Word: defenseman
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Sloppy passing and poor defensive work by Coach Cooney Weiland's team gave the Gold and Green some important breaks in the second period. Defenseman Barry Wagner scored first at 2:24 with a hard shot into the upper right hand corner...
Among the 13 lettermen returning to this year's Crimson from the team rated third in the East last year are Jim Dwinell and Dave Morse, last year's two leading Crimson scorers. Also back are goalie Bob Bland and defenseman Harry Howell, both members of the All-Ivy and All-East teams of last season...
Three minutes later, as the teams broke from their huddles after a Dartmouth time-out, an Indian yelled "They got nothin'! They got nothin'!" Within ten seconds Watts had brought the ball in from offside, spun off his defenseman, Sly, and stuffed the ball into the nets to put the Crimson ahead 2 to 1. Sixty seconds later Sly watched Dave Nyhan convert a Watts pass into the third Harvard tally...
Injuries to Gil Leaf, Dave Bohn, and Gil Bamford combined with excessive heat to put the Crimson at less than full strength, but Dartmouth could muster little more than spirit and a top-flight defenseman named Pete Sly. Sly showed great improvement over last year, containing injured Crimson playmaker Grady Watts to one goal and one assist...
...including standout junior goalie George Kirkwood, who has been declared ineligible for next season because of the 20-year rule); five were 22; five were 21; three were 20; and one was 19. All but two of the Canadians played in the controversial Junior A leagues before college; one (defenseman George Konik) turned down a two-year pro contract with the New York Rangers to go to college...