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I'm sure almost everyone has seen this but it never gets old. Wayne Gretzky leaving Pelé, Sugar Ray Leonard & Björn Borg in his dust.
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@hockey_samurai
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Wayne Gretzky had more 4-point games (217) in his career than 0-point games (203).
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The kid who went to bed in 1973 and woke up on Christmas Day to find that Santa brought him these bed sheets was the biggest winner.
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Parachute day was pretty cool. But the best day of Gym/PE class was when you saw the nets and then the sticks come out. Floor Hockey didn't happen often but when it did, it was the best school ever got.
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@hockey_samurai
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Hockey. And hockey players. You may not think you have 5 minutes to spend watching a video. But you WON'T regret this beauty from @b0undless . I promise.
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The Main Event: Lanny Machine Gun McDonald vs Battlin' Billy Smith. Battlin' Billy waves off his Defenseman and the combatants throw hands.
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Hockey Night in Croatia. Pula (Pulska) Arena in Pula, Croatia. Spectacular. #HockeyTwitter
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@hockey_samurai
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An engaged audience. No kiss cams. No blaring music. No PA announcer trying to entertain instead of inform. No ads on the boards. Hockey. Just hockey.
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"I don't know where I'm going to play, but I want to still play until I can't walk anymore. To me, age is nothing. I don't get old. I don't know why. You've gotta ask God, man." - Jaromír Jágr Jagr said this when he was 42. He is now 51 and has not yet retired from Kladno.
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"Yeah, but it was so easy to score back then, that's why Gretzky scored all those goals...." There are about 5 penalties in this clip, if this were from today's era. It was so easy blah, blah, blah.
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“Nothing is as good as it used to be, and it never was. The golden age of sports, the golden age of anything, is the age of everyone’s childhood.” - Ken Dryden With that said, who was your childhood hockey hero?
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@hockey_samurai
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Darcy Tucker goes at Alexei Kovalev with the elbow up and Alexei Kovalev circles with the puck and launches himself at Tucker. Yeesh. #Leafs #Habs
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Pavel, Wayne, Paul, Jaromír, Mario, Eric, Gordie. Just some pals playing some shinny on a pond.
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Scott Niedermayer is the only player to win the Memorial Cup, World JR gold, the World Championships, World Cup of Hockey, Olympic Gold and the Stanley Cup. Serial Winner.
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Too many to chose from. But the hype for Probert/Domi II was off the charts and it lived up to that hype.
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@hockey_samurai
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Alexei Kovalev was one of the most creative players with the puck. Here's proof.
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@hockey_samurai
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Sleep well everyone! I hope that your day tomorrow is half as good as the kid who received this on Christmas Day 1973.
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The Aud. Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. What. A. Barn. #LetsGoBuffalo #Sabres
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@hockey_samurai
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Ahhhh, the Chuck Norris Division. #LGRW #MNorthStars #RedWings #mnwild
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1984. To celebrate their 75th anniversary, the Canadiens picked their all-time All Star team. After calling out Plante, Richard, Harvey, Beliveau, Moore & Robinson they called out the oldest living Hab, HOFer, Aurele Joliat. What followed - was/is a treat! #Habs #GoHabsGo
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2014 Winter Classic. Thirty years after he reitred Mike Palmateer show us nothing has changed.
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I'm not saying this is the best goal ever scored but I'm not saying it's not either. Savoir-Faire. #Blackhawks
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1967. In the foreground, two of the classiest guys ever to play. Jean Ratelle and Henri Richard. #NYR #GoHabsGo
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39 years after the Miracle On Ice and a Gold Medal - John Harrington, Dave Christian & Mark Johnson. Looking good boys!🇺🇸🥇
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Sometimes you just need to see #4 in action to pick your day up a little. So here is #4 , Bobby Orr doing his thing.. #NHLBruins
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Maple Leaf Gardens in all her glory. One. Last. Time. #LeafsForever
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It's Playoff Season!!! Remember rules are rules. Don't break this one. 👇 #StanleyCupPlayoffs (📽️YT/monkeypants39)
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1984. To celebrate their 75th anniversary, the Canadiens picked their all-time All Star team. After the team was named they called out the oldest living Hab, HOFer, Aurèle Joliat. What followed - was/is a treat! #Habs
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Bobby Hull's on ice legacy is not up for debate. He was one of the best players to ever play the game. May the Golden Jet Rest in Peace.
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Bobby Orr is just about as graceful a skater as there ever has been and he did while scooting around on these.
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Pretty damn good one-two punch back in the day. #Oilers Andy Moog & Grant Fuhr.
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And Jacques Demers goes with 21-year-old Steve Yzerman as captian. He would go on to become the longest-serving captain of any team in North American major league sports history. #LGRW #RedWings
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This man had more points in an NHL season than every player not named Wayne Gretzky or Mario Lemieux. Steve Yzerman had 65 goals and 90 assists for 155 points in 1988-89.
