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r_text[0] = "When Hawerchuk was introduced to Winnipeg fans he was driven to the celebration in a Brinks truck, signed his first pro contract, and was handed jersey #10, all with the Mayor and members of Provincial Government present.";
r_text[1] = "By his first season's end, Ducky, as Dale Hawerchuk was called by teammates, had led the Jets to the largest single season turn-around by one team in NHL history, a 48-point improvement. ";
r_text[2] = "Dale Hawerchuk shattered 17 club records in his first season and became the youngest NHL player in history to reach the 100-point plateau, finishing with 103 points, the second best total by a rookie in NHL history.";
r_text[3] = "Over an 18-year National Hockey League career, Bryan Trottier led his teams to the Stanley Cup six times, including four consecutive titles with the New York Islanders in the early 1980s.";
r_text[4] = "Bryan Trottier was the winner of the Calder Trophy as the league's top rookie, the Art Ross Trophy as top scorer and the Hart Trophy as the most valuable player.";
r_text[5] = "Trottier, at his retirement, was the league's sixth-highest all-time scorer.";
r_text[6] = "In Dale Hawerchuk’s first ten years in the NHL he played 80 games nine times, scored more than 40 goals seven times and recorded more than 90 points ten times.";
r_text[7] = "Dale Hawerchuk played in 5 All Star Games and won the Calder Trophy in 1982.";
r_text[8] = "Goalie Billy Smith was credited with scoring a goal vs Colorado, November 28, 1979.";
r_text[9] = "Billy Smith fought opposing players, using his stick like a scythe to rid his crease of encroaching forwards; and he occasionally took on his own teammates and coaches, challenging them to raise their performance to match his own.";
r_text[10] = "In 2008 Geraldine Heaney joined Cammi Granato and Angela James as the first women to be inducted into the International Ice Hockey Hall of Fame.";
r_text[11] = "Once considered the best female ice hockey player in the world, Vicky Sunohara won an Olympic silver medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, a gold medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City  and another gold medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.";
r_text[12] = "After a 14-year NHL career, Tiger Williams was the league's all-time leader in penalty minutes with 3,966.";
r_text[13] = "In 1990-91, Vincent Damphousse was named the MVP of the NHL All-Star Game in Chicago thanks to a four-goal effort.";
r_text[14] = "At 5 feet 6 inches, Theo Fleury was one of the smallest players in hockey.";
r_text[15] = "On November 29, 1997, Theo Fleury scored his 315th career goal, passing Joe Nieuwendyk for first place on the Flames' all-time list.";
r_text[16] = "Theo Fleury was on Canada's Gold Medal Olympic Team in Salt Lake City.";
r_text[17] = "Glenn Anderson grew up in Burnaby, British Columbia with another future star who would one day grab headlines--actor Michael J. Fox.";
r_text[18] = "Throughout his NHL career, Glenn Anderson played over 1,000 games scoring 498 goals and 1,099 points.";
r_text[19] = "Of Glenn Anderson's three goals in the 1994 playoffs, two were game winners. At the time, only Maurice Richard had more overtime playoff goals, and only Messier, Gretzky, and Jari Kurri had more playoff points.";
r_text[20] = "As a child, the first goal Glenn Anderson ever scored was in his own net.";
r_text[21] = "Bob Bourne was a member of the Islanders when they won the Cup four consecutive times, from 1980 to 1983.";
r_text[22] = "Late in the 1994-95 season, Russ Courtnall was traded to the Vancouver Canucks where he teamed with his brother, Geoff, for 13 games.";
r_text[23] = "On December 6, 1981, Ron Flockhart set a Philly record by scoring two goals in eight seconds during an 8-2 thrashing of the St. Louis Blues.";




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