He sat patiently on the bench, waiting for head coach Frank Boucher to call his name or tap him on the shoulder.
First period, there was no call, no tap. Same in the second period. The third period was dwindling away.
Then came history.
Boucher, head coach of the National Hockey League’s New York Rangers, told Larry Kwong to get out on the ice late in a game at the fabled Montreal Forum against the Canadiens.
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