Longtime NHL big name Jeremy Roenick took his percentage of lumps as a decided ahead in hockey’s pinnacle league. As instructed in this option tale from The Hockey News’ May 12, 1989, edition (Vol. 42, Issue 34), Roenick’s initiation into Stanley Cup playoff hockey covered primary dental work.
(This is our everyday pitch to you: for get entry to to The Hockey News Archive, go to THN.com/Free and enroll in the magazine.) Playing for the Chicago Blackhawks, Roenick engaged in a stick duel with St. Louis Blues difficult man Glen Featherstone in Game five in their Norris Division final.
Roenick got here farfar from the conflict with a one of a kind look. Although he turned into handiest 19 on the time, Roenick’s sturdy bodily recreation made him a fave of Hawks teach Mike Keenan.
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