Word: connor
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Northeastern will have to work hardest to beat will be the B.C. netminder. The Eagles may have college hockey's finest goaltending trio in O'Connor, Billy Switaj and Doug Ellis. All three have played this year, but lately coach Len Ceglarski has been going with O'Connor, and it looks like the two-tournament veteran will get the nod on Monday. O'Connor, a true clutch goalie, sports a spectacular flopping style which has brought him a 90.49 save average...
...Connor isn't making life hard enough for the Huskies, he can count on help from his blueliners, a stingy bunch led by George Boudreau, Jim Chisolm and one of B.C.'s leading scorers. Tom Wright. It'll be up to them to win the important battles in the slot...
...other end of the ice. Flaman has recently relied on Mark Davidner in net, over George Demetroulakis, who must have nightmares about the Garden after last year's disastrous performance. Davidner often exhibits O'Connor's style but not always his talent, as he tends to drop to the ice too soon. He has managed to maintain a .88 save average but had two rough outings in losses to Cornell and B.U. last week, and there is still a chance Demetroulakas or freshman Tim Marshall may see action instead...
...supporting cast, led by Eagle netminder Bob O'Connor--who matched Lau save for save--and including the Harvard defensemen, the Harvard forwards, the entire B.C. squad and the guy who drove the Zamboni, was equally spectacular, producing what Harvard coach Bill Cleary calls "an almost perfect hockey game...
Harvard's first goal came from an unlikey source. Forward Bill Larson, recently called up from the J.V. and known more for his checking than his scoring, picked up an errant pass just in front of the net and poked it past O'Connor at the 12:41 mark of the opening stanza. It was sophomore Larson's third varsity goal...