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Harvard then proceeded to turn the game around, and the fans on. It became 4-2 at 15:55 when Bobby McDonald fed a perfect backhand centering pass to Tommy Murray for Harvard's second tally. And 34 seconds later, with 3:31 remaining in the game, it suddenly became a contest, as retread Billy Nolen ripped home Barney Cook's face-off pass to make...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: Yale Ruins Icemen's Finale | 3/6/1978 | See Source »

After clobbering Friedberg he outdueled Josh Marwell, 5-3, taking two of the last three touches by ducking under Marwell's high threatening blade, and the third by feinting a backhand slash into the Penn sabreman's side, then withdrawing the blade and quickly thrusting his point into the opposite side of Marwell's body. Chipman crushed his last foe, Young Sohn, with one high, two side and two low touches...

Author: By Stephen A. Herzenberg, | Title: Unbeaten Penn Dices Swordsmen, 18-9 | 3/2/1978 | See Source »

...John Cochrane's ninth of the season, as the classy junior converted centerman Rick Benson's backhand pass into a flip shot goal from 2 feet out, punctuating the well-fed break into the Dartmouth zone by the Cochrane-Benson-and Phil Evans threesome...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: Icemen Edge Dartmouth, Keep Playoff Hopes Alive | 3/1/1978 | See Source »

Exactly nine minutes later, Dea scored Harvard's second on a virtually empty net, as center Steve Andrews pump-faked Gaudette totally out of position before sliding it over to his left wing for an easy backhand...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: Icemen Edge Dartmouth, Keep Playoff Hopes Alive | 3/1/1978 | See Source »

Then, two minutes later, John Dunderdale led George Hughes in alone on a breakaway. Hughes, with Napier beaten, tried to pull the puck around to his backhand and lost control, yet managed to shovel the puck over to linemate Gene Purdy, who was left to shoot on an open net. But Purdy's shot dribbled wide...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: Big Red Belittles Icemen, 6-3 | 2/22/1978 | See Source »

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