If you ever as a kid got transfixed by some photo of sports warriors, check out this Phil Mushnick column. It’s about a 1952 photo showing Boston Bruins goalie “Sugar” Jim Henry shaking hands with Maurice “Rocket” Richard after the Canadians had eliminated the Bruins in the playoffs. Henry has a black eye and Richard’s face is bleeding. Here is what happened: “Richard, in the second period of that Game 7, had been knocked cold, then returned late in regulation to score the winner. He’d later go into convulsive shock. Henry’s eyes had been blackened by a broken nose, suffered in Game 6.”

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Rich Lowry is the editor in chief of National Review.
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