Word: erulkar
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Goalie Peter Walsh, who for most of the game might as well have been sipping espresso at the café Pamplona as standing in the net, nevertheless proved flawless on the rare occasions when he was tested. Ben Erulkar, who last year switched off with Walsh, filled in during the last 15 minutes of the contest. Ford said he has not yet decided who will start in net against Columbia, adding that "We have great faith in both of them...
Back intact is an impressively stingy defensive unit, paced by goaltenders Ben Erulkar and Peter Walsh, who split the net chores about evenly last year, with about equal effectiveness...
...last line of defense is ultimately the goaltending corps, manned for the Crimson by Erulkar and Walsh. Behind that duo, Phil Coogan may see some limited action. Walsh started out last season as Ford's number one netminder, but injuries to Walsh and some consistently superb play by Erulkar--who started at season's end and posted a 0.98 goals against average--reversed the situation. "Erulkar might have the job right now," Ford said. "He sees himself as a number one goaltender. He has that confidence...
Although he received less than an equal part of playing time during the early part of the slate--dividing the chores with Peter Walsh--an injury to Walsh made Erulkar suddenly very valuable...
...spite of the inherent solitude of the goalie position, Erulkar enjoys the close camraderie of the Harvard squad. "I played squash in high school," he says, "But I didn't like being shut up in a little box with one other person...