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Article: Juneau: Singular sensation Talented Bruin is proving he's one of a kind
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- December 22, 1993
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NORTH READING -- One of his nicknames, coined by Bruin teammate
Ted Donato, is "Outlaw."
Joe Juneau smiles at that and acknowledges that it's at least a
little true. While growing up in Pont Rouge, Quebec, and even now at
25, he has resisted letting his life be governed by others' rules or
restrictions.
Ask his teammates, present and former, to describe Juneau and they
all say the same things -- he's quiet, proud, extremely bright, a
gifted player, and the ultimate rugged individualist.
Juneau came to Boston amid a great deal of fanfare after the 1992
Olympics, during which he stole Eric Lindros' thunder by outscoring
him. There was the story, now part of hockey lore, during contract ...