Word: torrey
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Dates: during 1981-1981
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...main forces behind the Islanders' rise are President and General Manager Bill Torrey, 46, and Coach Arbour, 48. Torrey is a bespectacled, sweet-faced former college hockey player and executive of the old California Seals, whose unassuming demeanor camouflages one of the most astute minds in sport. The self-possessed, quietly dressed Arbour, who could pass for a NASA flight controller, is a former defenseman and one of the most innovative coaches in the game. It was Arbour who sent his players to an ophthalmologist to work on hand-eye coordination and hired a figure-skating coach to improve...