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Tom Reid (ice Hockey)
Thomas Allan Reid (born June 24, 1946) is a retired professional ice hockey player who played 701 regular season games in the National Hockey League. He played for the Chicago Black Hawks and Minnesota North Stars over an 11-year career. Reid was born in Fort Erie, Ontario. Playing career Not known as a goal scorer, perhaps Reid's best known accomplishment as a player was scoring a rare penalty shot goal on October 14, 1971 against Ken Dryden of the Montreal Canadiens. It was the only penalty shot ever scored against Dryden and one of only 17 goals that Reid scored in his career. Reid was forced to retire as an active player after the 1977–78 season due to a rash known amongst his colleagues as "the gunk" which covered 70 percent of his body. The rash at its worst secretes a yellowish liquid that sticks to a uniform or protective equipment worn by a player. Reid didn’t start experiencing it until his eighth season in the league and was advised by his doctors to end ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Defenceman
Defence or defense (in American English) in ice hockey is a player position that is primarily responsible for preventing the opposing team from scoring. They are often referred to as defencemen, D, D-men or blueliners (the latter a reference to the blue line in ice hockey which represents the boundary of the offensive zone; defencemen generally position themselves along the line to keep the puck in the zone). They were once called cover-point. In regular play, two defencemen complement three forwards and a goaltender on the ice. Exceptions include overtime during the regular season and when a team is shorthanded (i.e. has been assessed a penalty), in which two defencemen are typically joined by only two forwards and a goaltender. In National Hockey League regular season play in overtime, effective with the 2015-16 season, teams (usually) have only three position players and a goaltender on the ice, and may use either two forwards and one defenceman, orrarelytwo defencemen an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
