Word: durno
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Yale opened the scoring in the second period at 3:36 when sophomore, Terry DeMeza combined with linemates Bob Ufer and Brian Bird to beat Harvard goalie Bruce Durno. Harvard counter-attacked at 6:45 when junior George McManama took a Chris Gurry pass and rammed the puck past Yale goalie Steve Holahan. The Crimson took the lead in the third period when Dwight Ware scored on a breakaway with assists to Skip Freeman and Chip Otness...
Yale tied up the game at 2-2 with three minutes remaining in the game when Ufer scored after a scramble in front of Durno. Holahan, who made 34 stops in the game, prevented a Harvard victory when he stopped sophomore Steve Owen's breakaway in the closing minutes of the game...
...Durno remembers one game in particular against Bobby Orr. "I had been doing pretty well against him all game, surprising myself with some good saves. But with one minute left he scored a goal on me winning the game...
Coming to Harvard represented a big hockey adjustment for Bruce. The best Junior A teams could handily beat the best Eastern college teams. Used to Bobby Orr, it was hard for Durno to readjust to the much slower American hockey. As a result he was over-reacting to many shots in his freshman season. Coach Kinasewich, who also came from Canada, played a major part in helping Bruce make this readjustment...
...best hockey defenses in the East. "Bruce has developed into one of the finest goalies I have ever seen," Kinasewich said. "He has that innate ability that every great goalie has which can't be taught. If we ever had a goal-tender who could beat Dryden, it's Durno...