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1897:References
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269:ice hockey
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69:newspapers
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300:left wing
736:1958–59
650:1957–58
546:Playoffs
399:Avco Cup
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203:Position
180:Montreal
165:, Canada
1971:NHL.com
1783:1978–79
1740:1977–78
1697:1976–77
1654:1975–76
1611:1974–75
1568:1973–74
1521:1972–73
1478:1971–72
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1263:1966–67
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1177:1964–65
1134:1963–64
1091:1962–63
1048:1961–62
1005:1960–61
962:1960–61
915:1959–60
868:1959–60
825:1958–59
778:1958–59
692:1957–58
614:OHA-Jr.
604:1957–58
560:League
514:in 2010
347:by the
286:of the
278:of the
207:Defence
83:scholar
832:M-Cup
553:Season
249:Canada
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187:Height
85:
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1012:EPHL
742:EOHL
700:M-Cup
656:EOHL
557:Team
90:JSTOR
76:books
1953:2013
1923:2013
1875:126
1840:204
1790:WHA
1747:WHA
1704:WHA
1661:WHA
1618:WHA
1575:WHA
1485:NHL
1442:NHL
1399:NHL
1356:NHL
1313:NHL
1270:NHL
1227:NHL
1184:NHL
1141:NHL
1098:NHL
1055:NHL
969:NHL
925:EPHL
598:PIM
499:1968
493:1971
474:1974
468:1976
466:and
464:1975
460:1973
444:1972
442:and
440:1971
436:1969
432:1968
428:1967
424:1965
420:1959
403:1977
397:Won
393:1971
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389:1969
385:1968
381:1966
377:1965
371:Won
351:and
331:1972
324:1968
320:1971
218:Left
214:Shot
170:Died
150:Born
62:news
1872:424
1869:358
1863:454
1855:58
1843:108
1837:363
1834:306
1828:794
1762:26
1719:16
1676:16
1633:18
1590:10
1547:32
1531:WHA
1500:24
1472:15
1457:23
1371:18
1328:18
1285:14
1214:18
1199:22
1156:24
1113:10
1070:18
1027:28
984:18
941:55
878:NHL
862:12
788:AHL
757:22
731:10
671:16
595:Pts
582:PIM
577:Pts
491:in
454:WHA
418:in
409:NHL
401:in
375:in
329:In
318:in
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1820:—
1805:8
1802:44
1799:38
1793:56
1777:0
1759:42
1756:37
1750:54
1734:2
1731:11
1722:17
1716:35
1713:31
1707:53
1691:0
1673:89
1670:77
1667:12
1664:80
1648:2
1645:10
1642:10
1636:11
1630:72
1627:56
1624:16
1621:68
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1562:—
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1541:75
1538:14
1535:75
1515:0
1497:57
1494:51
1488:76
1469:17
1466:14
1460:20
1454:63
1451:52
1448:11
1445:76
1429:—
1414:7
1411:21
1408:19
1402:58
1386:6
1374:13
1368:39
1365:32
1359:75
1343:2
1331:13
1325:30
1322:26
1316:73
1300:2
1288:10
1282:34
1279:26
1273:60
1257:2
1254:11
1245:10
1242:8
1239:35
1236:29
1230:59
1211:10
1202:13
1196:20
1193:17
1187:68
1171:9
1153:21
1150:16
1144:70
1128:0
1110:18
1107:17
1101:69
1085:2
1067:20
1064:17
1058:70
1042:—
1024:40
1021:33
1015:37
999:2
972:29
956:2
938:56
935:31
932:25
929:55
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894:0
882:11
847:—
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804:0
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751:13
745:26
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665:17
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1765:1
1753:5
1728:9
1725:2
1710:4
1688:3
1685:3
1682:0
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1426:—
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1383:5
1380:4
1377:1
1362:7
1340:9
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1276:8
1251:9
1248:2
1233:6
1208:9
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1190:3
1168:3
1165:1
1162:2
1159:7
1147:5
1125:0
1122:0
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