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Vicki Palmer added the first of her pair at 16:45, flipping the puck into the crease from the right corner; the puck deflected off a Polar Bear blueliner into the net in the ensuing scramble. Moments later, last year's leading scorer Alex Lightfoot beat Sherwood from a seemingly impossible angle to give the Crimson a 3-0 first-period lead...
...Cleary's charges awoke from an early slumber and skated to a 5-3 victory. Falcone and Kukulowicz contributed an assist apiece. But more importantly--though they too seemed afflicted by the same first-period malaise--the three newcomers to the icemen's offense gave creditable opening night performances...
...scoreboard eventually showed the Islanders on top, but Bruins fans will remember the first-period fights. First O'Reilly took on Clark Gillies; then Garry Howatt and Wayne Cashman went at it (they would meet again); John Wensink, to his regret, met Bob Nystrom; and Gillies and O'Reilly tangled once more seven seconds before the first period siren...
Despite tallying three first-period goals, Cornell never appeared to control the contest. Instead, the potent Dartmouth attack, led by the Shaun Teevens-Ross Brownridge-Dennis Murphy line, dominated play, relentlessly unleashing drives on the Cornell...
...critical first-period takedown proved the turning point for Kief in losing the third-place bout to Bill Pincus of William and Mary...