Iain Duncan
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Iain C. Duncan, or Slam was a Canadian ice hockey
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Iain Duncan played for the Bowling Green State University
Falcons for four years, being named to their "all century team" in 2000. Duncan started his National Hockey League
career with the Winnipeg Jets in 1987, where he played his entire NHL career until he the league after the 1991 season. Duncan then played 8 seasons in minor leagues with several clubs, including a short return to the Jets in 1990-91. He retired from hockey after 1998. He was named to the NHL All-Rookie Team
in 1988. He was nicknamed Slam for his aggressive style of play.
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
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Forward (ice hockey)
In ice hockey, a forward is a player position on the ice whose primary responsibility is to score goals. Generally, the forwards try to stay in three different lanes, also known as thirds, of the ice going from goal to goal. It is not mandatory however, to stay in a lane. Staying in a lane aids in...
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Iain Duncan played for the Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green State University, often referred to as Bowling Green or BGSU, is a public, coeducational research university located in Bowling Green, Ohio, United States. The institution was granted a charter in 1910 by the State of Ohio as part of the Lowry Bill, which also established Kent State...
Falcons for four years, being named to their "all century team" in 2000. Duncan started his National Hockey League
National Hockey League
The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...
career with the Winnipeg Jets in 1987, where he played his entire NHL career until he the league after the 1991 season. Duncan then played 8 seasons in minor leagues with several clubs, including a short return to the Jets in 1990-91. He retired from hockey after 1998. He was named to the NHL All-Rookie Team
NHL All-Rookie Team
The NHL All-Rookie Team is chosen by the Professional Hockey Writers' Association from the best rookies in the National Hockey League at each position for the season just concluded based on their performance in that year...
in 1988. He was nicknamed Slam for his aggressive style of play.