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Brave soul

By Eric Adelson
Special to ESPN.com

Friday, June 25, 2004

There he was in the stands of the Montreal Forum that June day, twenty years ago, seated with all these teenagers who were about to become heroes. Duncan MacPherson didn't expect to get called in the first round of the 1984 NHL draft, so he settled deep in his seat and took it all in. He watched Mario Lemieux go first. Kirk Muller came second, followed by Eddie Olczyk and Al Iafrate. Shayne Corson went eighth, four spots ahead of Gary Roberts and nine before Kevin Hatcher. Then MacPherson heard ...

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