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Before the white man set foot in the New World, wolves roamed freely across what would become the U.S., preying on the great herds of deer, elk and bison. The Indians were so in awe of this skilled predator that many tribes incorporated the wolf in such rituals as ceremonial dances, hoping that braves might acquire some of the animal's courage and stamina. But with the settlement of the continent, the hunter became the hunted. Today Canis lupus has all but vanished from the contiguous 48 states. Only in the lonely wilds of northern Minnesota is there...
...Bison had beaten Harvard, 8-6, in a close contest earlier this year, and Pike had predicted that this outcome would be determined by a single goal. It was even closer than that. The teams knotted the score seven times in an up-and-down battle in which neither side could grab the lead...
...Bison showed determination throughout, rallying five consecutive times from one-goal deficits to retie the contest. Harvard, on the other hand, could never earn even the smallest breathing room...
Finally, with 2:20 left, a Bison man-up goal put Bucknell on top, 9-7. The Crimson fought back, with Fasi scoring his fourth goal 27 seconds later, but it could not convert for the rest of the game. The Bison finalized the score at 10-8 by throwing the ball into the unguarded Harvard net as the clock expired...
...NOTEBOOK: Harvard is now 20-8, with a single game left at Yale on Thursday....Goalie Brian Graham made a remarkable save of a Bison penalty shot in the first game....For the tournament, Munatones had five goals, Fasi seven, Rob Strauss six (three against Bucknell), Adam Button five, and Brian Johnston...