Word: pucks
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...biggest advantage of the new sticks, though, is what Bobby Hull calls "the element of surprise. I can pull the puck in and shoot it all in one motion before the goaltender knows I'm shooting. The hook hugs the puck, and I can get a little action on it. It'll drop or rise, and I know which way it's going by the way I follow through...
Shots at Spectators. Though Hull swears by the curved sticks, more than a few players swear at them. The "little action" Hull refers to is a certain spin given to the puck that makes it dip-sydoodle through the air like a knuckleball, fluttering and dropping as much as 18 in.-at 100-plus m.p.h. For the hapless goalie, says Toronto Maple Leaf Coach Punch Imlach, fielding these unguided missiles is "like standing up at the plate while a baseball pitcher without control throws dust-off pitches at your head...
...should be outlawed, and goalies should go on strike to see that it's done." In lieu of that, Chicago's Dave Dryden feels that at the very least goalies should be equipped with their own curved sticks. "That way," he says ruefully, "we can fire the puck back at them...
...characters of the three jell perfectly. Joey is perfectly suited for center and has a natural instinct to get the puck. DeMichele and Owen's play is suited to the wing position. Steve, on the right wing, is a fast skater, and, being lefthanded, is able to skate in on the net from his position. Dan, on the other wing, relies on his shot. His strength enables him to shoot with great power and precision," Kinasewich said...
...Joey is a natural for center," Kinasewich said. "His ability to control the puck and use his wings to the teams's advantage certainly makes him one of the finest centers in college hockey...