Gino ‘The Tank’ Cavallini, St Louis Blues

NHL veteran/St Louis Blues Legend Gino ‘The Tank’ Cavallini talks about having the body of a man at sixteen, scoring the NCAA championship-winning goal in 4th overtime for Bowling Green, his first roommate Lanny McDonald [“I WAS Lanny in road hockey”], Mama Cavallini’s favourite player rankings [#3 Gino Cavallini; #2 Paul Cavallini; #1 Wendel Clark], great memories of the 1986 & 1987 playoff battles against Ken Wregget and the Maple Leafs, getting ‘Titan Two-Handed’ by The King Borje Salming, surviving in the ‘Chuck’ Norris Division, why Jay Miller & Joey Kocur were the toughest guys he faced, living the dream of playing pro with [and sticking up for] his younger brother Paul, why Paul’s handshake is ‘The Tickler’ [spoiler: a story not for the feint of heart!], and finishing his career in the rinks & on the slopes of Europe!

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