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The tributes to and recollections of the Big Irishman will be coming fast and furious today, as they should. The death of Pat Quinn, at age 71, touches most everyone in the hockey world because he was, well, most everywhere in the hockey world doing just about everything there was to be done. He was about the best man I ever met, said former NHL general manager George McPhee, who cut his teeth in the hockey business working for Quinn and the Vancouver Canucks and who named his first son Graham Quinn McPhee in honour of Pat. Pat had a gift, McPhee added. He had this incredible presence. He could walk into a room and take it over, this big, square-jawed Irishman chomping on a cigar who was so intimidating. If you worked for him and went into his office, you had better be prepared and know your stuff. But if you really knew Pat, you knew the real gift he had was his big heart and how much he cared for everyone he came into contact with. For as intimidating as he seemed, Pat had time for everyone, and I mean everyone. Whether it was the Zamboni driver in L.A. or the guy sweeping the floor in Philadelphia, they all wanted to talk to Pat Quinn and Pat Quinn wanted to talk to them. It would be 15 minutes before a game and someone would be sitting with Pat and theyd be having a heart-to-heart conversation. I cant tell you how many times in Vancouver some fan would drop by the PNE just to meet and talk to Pat and Pat would have that fan or season ticket holder come into his office and talk to them like he was their best friend. He had charisma. He had that special something. Pat could talk about anything, it didnt have to be hockey. Politics, history, religion, law, economics, this was a man who really could have done anything in his life, he could have been successful at anything he chose to do. Were just lucky enough it happened to be in hockey. He was so much to so many. For a kid growing up in Toronto in the 1960s, he was the Maple Leafs big man on the blueline, the guy who felled Bobby Orr with the infamous hit in the 1969 Stanley Cup playoffs. In the 1980s, he became the NHL gold standard for coaching, guiding the Philadelphia Flyers to an NHL record 35-game unbeaten streak that helped propel the Flyers to the 1980 Cup final. He turned out to be every bit as brainy as brawny, too, leaving the game briefly to get a law degree before returning to go behind the bench of the Los Angeles Kings. His career wasnt without controversy. He was suspended by the NHL because NHL president John Ziegler believed Quinn was in conflict of interest, trying to go to the Vancouver Canucks while still an employee of the Los Angeles Kings. But he put all of that behind him, guiding the Canucks to the 1994 Cup final and enhancing his persona as the dapper big Irishman with the larger than life personality. He presided over a renaissance of sorts for the Toronto Maple Leafs, where as coach and GM in the late 1990s and early 2000s, his team was a perennial playoff performer, never getting to the big dance but making the Leafs relevant again in Toronto. During that time, of course, he guided Canada to the Olympic gold medal in Salt Lake City, a sign of things to come for him internationally. As Team Canadas coach at the 2006 Olympics in Torino, he failed to win a medal and not long after that, his tenure with the Leafs came to an end. But then Hockey Canada president Bob Nicholson leaned on his old pal to come back and coach kids internationally. He won a gold medal coaching Canada at the 2008 Under-18 World Championship and then won a gold medal at the 2009 World Junior Championship in Ottawa. Canada hasnt won a gold medal at the WJC since then. He was a part owner with the Vancouver Giants of the WHL. Quinn had a brief fling as head coach of the Edmonton Oilers in 2009, but it was clear his time as an NHL head coach and/or executive was up. Still, he remained a big presence in the game, becoming chairman of the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2013. The last time I saw Pat Quinn was last spring, at a function to honour outgoing Hockey Canada president Bob Nicholson at the Hall of Fame. Hed lost a lot of weight, he didnt quite physically fill up the room the way he used to when hed strut in wearing his three-piece suit and cigar clenched between his teeth, but his warmth and caring, asking others there how they were faring and taking an interest in them and how and what they were doing, well, that never changed. If your measure of a man is how many lives were impacted by that man, well, Pat impacted more peoples lives in hockey than anyone I can think of, McPhee said. Hes a father figure to so many of us in the game. 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Wolf cruised through the first three innings and took a 3-0 lead into the fourth before St. Louis went in front to stay. Kelly had the key blow in the inning: a two-out RBI single that put the Cardinals in front for good. "You get to the pitchers spot, youve got to get him out," Wolf said. "That was a big hit there. Unfortunately, that was the difference in the game." Wolf allowed nine hits and five earned runs in 5 1/3 innings. "I didnt think he had his best stuff," Milwaukee manager Ron Roenicke said. "But he wasnt as bad as the numbers show." Kelly (2-4), on the other hand, got better as the game went along. He allowed three earned runs, all in the second inning, and 10 hits over 5 2-3 innings. After the rough start, Kelly was wondering how long he would remain in the game. "I went to the dugout and said, It might be one of those nights," Kelly said. "I was irritated." But Kelly channeled his anger. He held the Brewers scoreless over the next 3 2-3 innings and began to pick up steam as the game went along. Kelly picked up the second win of his career. His last was an 11-4 victory at Kansas City on June 22. Kelly entered Fridays game with seven straight quality starts but took the loss in his last three games. St. Louis manager Mike Matheny said Kelly showed the courage of a veteran by bouncing back from the most difficult start of his career. Kelly gave up hits to five of the first 10 batters he faced and didnt record his first swinging strike until his 37th pitch of the night. But he was able to keep his team in the game until the offence got rolling. "This was a great lesson for him," Matheny said. "He learned how to pitch when he didnt have his best stuff. He did a nice job of getting himself out of trouble." The Brewers, who stranded 10 runners, simply couldnt put the finishing touches on the early blitz. "We had him right where we wanted him more thann once," first baseman Corey Hart said.dddddddddddd"Youre always one hit away. But he battled and got out of it." Added Roenicke, "We didnt play well. When we dont play well, we dont get the breaks." St. Louis managed just two hits in the first three innings off Wolf but scored four runs on five hits in the fourth. David Freese ripped a two-run single to bring his team within 3-2. Daniel Descalso, who added an RBI single in the eighth, followed with a run-scoring double to tie the game. Shane Robinson walked before Kelly singled for his second RBI of the season. Milwaukee scored three times in the second to take a 3-0 lead. Wolf drove in two runs with a bases-loaded single. Norichika Aoki followed with a run-scoring hit. St. Louis, which scored nine straight runs, capitalized on two errors in the sixth to push the lead to 6-3. Yadier Molina, who singled to start the inning, stole third and came around to score when catcher Martin Maldonado threw wildly to third. Corey Hart, who had not made in error in his first 51 starts at first base, booted a grounder by Rafael Furcal to allow Robinson to score. Relievers Barret Browning, Edward Mujica, Mitchell Boggs and Marc Rzepczynski followed Kelly and kept the Brewers scoreless. Molina had three hits to push his average to .315. He stole two bases, giving him a career-high 10 for the season. Ryan Braun, who leads the NL with 29 homers, had three hits including two doubles. The Brewers tied a season-high with four errors for the second straight game. Maldonado had three. "Defence hasnt been one of our stronger suits lately," Hart said. "You have these games and good teams capitalize on those errors." NOTES: St. Louis OF Matt Holliday, who had two hits, has reached by hit or walk in the last 29 games. ... Thomas James, a volunteer statistician for the Cardinals for two decades, passed away earlier in the week. The team announced before the game that his seat in the press box will remain empty the rest of the season in his honour. .... Aoki has a six-game hitting streak. ...Furcal returned to the starting lineup after missing five games with a sore lower back. ...The Brewers outscored Houston 31-12 in sweeping their previous three-game series. cheap jerseys wholesale jerseys from china ' ' '
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