Harvie is 74 now, which means he was 60 then, too old not to know better. But for three grand, for a good cause, what the heck! His coach, John Brophy, “didn’t like the idea,” recalled Harvie recently. But he did it and survived. If anyone had a notion to run him, he had to do it immediately. Harvie went over the boards for one faceoff, never touched the puck, and left, never to return.

“The kid who lined up against me said, ’Hi, Mr. Harvie, how are ya doing?’” Harvie said. Just fine, young man, as soon as I can get off the ice before someone gets hurt, namely me.

Robert Pratt, who is one of two majority owners of Sycamore Creek Golf Course and, therefore, my occasional boss (sort of), not to be confused with “The Boss” of 60 years and counting, spent most of his NFL career with the Baltimore Colts. In an interview for an earlier look-back piece, he was asked about coach Don Shula’s return to Baltimore with the Miami Dolphins. The funniest thing didn’t make the original text.

According to Pratt, at game’s end, a Colts player who had been cut by the Dolphins grabbed a football “and threw it at Shula. I don’t think he hit him.” Pratt said he’d rather not identify the teammate. Oh, about the “occasional boss” reference … I’ve been a volunteer (starter, marshal, etc.) at Sycamore Creek since retiring in 2006.