1.   But with a skate still in the crease, he slapped the puck in.

2.   Every goaltender faces a strict rite of passage, an unwritten code dating to the time guys without helmets slapped frozen pucks at men without masks.

3.   Garry Galley scored the third goal on a four-to-three advantage, slapping the puck past Tabaracci, who was screened by Murray.

4.   How many people in the Bay Area have ever even laced up hockey skates, let alone slapped a puck with a stick?

5.   Lowry then slapped the puck past Storr.

6.   Sakic slapped the puck past Felix Potvin to tie the game.

7.   The pass went to the point, where Tim Connolly slapped the puck in for the game-winner.

8.   Then he slaps the puck home.

9.   But shortly thereafter, his weak bank off the boards was intercepted at the right point by Weinrich, who slapped the puck past goalie Jon Casey.

10.   Carrying the puck up the left side, his centering pass glanced off an Islanders defender and directly to Afinogenov, who slapped the puck in.