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Feb 20

Happy birthday to Phil Esposito

Phil Esposito takes the puck wide on Vladimir Petrov, one of only two right hand shots on the Soviet team. The other? Lyapkin, the defenseman who bobbled the puck, turning it over to Phil who fed Paul for THEE goal. Game, set, match. Let's party.

Imagine all of the hockey games played by all of the greats in various leagues and championships the world over in the past 120 years – then imagine that in the eyes of many, mine included, you are the player regarded as having played the most inspirational, heroic, incredible twenty minutes of hockey, ever, with …

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