Dunc Down

The Deaths in 2017 site lists under October 17:

• Dunc Rousseau, 72, Canadian ice hockey player (Winnipeg Jets), cancer

His first name is a cryptic "dunk" and so jiving with another name also listed on the Deaths site on October 17:

• Gord Downie, 53, Canadian singer-songwriter (The Tragically Hip), glioblastoma 

 They are both additions to the "Down Theme" pattern-cluster.  Note the following definitions of dunk:

1. 1.

   dip (bread or other food) into a drink or soup before eating it.

   "she dunked a piece of bread into her coffee"
2. 2.

   BASKETBALLscore by shooting the ball down through the basket with the hands above the rim.

The key words of course being "dunked down".  Note from his wiki page:

• Duncan Franklin Rousseau(February 10, 1945 – October 17, 2017) 

His birthday, like Downie's birthday of February 6, is another addition to the cluster found in my previous post, expanding it now into a:

• "__, February 2, __, __, 5, 6(x4), 7(x2), 8(x5), 9(x4), 10, 11, 12(x3), 13(x2), 14 (x2), 15, 16(x2),17(x2), 18, __, 20(x2), 21(x2), 22(x6), 23, 24, 25, __, __, __, ? / Date Sequence" pattern-cluster.   

 And bridging one of the gaps at that!!  Only 2 single gaps -- as per the rules, they are open game.