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0 sats \ 3 replies \ @Bell_curve 31 Aug 2024 \ on: Blue Jackets winger Gaudreau dies at age 31 Stacker_Sports
The driver, Sean Higgins, 43, is suspected of being under the influence of alcohol and has been charged with two counts of death by auto, along with reckless driving, possession of an open container and consuming alcohol in a motor vehicle.
At 5-foot-9 and 180 pounds, Gaudreau was part of a generation of hockey players who thrived in an era of speed and skill that made being undersized less of a disadvantage. He scored 20-plus goals six times and was nearly a point-per-game player with 743 points in 763 regular-season games.
That was one of the reasons I liked to watch him play.... as someone who isn't 6 ft it was amazing to see someone under that height slice and dice up these much larger players
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Wayne Gretzky was relatively small, 5'11 and 180 lbs
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True but size has changed and so many of the players really had to be 6ft it was only recently that the smaller guys who were fast as hell and had amazing puck handling were able to take back their spots!
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