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...other hand, Crimson coach Cooney Weiland is wondering where to put all of his rediscovered talent. The first line will remain intact, but the second line will consist of Paul Kelley, Les Duncan and Bill Collins. The latter can scrap around the offensive zone and make a nuisance of himself to Brown defensemen...
Another surprise was the way Cooney Weiland handled his second and third lines. The coach shuffled his personnel with greater abandon than Casey Stengel, having Les Duncan, Bob Anderson, Greg Downes, Crocker Snow and Dick Reilly at center at one time or another. The trio that was the most successful, however, was Duncan, Collins and Paul Kelley...
During the last period, in an effort either to keep the score down or increase the versatility of his players, Coach Cooney Weiland had his defensemen playing forward and his wings on defense. This plan failed, however, as defensemen Bill DeFord, Dick McLaughlin and Greg Downes exploded for three goals in two and a half minutes...
...whole team, especially the forwards, must play a more cautious, cagey game, taking advantage of breaks and not giving the opposition chances for a breakaway. The tactics of falling back to the blue or red line and picking up the offensive man before forechecking is one which Coach Cooney Weiland would like to have his team use against all high-calibre opposition, not only the Russians...
...Crimson today was playing with an eye towards Monday's game with the Russians as varsity coach Cooney Weiland had his players experimenting on methods to stop the vaunted Red attack. In today's game, when the Crimson forwards lost the puck in the offensive zone, they would not forecheck; instead, they would go back to the red line, pick up their men, and then forecheck...