Boom Boom & the "Slap Shot" (1924?)

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ATLANTA -- Bernie "Boom Boom" Geoffrion, the hockey Hall of Famer credited  
with inventing the slap shot, died Saturday before his No. 5 jersey was retired 
 by the Montreal Canadiens. 
Geoffrion, who helped lead powerhouse Montreal teams to six Stanley Cups in  
the 1950s and early '60s, died after a brief battle with stomach cancer. He 
was  75. 
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Canadiens legend 'Boom Boom' Geoffrion dies
Updated Sat. Mar. 11 2006 10:23 PM ET 
CTV.ca News Staff 
In a tribute to Bernard 'Boom Boom' Geoffrion, his No. 5 sweater was retired  
Saturday night. 
Geoffrion, a Montreal Canadiens hockey legend who claimed to have invented  
the slap shot died Saturday at age 75. 
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(OED) 
slap shot 
A shot made with a sharp slapping  movement of the stick, which usu. lifts 
the puck off the ice. Hence slapshoot v.  trans., to hit (a puck) in this 
manner.  
1942  E. JEREMIAH Ice Hockey iii. 12 A slap shot..is very effective because 
its suddenness has a  valuable surprise element. 1956  Roy. Canad. Air Force 
Coach's Manual Hockey 40 The slap shot can be made by stopping the puck first, 
then teeing  off on it. 1968  Globe & Mail (Toronto) 3 Feb. 35/1 
Athlete-columnists are more common than writers who can also  skate and slapshoot a hockey 
puck. 1972  _‘E.  LATHEN’_ 
(http://dictionary.oed.com/help/bib/oed2-l.html#e-lathen)   Murder without Icing (1973) ii. 18 Billy Siragusa, the Huskies' new 
center, was practicing slap  shots. 1974  Los Angeles Times 13 Oct.  III. 2/3 
Rene Robert got Buffalo's only goal at 14:06 of the opening  period with a 
30-foot slapshot.
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_ST.  PAUL SEXTET WINS.; Goal in Last Period Defeats Boston H.C., 1 to 0. _ 
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nst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=HNP&TS=1142136728&clientId=65882) 
Special to The New York Times.. New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, 
N.Y.: Feb 6,  1924. p. 13 (1 page) 
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The visitors did not exert themselves until the last period in  which they 
scored an early goal on Goheen's slap shot after Drowne had stopped a  drive 
from the boards by Peltier.
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_RANGERS  SET BACK AT TORONTO BY 1-0; Maple Leafs Get Last-Period Goal -- 
Canadiens  Triumph Over Red Wings, 1-0 _ 
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1142136879&clientId=65882) 
New York Times  (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Nov 22, 1953. p. S9 (1 
page) 
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Defenseman Jim Morrison shattered a scoreless deadlock with a  50-foot slap 
shot late in the third period to give the Toronto Maple Leafs a 1-0  victory 
over the New York Rangers tonight and move the Leafs into a tie for  second 
place in the National Hockey League.

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