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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Varsity hockey coach Cooney Weiland yesterday proposed that a curb be placed on board checking. He recommended that a line be painted around the ice surface three feet from the boards in order to clarify the existing rules...
Speaking at the weekly luncheon meeting of coaches and writers, Weiland explained that the line would help to enforce a present rule which prohibits a player from taking more than two steps to check an opponent on the boards. "If a player is allowed to take more than two steps and gain momentum before he body checks his opponent on the boards," the Coach said, "he can cause a serious injury and is guilty of 'charging...
...Americans are handicapped," the Coach observed, "by a lack of a good sense of balance." Most hockey players in this country, he said, are "fellows with out too much experience." He pointed out that Canadian hockey players, for instance, spend most of their lives perfecting their skill in the game. A proposal of this kind, he stated, would protect the less experienced players from serious falls and injuries...
...Coach Jack Barnaby said he was pleased with the outcome, for he had feared a close match. Williams had earlier beaten Army, one of the strongest teams in the East. But despite the fact that the team had eaten nothing from seven in the morning until the time of the match, and had made the long rough trip to play on the alien courts, it maintained its undefeated string...
...about three years out of four, the B.U. meet is an easy one for the varsity. This, however, appears to be the odd year, and coach Bill McCurdy has been priming his charges for some stiff competition from the Terriers...