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After falling behind, the hosts lost their cool Defenseman Mike Schafer, perhaps egged on by the "Kill, Schafer, Kill" chants that rained down from the crazed students in the packed rink, tried first to take on the entire Crimson bench with his stick and sunk lower and lower as the game progressed...
...Harvard Coach Bill Cleary. With just over two minutes left in the contest and his team down eight goals, Schafer let the puck fly from just outside the Crimson blue line, but his target wasn't the Harvard goal--it was Cleary, who was standing behind the Crimson bench...
Bill Walton comes off the bench now. He doesn't play as many minutes as he used to in order to protect himself from injury. But he still blocks shots, he still grabs rebounds, he still dishes off backdoor passes to guards streaking to the hoop, and despite Boston's inclement weather, he still loves playing basketball...
...make matters worse, rookie guard Mike Gielen--who had contributed 23 points off the bench in the squad's previous two contests--suffered a possible concussion late in the first half after a collision with Webster. He did not return to action...
Roby has shown a greater willingness to go to his bench than his predecessor, and a great wealth of freshmen talent awaits him there. Guard Gielen--who has reached double figures off the bench in each of Harvard's first two games--looks like the best of the bunch...