Analysis: Why Ken Dryden Were Always The Best Hockey Team
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Many people believe that the Canadians were always the best hockey team because of the amount of Stanley Cups they have won. They said the Boston Bruins were the best team in the league but, that was before the Canadiens acquired an amazing goalie. Then came along Ken Dryden who was called up to play with the Canadians and had an outstanding performance in his 6 regular season games with the Canadians and his playoff performance against his former team and throughout the rest of the playoffs. Before the Ken went to the Canadians, he was with the Boston Bruins. Ken Dryden is a great Canadian because he was named one of the best goalies in the league, he wrote 10 books about the game of hockey and he was a great politician from 2004 to 2011.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that many people believe that the canadians were the best hockey team because of the amount of stanley cups they have won. ken dryden was called up to play with the canadiens and had an outstanding performance in his 6 regular season games.
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In this essay, the author
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In this essay, the author
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In this essay, the author
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