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Liftoff
We'd read all the reports and heard all the superlatives, but seeing is believing, and nothing can prepare you for the very first time. As we sat quietly in the stands, suddenly and without warning, something akin to a force of nature blew by. Momentarily stunned, Brian Burke dropped his drink. "Holy @#$%&!, this kid can skate!"
"Hey Burkie," Pat Quinn yelled down, "Did you catch the number?"
From the moment Pavel Bure's skates first touched the ice, you knew there was something special about him. Everything he did, he did at such high speed and with such confidence. It's like he brought an energy into the arena that anything was possible...
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