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Including that first one, Gooden won 17 games and the Rookie of the Year award. He also lost Youmans again, shipped with a small gang of minor and major leaguers to Montreal, but at least he was compensated this time with the eminent backstop Gary Carter. "We're all just fortunate to be part of Dwight's world," Carter likes to say. Last year this pleasure included eight shutouts and strings of 14 victories, 31 scoreless innings and 49 innings without a run earned. Gooden and the St. Louis Cardinals' ace John Tudor stared each other into stupors, but even...
...other end of the rink, however, will be the conference's top backstop, Harvard senior Grant Blair, whose 2.58 g.a.a and .901 save percentage have held Harvard opponents to less than four goals in seven of his last eight starts. Blair has also allowed more than four goals only twice in his 18 outings...
Colgate, 2-3-1 ECAC, clearly missed All-Conference goalie Jeff Cooper, who graduated last year. Without the outstanding backstop in net, the Raiders were completely outmatched by the visitors...
Give credit to B.C. (8-3-1). The Eagles played with freshman backstop David Littman (26 saves), and the Cranston, R.I. native shined in his Division I debut--growing more confident as the game wore on, despite facing the wrath of 3350 partisans...
Three-year starter Grant Blair may be the nation's best goalie--or he may not. But there is no finer backstop in the East. With his kick saves and sprawling stops, Blair is as acrobatic in the net as any gymnast doing the floor excercises. Expect him to collect enough gold medal-winning performances this campaign to give Fusco chase for ECAC Player of the Year honors...