Word: durno
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...anyone has the quickness and reflexes to stay on his feet, however, Durno does. Kinasewich rates Durno's agility as "at least equal to any college goalie I have ever seen...
...Durno's talents which could play a big part in tonight's game is the way he directs the action around the nets. When the defensemen are skating with their backs to other players toward a puck cleared into the Harvard zone, Bruce will tell them where to pass the puck saving valuable time. "To beat Cornell, we will have to clear the puck fast and that means I'll have to tell the defensemen that wings are open for a pass," Bruce said...
...irony of tonight's game will be that Durno came within a whisker of sitting on the Cornell side of the rink. Coming from Niagara Falls, Canada, where Cornell has a big "in", Bruce naturally applied to Cornell. "I never even considered Harvard," he said, "because I never thought I would have a chance...
...Coach Kinasewich happened to be attending the NCAA Tourney in Ithaca two years ago and heard of Bruce. Learning from a friend that Durno was not quite satisfied with Cornell, he suggested that Durno send for an application. Bruce did and found the streets of Cambridge more appealing than the rustic pleasures of Cornell's fraternities and agricultural school...
...Durno's hockey career in the nets started when he was eight. After six years in the Pee Wee, Bantam and Midget leagues, Bruce joined the Stanford Junior B Bruins, a farm team owned by the Boston Bruins. He went on to play for a Junior A team also in the Bruins farm system. In Junior A hockey Bruce was starting goalie against the likes of Derek Sanderson, Tom Webster, and Bobby Orr--all of whom are now playing for the Bruins...