the
spectator

BACK WHEN the NHL had
only six teams and the New
York Rangers were chronic
bottom feeders, their goalie
was a sprightly gnome named
Gump Worsley.
One day a reporter asked him

- which team gave him the most trou-
ble. Worsley prompily replied: “The
Rangers.” No doubt that’s a sentiment

promptly hurled at Red Eye.
- knocking him off his seat.

with which the Vancouver Canucks*
Kirk McLean and Corey Hirsch
can identity.

Another story from an even earlier
time, when the Detroit Red Wings
brought up a voung defenceman from
the farm system to give him a shot at
the big club. His name was — and
still is — Jim (Red Eye) Hay.

‘To demonstrate what a wonderful ,
rushing defenceman he was, Red Eye
constantly carried the puck up ice and
into the opponents’ end. More often
than not, he lost possession and failed

to get back in time to prevent the sub-. .

sequent 3-on-2s and 3-on-{s.

The Wings’ resident tyrant of the
day, Jolly Jack Adams — called
Jolly for the same reason many bald
men are called Curly — was not
amused. Between periods one night
he walked into the dressing room,
carrying a thick book in one hand. It
was a Webster's dictionary, which he
almost

“That.” roared Adams, “is a dictie-

‘nary! Look up the meaning of

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