It is a fast-paced sport, requiring finely tuned eye-hand-stick-puck co-ordination, executed at high speed, by some of the fittest athletes in sport.

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One of the best puck-handling goalies ever, Brodeur had the puck slide off his stick behind the net when pressured.

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Lemaire, who stepped down again at season's end, bridged a necessary transition from the dump-and-chase style of play that MacLean favored to a puck-possession approach that placed a greater accent on the roster's speed and skill.

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