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stickhandler
Hockey
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a player who handles his stick skilfully.
See: stickhandle
Quotations
1958
One writer giving a thumb nail sketch of the championship team says "Dick (the man) Elliot, plugger type, stick handler, back-bone of the team, who can score from any angle."
1963
Gainor was one of the most tricky stickhandlers of all time. . . .
1965
"The only good stickhandlers nowadays are the rink rats, " said [Bob] Davidson.