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A man and his people in an igloo. #LetsGoPens
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"People say that I must get bothered when someone stops me for an autograph or a photo. I'll get bothered when no one asks me. Being asked means people haven't forgotten the time I played." - Guy Lafleur Nobody's forgotten Guy. Nobody.🙏 (📸 - Dick Raphael/Sports Illustrated)
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@hockey_samurai
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Gone but never forgotten.
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@hockey_samurai
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Stanley Cup Playoffs baby!! You know the rules.
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@hockey_samurai
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Maurice Richard explains his 8 point night to Peter Gzowski. #Habs #GoHabsGo Happy 100th Birthday, Rocket!!
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1984. To celebrate their 75th anniversary, the Canadiens picked their all-time All Star team. After the team was named they called out the oldest living Hab, HOFer, Aurèle Joliat. What followed - was/is a treat!
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The Minnesota North Stars existed from 1967 - 1993. They had roughly 350 players play for them. Name one. #StateOfHockey
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This works. It so works. Waiting on you Bettman and Co. #Nordiques
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Larry Robinson could do it all. Including this kind of thing. #Habs #GoHabsGo 🎙️Danny Gallivan, Dick Irvin Jr, Glenn Chico Resch (what a booth!!) 🎥 YouTube - rainman12953
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Few had his skills. Fewer had his toughness. Fewer still, his class. RIP Börje Salming. We'll miss you, King. 👑 💙💙💙🇸🇪🙏
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1980. Gretzky's in town so you're taking the kids. You're bringing your home video camera and the game isn't sold out, so you're planning to move around to record some of the action. You can't wait to see the this young superstar. Finesse hockey baby!!
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Bobby Orr on cruise control was still way better than everybody else. #NHLBruins
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That would have been a dynamite pairing in any era. Bobby Orr & Zdeno Chára
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Ken Dryden played in 397 NHL games and lost only 57 times. Madness. #Habs #GoHabsGo #Montreal #Canadiens
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There are many reasons why Rod Gilbert is Mr. Ranger and moments like this 👇 are the #1 reason. All class all the time. Hope you're resting well, Mr. Gilbert. #NYR
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Gino Odjick has passed away. Gone way too soon. Odjick did the toughest job in hockey - Enforcer - and did it damn well. He was popular with his teammates and the fans, especially Canucks fans. Odjick was 52. RIP. 🙏
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RIP Bob Cole. The voice of hockey for a generation. One of the best. Ever. Any Sport. You know he's going to settle in to the Gondola upstairs in that Heavenly Arena and call one for the ages. Oh, Baby! Godspeed, Mr. Cole. 🙏
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Wayne Gretzky throws his gloves off like a veteran of the fisticuffs. Neal Broten handles him like a veteran of the fisticuffs. 😁
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1979. You've got seats between the blue lines. You're taking the kids because Wayne Gretzky is in town on his 1st ever trip to Pittsburgh. You can't wait to take in the action. You even brought your video camera to record this phenom. #LetsGoOilers #LetsGoPens #HockeyTwitter
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ᔪᐊᑕᓐ ᑐᑐ. Jordin Tootoo. The 1st Inuk ever to play in the NHL. He gave everything he had when he was on the ice and now that he is off the ice, he gives everything back to his community.
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Cheers Alexander Mogilny. You're in my Hall of Fame.
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RIP Paul D’Amato. Most of us know him as Tim “Dr. Hook” McCracken from the best hockey movie of all time - Slap Shot. Godspeed Dr. Hook. Thanks for entertaining us. 🙏 D'Amato was 75.
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Gee, I wonder what happened...😁 #Isles
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Not sure. But I know that there has never been a commercial with more greatness in it, than this one. ⬇️
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What is the greatest commercial of all time?
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The Golden Age of NHL Logos!
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Giants of the Game. Légendes du Québec. Henri Richard, Marcel Dionne, Guy Lafleur, Gilbert Perreault, Jean Béliveau & Maurice Richard.
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Can G.O.A.T be pluralized, because I think it can.
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1946. 18-year-old Gordie Howe. #LGRW #RedWings
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Bobby Orr. Just toying with the opposition. #NHLBruins
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I have never met Rod Gilbert but from the stories I've heard, this video seems to sum him up nicely. RIP #7 .
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Ron Tugnutt stops 70 including 19 from Ray Bourque and one that was from point blank range with just seconds remaining in OT. #Nordiques
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Mario Lemieux terrorizing the competition in the Q as an 18-year-old. #LetsGoPens
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RIP to one of the greatest to do what he did, the voice of Sabres' hockey has passed away. Rick Jeanneret has been the narrator of so many great hockey moments (May Day! May Day!). A style all his own. Godspeed, Mr. Jeanneret. Jeanneret was 81. 🙏
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Tim Horton does his best to contain Bobby Orr. #4 's hero growing up - Tim Horton
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1979. Too many men on the ice. The Habs comeback from a 2 goal deficit and beat the Bruins (again) in OT of Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Semi-Finals. Reporters gather around to listen to what Don Cherry has to say. I think you'll want to listen too. 😁
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A Montreal born Boston Bruin and a Boston born Montreal Canadien. #NHLBoston #GoHabsGo
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A great look at the Olympia in Detroit during a 1966 playoff game as Norm Ullman of the Red Wings & Doug Jarrett of the Black Hawks get ready to engage in a battle for the puck. The Old Red Barn, one of hockey's cathedrals from the Original 6 Era, looking very photogenic.
