Word: closings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...said Orr at 11:18 of the first period. With the game scoreless and Boston on a power play, the puck drifted out towards Orr at the right point as a Ranger (Bobby Rousseau?) closed in. When the rubber reached him, Orr immediately grabbed it and, as his opponent skidded out of the play, spun completely around to close in on New York netminder Eddie Giacomin. Giacomin tensed for the shot, but Orr's wristed bullet found net so quickly that, as slow-motion replays later showed, the goalie had barely reacted before the puck sped...
Harvard's only loss came at the number two position, where Steve Bakalar dropped a five game marathon battle to Phil Adams by the painfully-close score...
Number three man Mitch Reese got the Crimson back on track with a three game sweep of Williams senior John Saunders, while Chuck Elliott followed with a close win at number four...
...Glencoe, Ill. native, who was named to the NCAA All-American squad for his contribution on Harvard's 11th-place finishing 800-yd. freestyle relay a year ago, cited his close friendship with team members as his reason for returning, explaining that he had "thought about it over vacation and just thought it would be fun" to rejoin the team...
However, Lau made two amazing saves with the Eagles on a power play halfway through the second stanza. Lau came up with a flailing glove save on All-America winger Mullen's blazing slapper from 20 feet. Thirty-three seconds later Lau stuffed Sampson's close-range backhander...