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...Jimmy Murray. A long bomb from center ice which was supposed to give B.U. enough time to change lines, seemed to surprise Murray and he let it handcuff him. It was a key goal for B.U. and Harvard's goalie knew it. His head slumped in disappointment until Levy Byrd, representing the whole team, glided by and whacked him on the pads to show him that the squad still supported...
...Crimson pressed in the closing minutes of the first stanza, and with only 42 seconds remaining, Harvard's efforts were finally rewarded; Dagdigian scored a short-slide goal after defenseman Levy Byrd's shot from the point had been blocked...
This strategy should sound familiar. Brown tried it at Watson Rink in early February and failed. Saturday, the situation was a bit different for the Crimson. Harvard could afford no injuries. Furthermore, such key players as Levy Byrd and Bob Goodenow had their strength sapped by flu. Both of them got out of bed just in time to make the bus to New Haven. Ordinarily, they retaliate with a little body-bending of their own, but skating up and down the ice alone had to be painful Saturday night...
Harvard, however, was not in top health for the game, and the flu bug took its toll Saturday night. Kevin Burke missed the contest altogether and was replaced by Wiz Wyatt skating on the fourth line. Both Goodenow and Levy Byrd left the infirmary to play in the game and had plans to return there yesterday...
...Goodenow, Levy Byrd and Kevin Burke have been residing in the infirmary with the flu, and Ted Thorndike, who missed last Wednesday's game, is still under the weather. Wiz Wyatt filled in for Thorndike against the Huskies and scored the winning goal in overtime...