Box Score 3/17: On this date the Montreal Shamrocks won the Cup
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Good morning and welcome to the YB Box Score, what we're reading while looking for the gold at the end of the rainbow.
Happy birthday to Danny Ainge, John Smiley, Tyrone Hill, Mia Hamm, Andrew Ference and Kyle Korver. On this date in 1900 the Montreal Shamrocks swept the Halifax Crescents to win the Stanley Cup.
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Few things as sweet as a proud papa
Happy Friday, we made it.
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