Word: connorism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Saves: BC. Bob O'Connor, 39: H. Wade...
...super goaltending of Lau, who turned in his third shutout in his last four games. The game was very much like last year's Harvard win over B.C. in the Beanpot final, also by a 2-0 score, the last time Lau and Eagle netminder Bob O'Connor squared...
Although each goaltender finished the opening stanza with 11 saves, it was O'Connor who put on the show, incurring a roughing penalty for hitting Scott Fusco in the head at 3:44 and denying both Fusco and Greg Olson from in close on several occasions...
...highlights of period two included some more outstanding play from O'Connor, who had 17 saves in 20 minutes, and the most bizarre goal that anyone has ever seen, a goal that turned out to be the game-winner for Harvard...
What happened was that Turner's shot off the left side boards deflected off the shin guard of one of the referees, shooting into the zone toward the B.C. net. O'Connor, anticipating that the puck was headed for the back boards, got caught going the wrong way, and the puck just slid by him and inside the far post...