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...author tips his hat to Sir Arthur early on. The name of his medieval detective, William of Baskerville, is an echo of the Sherlock Holmes story The Hound of the Baskervilles. In the 14th century context, William is a Franciscan friar, famed for his formidable powers of deduction. His companion and disciple is called Adso, or in French, Adson, as in the phrase "Elementary, my dear Adson...
...Friar goal apparently reduced the title game to a simple 20-minute showdown in the third period. But in fact, the Crimson had a substantial advantage--Providence was by now a much more tired team. Having played the late game Friday night, the Friars were no longer able to keep up with the fast-skating Crimson. (St. Lawrence, Providence's lategame opponent Friday, also lost its game last night; both late-game semifinalists lost their Saturday games last year...
Blair made a tough glove save at the 11:15 mark, scooping up a shot by Providence's Taylor, and Mark Fusco broke up a very threatining two-on-one just before Friar Dave Wilkie could take a pass directly in front of the Crimson net. And with Fusco grabbing at him. Wilkie failed to score on a semi-breakaway with four minutes left...
...Crimson never stopped applying pressure at the Friar end as time ran down. With three minutes left. Proulx made a fantastic save to rob Shayne Kukulowicz...
...just a minute-and-a-half later, right after a Providence timeout. Olson took the puck off a faceoff in center ice, skated into the Friar zone and found Turner to his left heading for the net. Proulx made one more diving save, his last of the night, to stop Turner's shot but was hopelessly out of position when Olson lifted the puck into the goal...