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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a boy or young man who helps with the chores around a hockey rink, often in return for free skating, free admission to hockey games, etc.

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1957

. . . most of the 3,564 fans . . . had wended their ways homeward before a disgraceful episode occurred with Belleville's players opposing Jim McCormick's youthful "arena rats" in a free-for-all.