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NHL: Neely, Hall, Legend

By John Buccigross
Special to ESPN.com

Monday, January 12, 2004

Tonight in Boston, in the sterile, architecturally banal house built by a bank, the walls will shake. They will shake like the Garden shook when No. 8 plastered Petr Svoboda in front of the players' bench with a two-handed turbo shove to the torso that sent the then-Montreal Canadiens defenseman into the boards, echoing like a Tony Conigliaro home run over the Green Monster years before. Some athletes are cheered, some respected, and some adored. The adored athlete helps define a sports fan's l ...

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