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1199:Founded in
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885:Gordon Gund
823:Draft picks
771:Founded in
559:Steve Payne
551:Bobby Smith
547:Mike Fidler
501:Bob Stewart
454:Ron Zanussi
397:Bob Stewart
389:Ron Zanussi
376:and goalie
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352:and goalie
266:Gordon Gund
231:Gordon Gund
1911:Categories
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625:References
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543:Al MacAdam
536:goaltender
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374:Greg Smith
366:Al MacAdam
260:After the
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1261:Captains
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