Word: connorism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...there was any chink in his armor, it was up high, especially right under the crossbar. Just ask Wayne Turner, who lifted one over a flopping O'Connor in 1980 for the biggest goal in Husky history. Or ask Harvard's Dave Burke, whose insurance goal in the waning minutes of the '81 final made an unforgettable clang as it caromed off the bar and into the net. Or ask Burke's teammate Mike Watson, who scored the last goal O'Connor gave up in college hockey into the top of the net in the ECAC playoffs last March...
...imperfect Beanpot career of the B.C. star ended (though we couldn't know it at the time) last February 8 under the opslaught of an inspired Terrier attack led by Tom O'Regan, who scored two goals and screened O'Connor on another. The Beanpot careers of 12 Eagle seniors came to their ill-fated ends in a fourth straight runner-up finish...
...final scenes were of O'Connor glumly skating across center ice to collect his Eberly Trophy as the best goalie, and then, as on every second Monday night in February since 1979, of the Eagles watching another team accept the Beanpot...
This would have been Bob O'Connor's final chance in the Beanpot. Instead, he skipped his senior year, accepting an offer from the Winnipeg Jets, even though they encouraged him to stay an amateur and possibly play in the Olympics. He's currently playing for the Sherbrooke Jets of the American Hockey League, rotating in goal with the one net-minder ranked higher in the ECAC last year. Cornell grad Brian Hayward. "At first I thought I was the number one goalie." O'Connor says, "but Winnipeg's been really high on Brian O'Connor adds that...
...Connor cites academic reasons--an inability to change his course of study and avoid a crushing workload--as the major factor in his decision to leave school But, though, he downplays it as a reason for turning pro, he also says. "My three years at B C weren't the best in terms of me and [Coach] Lenny [Ceglarski] getting along...