Word: enthusiasm
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Beginning anew in collegiate hockey is no movie scenario, and despite some impressive staging (the new rink, the new uniforms, the "new enthusiasm"), things aren't going to be pretty right away. The rules for success in the ECAC are still the same--talent, experience and playing Princeton twice a year. The freshmen again looked strong, and that kind of good omen hasn't been around for four years--or since Harvard let Kevin Constantine get away...
News of last week's stunning breakthrough won near unanimous accolades for the man most responsible for pulling it off: Lord Carrington (see box). Paradoxically, no one greeted his accomplishment with more enthusiasm than the Rhodesian whites, whose privileges have been whittled away since the beginning of the Lancaster House talks. The prospect of peace, international recognition and an end to economic sanctions has turned all but a handful of Rhodesia's diehards into fans of Carrington's and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's. The Salisbury Parliament is scheduled to meet this week to vote...
...little more than two hours later Cleary repeated the ritual, this time with bear hugs and gleeful shouts. The reason for the exponential increase in enthusiasm: the Crimson, led by two goals apiece from freshmen Mark Fusco and Greg Olson, had just trounced a stunned pack of Huskies, 8-2, before 1850 at the Bright Center...
Other award winners included: middle guard George Jackson (William Paine LaCroix Trophy for enthusiasm, sportsmanship, loyalty and team spirit), linebacker Matt Sabetti (Robert F. Kennedy Award for desire, determination and willingness to work), and quarterback George Hodakowski and center Dave Scheper (Henry N. Lamar Award for dedication and concern for one's teammates...
Team captain Keith Oberg, who played with ten stitches in his leg, said yesterday. "We combined the talent and the enthusiasm of the team to reach our potential. There was an unbelievably good spirit and that's why we won this year," he added...