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Word: captains (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...moment, frozen, University of New Hampshire captain Bob Gould, having just uncorked a vicious slapshot from about 45 feet, glances towards the goal before heading in for a prospective rebound. The backskating Dartmouth defenseman, unaware of what is happening behind him. His glove outstretched, hoping for the reassuring thwack of rubber into leather, Dartmouth goalie Bob Gaudet. 14,490 fans, waiting, ready to explode. The Boston Garden scoreboard: UNH 2, Dartmouth 2, 2:43 to play...

Author: By Jim Hershberg, | Title: Late Gould Slapshot Breaks 2-2 Tie, Gives Wildcats ECAC Championship | 3/12/1979 | See Source »

When time resumed its normal course, the red light flashed, the sizable contingent of UNH fans went nuts, and the Wildcats mobbed their captain and each other. A few minutes later, after Tourney MVP Greg Moffat frustrated a few desperate, last-minute Big Green attempts to send the game into overtime, the icemen from Durham, N.H., had grabbed a hard-fought contest, 3-2. It was their first ECAC Division One championship in ten tries at post-season play...

Author: By Jim Hershberg, | Title: Late Gould Slapshot Breaks 2-2 Tie, Gives Wildcats ECAC Championship | 3/12/1979 | See Source »

Dartmouth jumped out to an early lead at 4:49 of the first period. A blast from the left point by defenseman Ric Mellum was stopped in front, but Steve Higgins backhanded the rebound to captain Mark Culhane, who rapped it home...

Author: By Jim Hershberg, | Title: Late Gould Slapshot Breaks 2-2 Tie, Gives Wildcats ECAC Championship | 3/12/1979 | See Source »

Both Stiles and Buckingham failed to make the next height, and before 10,000 people, the California co-captain who had cleared 17-ft. 3-in. in fewer tries became the first Harvard student to win an event at the NCAAs since...

Author: By Nell Scovell, | Title: Stiles Captures Pole Vault at NCAAs | 3/12/1979 | See Source »

...Only captain Gene Vastola survived the preliminary rounds (which determined the team champions), and even he made it to the finals by only the barest of margins (see column at left). Once in the finals, Vastola, who had a shot at third until his last bout, placed sixth...

Author: By Stephen A. Herzenberg, | Title: Princeton Fencers Win ECACs | 3/12/1979 | See Source »

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