"if i didn't keep suffering all those terrible injuries and yet keep coming back, if i weren't fit to lead, would i have gotten the c and kept playing?" asked geoffrion, who had, in the 1961 semifinals, had a hurt leg and insisted, even so, that harvey cut a cast off it so he could play. "yes, i think i would. there were times when everybody kept telling me to quit. my doctor even told me i should stop playing, but i came back."