21.   Since that night, the Manhattan fans have begun to murmur excitedly whenever his stick touches the puck.

22.   Stumpel never touched the puck, but Luc Robitaille poked in for the Kings third goal.

23.   The former Washington captain was greeted with hooting every time he touched the puck, a tradition with Caps fans for former players.

24.   The last player to touch the puck also was Sweeney.

25.   The only question was whether Gratton was in the crease when he touched the puck.

26.   They stormed the Bruins in the first period, dominating them with a fierce forechecking game that barely allowed the Bruins to touch the puck.

27.   They touched the puck, but did not control it, so there was no whistle from the referee Dan Marouelli.

28.   Tom Poti, of the Worcester Potis, gets booed in Edmonton every time he touches the puck these days.

29.   We had people near us who were cheering every time he touched the puck.

30.   When he touched the puck against Quebec on Tuesday, two or three Nordiques would rush to him, sometimes hitting him illegally.