Word: faceoffs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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First performed solidly in the cage all season, saving his best performance before his hometown crowd during the Crimson's 17-4 rout over Penn at Franklin Field. Egasti, a midfielder, established himself as king of the trenches this season by dominating faceoff action. He also turned in 11 goals and five assists...
Egasti, the diminutive junior midfielder (don't believe any of that 5-ft., 9-in. Jazz in the program, either) played uncaged animal at the faceoff circle all day long. He won 27 of 28 faceoffs, and prompted Coach Bob Scalise to cite him as the number one factor for Harvard domination in the game. Meanwhile, teammate Mike Faught, who rifled home an impressive five goals during the contest, was simply amazed. "Jamie was just incredible," he said, "I've never heard of anyone winning that many face-offs before...
...long night from the first faceoff. Harvard could do nothing right in the first period, reverting mostly to the dump and pray tactics that are never in a team strategy for the Beanpot final...
Perhaps the most blatant example came after B.U.'s go-ahead goal, when the refs delayed the faceoff so that Dave Silk--who forgot that both teams were still skating four-a-side--could remember to get off the ice, rather than slapping B.U. with a bench minor for too many trade-school graduates...
...third midfield will handle the faceoffs. The center will be co-captain Sandy White. Under the tutelage of assistant coach Jeff Wagner, a faceoff terror who won All-Ivy honors at Brown in the early '70s, Harvard faceoff men were among the best in the nation last year. the Crimson triumphed on two thirds of its attempts and outfaced every team it met except for Brown, which dominated the midfield battles when White was injured. Joining the senior specialist on this unit is Jamie Egasti (6-5-11). a reserve attackman in 1976, and sophomore Jerry Keleher...