Word: faceoff
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...only exception was goalie Harry Pratt, who was far below his usual performance and ordinarily would have handled most of the four Yale goals scored from beyond 35 feet. Neither Pratt nor the varsity was ready for the wild attack launched by the Elis from the opening faceoff. Left-wing John Schley fought for the puck along the boards and passed across to center ice, where defenseman Bruce Smith fired Yale's first shot. As Pratt seemed distracted by action along the boards, the 40-foot waist-high blast whistled into the right corner for a goal...
...minute mark, the varsity had to survive their only three penalties of the game, called within five minutes. The last was a preposterous call on Crocker Snow for playing with a broken stick only four seconds after he had fractured it in a faceoff and been knocked off his feet. The Crimson held Yale off without a good-shot, and Bud Higginbottom quickly tied the score a 3 to 3 when he took a pass at center ice, turned the defense, and rifled the disk past Forstmann...
...Terrier's first goal came at 18:37, when defenseman Russ McCurdy grabbed a faceoff deep in Crimson...
After a great split save by Jones at the three minute mark, the varsity forced play in the Yale zone until the puck was tied up at 4:27 for a faceoff in the circle to Jones' right. Reilly swung as the referee dropped the puck. His shot caught the goalie flat-footed in the near corner, bouncing into the left-hand side to tie the game...
...following faceoff Dartmouth sprung a two-on-one break on a surprised defense, and Mike Hollern converted Bobby Moore's pass into a goal. The varsity finally aroused itself to action, and Greg Downes scored from the left point as Vietze screened the goalie at 10:09. But Vietze cooled off the attack by drawing penalties...