Bernie "Boom Boom" Geoffrion, inventor of the slap shot dead at 75.

maveric

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Sun Mar-12-06 07:19 PM
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Bernie "Boom Boom" Geoffrion, inventor of the slap shot dead at 75.

http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/hockey/bal-sp.nhl12mar12,0,4893403.story?coll=bal-sports-hockey
One of the alltime hockey greats passed yesterday.

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wain

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Sun Mar-12-06 08:19 PM
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1. The year before the Flyer's 1st Stanley Cup

Geoffrion broke the back of a strong Flyer effort, when after getting up a head of steam he let go with a slap shot just inside the center line. The Flyer goalie didn't have a chance.
:-(

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