Word: desmond
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...after 12:51 of the first period Harvard couldn't score. They couldn't score because of Dick Desmond's goal play, and because insane defensemen like Mike Thayer threw themselves down on the ice every time they saw a shot coming. No team can score with a solid wall of bodies in front of the cage...
...closing minutes, two fights broke out, one a minor scuffle between Joe Kittredge and Cliff Harrison, the other a pitched battle between Bill Garrity and Indians Bill Riley, Dick Desmond, and Red Bailey. Garrity and his old Belmont High teammate Riley were both given match misconduct penalties...
...previous two Harvard-Dartmouth games were close, and even though the Crimson dropped the second game, many observers thought only Dick Desmond's incredible goaltending saved the Indians from a loss...
Dave Abbot made it 4 to 3 midway in the final session, but despite two penalties against Dartmouth in the final ten minutes, the Crimson was unable to slap the puck past Desmond...
Coach John Chase came up with a strategem which almost brought about a Crimson tie or win. He started the second line of Huntington, Abbot, and Moseley against the Riley-Harrison-Riley Dartmouth powerhouse, because they were better on defense and limited that trio to but two goals. Unfortunately Desmond seemed to be at his best against the Crimson first line...