Word: defenseman
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Since the Tigers' Ray DuBois scored first Saturday at 0:34, the Crimson didn't go ahead to stay until midway through the quarter on a play that typified Princeton's efforts that afternoon. Harvard defenseman Chris Doyle threw a long clearing pass downfield, and Princeton goalie Alex Stuart, a converted midfielder, came out of the crease to try to intercept it. He ran right by Harvard's John Hagerty and then overran the pass, which Hagerty caught...
Earlier this year, while the Boston Bruins were roaring toward an Eastern Division title in the National Hockey League, Star Defenseman Bobby Orr was asked to do a TV commercial. It would have shown him making a sloppy play because he hadn't eaten his Wheaties. His attorney, Alan Eagleson, disdainfully rejected the idea. "Bobby Orr," said Eagleson, "does not get paid to make mistakes...
Teddies No More. Under Coach Thomas Johnson, a former Montreal defenseman, Boston is an awesomely versatile and balanced club, capable of dizzying speed and split-second playmaking. Its popular image, though, is of a body-checking, fist-swinging style of play that delights the fans and keeps the players in stitches. BOBBY ORR AND THE ANIMALS PLAY TONIGHT, say the headlines when Boston comes to town. In one of the many scraps during their Stanley Cup opener, Bad Boy Defenseman Don Awrey twisted the neck of Canadien Marc Tardif's sweater so tightly that Tardif's breathing...
...already the best all-round player in the game's history. In his first season (1966), he was the N.H.L.'s rookie of the year and made the All-Star team (on which he has played ever since). In 1970, he won the N.H.L. awards for best defenseman, highest scorer and most valuable player. Amazingly, for a defenseman, Orr this season broke six scoring records, including most assists (102, beating his own record of 87) and most goals by a defenseman...
Kittredge is an exceptional defenseman, but his attendance at practices is slightly erratic. He, too, will be with two returning lettermen-Don Cogel and Bill Bennett. "Kittredge can beat anyone, one on one," goalie John Cosentino said yesterday...