Word: durno
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Blitzing the Eli net without respite and receiving superb performances from its goaltenders. Bruce Durno and Mike LoPresti. the Crimson poured in nine goals in the first forty minutes of the game, then held off the Bulldogs in the final period to wrap up a convincing 9-0 shutout. It was, by far. Harvard's most complete effort this winter...
...stop any. I had never even worn goalie pads before, much less played in the nets. Of course I didn't intend to stop any. But I did intend to get advice, so on the return trip to Cambridge that night. I sought out Mike LoPresti and Bruce Durno, the varsity goaltenders, and asked them what was the best way for a novice goalie to stop an All American center on a penalty shot...
...Durno seemed inwardly amused by the whole thing. He had had a challenge with Cavanagh in the past, with Joey betting that he could score on five successive shots. Durno had stopped the first one, and had skated routinely off the ice, with...
...school team or anything-and he hadn't gone out for the Harvard freshman team. His goaltending experience had been mostly pickup games, and a little for a league in East Boston. But he had worked his way up from the JV team and was now backup man to Durno. He seemed to be an excellent example of the self made hockey player, and since that was where I was starting out, basically. I felt I could learn quite a lot from him. And LoPresti, who's always one to help the underdog, really took my situation to heart...
...here he was polishing off the greasy Italian Night dinner with his brother Dave, who plays a wing on the varsity, defenseman Terry Driscoll, and Durno. Driscoll was lookingforward to the confrontation, and he grinned, I looked carefully at Cavanagh's hands as he spooned out his ice cream. I had hoped they'd, be shaking. They weren...