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  1.                                  No one ever said hockey 
  2.                                  had to be pretty, especially
  3.                                  standout defenseman 
  4.                                  Denis Potvin. He com-
  5.                                  bined aggressive play with
  6. ferocious body checks that often left his
  7. opponents crumpled on the ice. Denis 
  8. scored 310 goals and 1,052 points in his 
  9. career, breaking Bobby OrrΓÇÖs scoring
  10. records. (His scoring records would stand
  11. until eclipsed by Paul Coffey.)
  12.  
  13. By the age of 14, Denis was already a 
  14. famous hockey player in Canada. Denis
  15. had always been confident about hockey
  16. and played hard. The New York Islanders
  17. took notice and made him the first pick
  18. overall in the 1973 NHL draft. 
  19.