Re: hockey trivia

Thanks Roy !

"Roy A. Fletcher" wrote:

> al ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> with editing...
> : No! I say it was started from Serge, a friend says it stared with Denis ?
> : They both did that move.  Do you know?
>
> Of course you're right.
> That phrase was a Danny Gallivan expression, like "scintillating save"
> and some others. He used alliteration frequently.
>
> Denis Savard played in Chicago for the majority of his career, with only
> a short stop in Montreal. He was another of Sam Pollock's mistakes.
> Pollock could have drafted Denis Savard, but instead took Doug
> Wickenheiser. His rationale was that Savard was too small to be a
> star in the NHL. Sam Pollock took the Montreal Canadiens into a nose-dive
> that they've never been able to recover from.
>
> Regards.                RAF