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Despite the intimidation, Harvard consistently penetrated the Yale defense only to be stopped time and again by everybody's MVP for Saturday night's game, Eli goalie Bill McKenzie. In the second period, Goodenow and Roth bore down on one Yale defender. The puck went to Roth who seemed to have the whole net to shoot at. A certain goal, right? No, just another phenomenal sliding save, which caused Goodenow to wack the boards in frustration as he glided...
...remain in the slot where they can tip in shots or screen the goaltender. Jimmy Murray did not have a strong game, but after his magnificent play against B.U. and Cornell, everybody knows what he is capable of doing. Lastly, too many excellent opportunities went by the boards. The Eli goalie would be screened, but the slapshot from the point would rarely be on net. Beautiful passing plays were often ruined by erratic shooting...
MacKenzie had little chance of stopping that one, as it whizzed low and hard through a screen of tired Eli defenders. The overflow crowd in Ingall's Rink reacted by giving the netminder a standing ovation for several minutes, to make up for the shutout he really deserved...
...third period saw only Goodenow's tally, as the scrappy Yale defense and MacKenzie held Harvard at bay. The Crimson icemen had 16 shots on the Eli goaltender and five minutes with a man advantage--but only found the handle once...
...Yale is exceptionally strong, expecially at heavyweight, and will obviously be very tough to beat," Lee said. The Harvard team is weakest in the 190-lb. class, while the Eli have Tim Karpoff, last year's ECAC champ...