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NHL's Power Play Makeover, McHale's arm bar Decked Rambis, and Joe Namath quit football - This DiSH for June 6

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In 1956, the NHL's six teams vote 5-1 to change the power play, releasing the penalized player after a goal was scored by team with the man advantage.

In 1984, Boston's Kevin McHale clotheslined LA's Kurt Rambis, sending him flying. The foul set the tone for the remainder of the series.

In 1993, Baltimore's Cal Ripken was involved in a bench-clearing brawl. He twisted his knee in the melee and came close to not playing in the next day's game which would have ended his pursuit of Lou Gehrig's consecutive game streak prematurely.

In 1969, New York Jets QB Joe Namath announced he was quitting football instead of relinquish ownership of his Manhattan bar. He changed his mind two months later.

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