions to defend his team, even when ill or suffering from appendicitis, in... Read more |
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Grant Fuhr
Grant Fuhr 1962— Hockey player, coach The Edmonton Oilers dominated the National Hockey League (NHL) throughout the 1980s, in no small part due to the goaltending talents of Grant Fuhr. Fuhr was an indispensable component of a team that won five Stanley Cups in seven years, a sometimes... Read more |
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field hockey
field hockey outdoor stick and ball game. Field hockey, like many sports, is of obscure origins, but traces in one form or another to the ancient Egyptians and Persians, making it one of the world's oldest known sports. London's Wimbledon Hockey Club (organized 1883) standardized the game after... Read more |
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Jack Welch
Jack Welch John F. "Jack" Welch Jr. (born 1935) rose from the ranks of General Electric (GE) to be named the company's youngest ever chief executive officer in 1981. After making difficult personnel decisions early in his tenure, which included shedding more than 100,000 employees, Welch began a... Read more |
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Trophy
Trophy Background Trophies are a category of awards given primarily for academic, work, and sport contests or events. They are physical evidence that one person or group has bested another in some contest. Imposing and sculptural, trophies often include a figure, sports... Read more |
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Maurice Richard
Maurice Richard 1921-2000 Canadian hockey player When Maurice Richard—universally known by his nickname, "The Rocket"—died in Montreal on May 27, 2000, the entire nation of Canada went into mourning. One of the greatest players in the history of hockey, Richard's legendary... Read more |
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Vince Carter
Vince Carter 1977- American basketball player One of the brightest young stars in professional basketball, Vince Carter has helped to popularize basketball in a country that long has focused the bulk of its sports interests on hockey during the fall and winter months. In only his second season... Read more |
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Bobby Hull
Bobby Hull 1939- Canadian hockey player One of the most dynamic players in the National Hockey League (NHL) in the 1960s, Bobby Hull earned the nickname "The Golden Jet" for his quick moves and solid shooting ability on the ice and his colorful personality off the ice. Setting numerous... Read more |
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High school students
CHAPTER 6 COLLEGE AND HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS College athletics function as a minor, or preparatory, league for some professional sports, particularly football and basketball, but there is nothing minor about Americans' passion for them or about the sums of money intercollegiate sports generate. Just as... Read more |
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Wild sign 51-year old hockey goaltender
...recreational hockey league needed...night. The 51-year-old embroidery...being short a goaltender.Deutsch's...14 girl's hockey team. Deutsch...Minneapolis Roosevelt High School.He is a good...recreational ... |
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Schultz accomplishes rare feat in recreational hockey; Goaltender notches 2nd...
...surgery and 12 years after first playing organized hockey. On Thursday...piece of local hockey lore. Schultz...the second goaltender in the nearly 30-year history of...more than 20 years ago. "It...shortage of ... |
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If the Uniform Fits, He Must Acquit.(monitoring and rules for hockey...
...hours and thank the hockey gods that they haven...Steve Shields of the hockey world find out that...the case for three years now. He hasn't...goaltending a few years ago after a loud...equipment was held to a higher standard. Plus...his job ... |
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Two goalies, but one goal ; The Falmouth hockey team rotates a pair of...
...of talented goaltenders and never seems...SportsMemo: HOCKEY PREVIEW Our hockey preview continues...13 shy of the school record. C...the Falmouth hockey team faced at...team." Two years later, that...Yachtsmen last ... |
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Breaking the ice ; Ryan Miller is much more than a professional hockey...
...Miller goes beyond hockey, where his quiet...well beyond 35 or 40 years old. I just want...Miller visited the 8-year-old in his hospital...patients connected with school friends and relatives...cleared to play mite hockey, but he was ... |
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GIRLS' HOCKEY; SECTION TOURNAMENTS; Blaze emboldened by goalie's hot hand;...
...d think that in 30 years of coaching, Bruce Anderson...Burnsville's girls' hockey team won the Class 2A...cooperative team among five high schools - at 11 a.m. Thursday...defining game from senior goaltender Lindsey Mortinson, who... |
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Junior hockey: Smith, Leach give Pioneers two solid goaltender options
...Pacific Junior B Hockey League at 31-5...was playing midget hockey in his native Spokane...graduate from Juanita High School in June (He is attending...much of his senior year was difficult. But...in all of junior hockey. ... |
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Batavia hockey big success in its third year as program Bulldogs feature wide...
...community and the high school that Bulldogs...we have a hockey team at the...never played hockey before," said goaltender Justin Cate...program is 3 years old, this...Illinois State Hockey Tournament...a ... |
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Goaltender Vardy Is the Saving Grace In Spartans' Streak
...hockey starting goaltender Craig Vardy might...Maryland Scholastic Hockey League Tier II...and stop during school, but once school...Vardy has more ice hockey experience than...sport for six years and was a ... |
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Pair of Freeze goaltenders attract attention in recent NHL draft.(Sports)
...Chicago Freeze goaltenders were high picks in...National Hockey League draft...2001 USA Hockey Junior Goaltender of the Year, was a first...the Ontario Hockey League in...invite) high ... |