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Working? No matter. Be like Larry Robinson. Have a drink.
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1982. This is what happened when you set a new single season goal scoring record & visited the Montreal Forum a week later. The #Habs role out the red carpet for Wayne Gretzky & have Maurice Richard give 99 a gift. Absolute class. And Claude Mouton.👍3 Legends! #LetsGoOilers
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There haven't been many more players that have been more fun to watch in the history of hockey than Pavel Datsyuk.
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The King with other Leafs royalty in front of their castle. Börje, Tiger, Darryl & Lanny.
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Two of the best RW and hockey players ever have left us in the span of a week. Fuck you cancer.
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Some players were just born to play for certain teams and wear certain uniforms.
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Rest in Peace to Gilles Gilbert. Gilbert played for the North Stars, Bruins, and Red Wings. He had his best years with the Bruins. The former All Star was 74. Scoring goals just got a little tougher in that league upstairs. Godspeed, Mr. Gilbert.
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The photo turns 53 May 10th. The man turns 75 today. Bobby Orr.
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Two minutes of the most iconic pose in hockey history. Mr. Ken Dryen #Habs #GoHabsGo
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Remember when Tie Domi delivered a telegram to Ulf Samuelsson from Pierre Mondou & Cam Neely. Perhaps the only time that #LeafsForever #GoHabsGo & #NHLBruins fans all smiled at the same time. #Leafs #Habs #Bruins
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#AtTheDot Lemieux & Gretzky
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Peter Puck explained the game of hockey to many new fans on NBC's Hockey Game of the Week during the 1970s. Peter Puck was created by Hanna-Barbera studios & when NBC lost their rights to the NHL, Peter Puck was eventually purchased by Brian McFarlane. (🎥 @MapleLeafsToronto /YT)
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The snarl of Bill "Goldie" Goldthorpe of the Minnesota Fight Saints. The inspiration for Slap Shot's Ogie Ogilthorpe.
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Rookie Mats Sundin of the Quebec Nordiques. Sundin was the 1st European player to be drafted #1 overall (1989). #Nordiques
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It took more guts & courage than I ever had to leave your family behind for a life that awaited you on the other side of the Iron Curtain. Most will remember Petr Klima for the 3 OT winner in the 1990 Cup Final. I'll remember him for his guts (& his tape job). Klima was 58. RIP
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Bob. Bob Cole. Just listen to him call an OT game between the Ottawa Senators and Toronto Maple Leafs in 2000. LEGEND.
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In 2008 Chris Osgood replaced Dominik Hašek as the Wings' goalie in R1 G4. Detroit then won 9 straight playoff games before eventually winning the Stanley Cup after he opened the series with 2 SO. He deserves more credit than he ever gets. Thanks @jimboknows27 for your donation
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❤️💚💙🖤❤️
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2000 Stanley Cup Final. Game 6. Martin Brodeur leaps for joy as Jason Arnott scores in OT and the New Jersey Devils win their 2nd Stanley Cup.
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1988. Stanley Cup Final. Game 4. The 1st Game 4. Until it was suspended due to a power failure about halfway through the game. Mike Krushelnyski chases Ray Bourque in the fog, in a warm Boston Garden.
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Highlights of a game between the Philadelphia Flyers and the Hartford Whalers at the Hartford Civic Center on Dec 11th. 1982. What's so special about this game? It's the 1st All Cooperalls Game! #Flyers #Whalers #BringItToBroad #Hartford
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1987 Canada Cup. Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux played with each other one time in a competitive setting and it was fecking glorious. This is when they were just getting warmed up. The last goal on this clip...👍 #HockeyTwitter #HockeyCanada
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1972 Summit Series. The Interview that turned the tide. Phil Esposito.
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After you kick Dave Schultz's ass, you deserve a drink. Larry Robinson accepts an offering from a fan at the Forum.
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Two leaders on two rival teams. Both great players, both #19 and both the epitome of class. Steve Yzerman and Joe Sakic. #LGRW #GoAvsGo
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As far as national hockey sweaters go, that's pretty damn close to perfection.
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Happy 90th Birthday to the voice of hockey for so many. Bob Cole - living LEGEND. Oh, Baby!!! (📸 - @pkstrk )
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1987 Canada Cup. Game 2. Do or Die for Canada. Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux come to play. Gretzky registers 5 assists with 3 of them coming on Lemieux goals as Canada beats USSR 6-5 in 2 OT. Here are those 5 goals. 🇨🇦🔥 🎙️ - Dan Kelly & Ron Reusch 🔥
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So, how did Eric Lindros impact the game? This monster shift kind of sums it up. #FueledByPhilly
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Rest In Peace to one of the best singer songwriters ever - Gordon Lightfoot. Thank-you Mr. Lightfoot. Godspeed. (📸 @TaraSlone )
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