Word: hockey
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...freshman hockey team, rated one of the most promising in several years, will meet the Boston College freshmen this afternoon in their first contest of the season. The game will be part of the ceremony dedicating B.C.'s new rink...
Thanksgiving Day has always been a traditional dividing point--most college football ends except for the few Bowl contests, and basketball and hockey begin in earnest. The week since the Yale game has been a busy one for the varsity hockey team, with heavy practices every day including Thanksgiving, in preparation for the first contest tomorrow evening against Boston College...
Graduation last year took away many of the finest hockey players in Harvard history. Bob Cleary, top scorer in the nation last winter, star defenseman Bob Owen, Lyle Guttu, John Copeland, Bob McVey--all of these left in June. Only eight lettermen remain: Harry Pratt, Tab Cleary, John Duncan, Dick Fisher, Captain Dick McLaughlin, Dave Vietze, Buddy Higginbottom, and Paul Kelley...
...fill this gap, Weiland is relying extensively on members of last year's freshman hockey squad. Bob Anderson, Dave Crosby, Stew Forbes, and Crocker Snow have definitely won positions on the varsity squad. Peter Tague is being carried as third goalie, while Greg Downes fills in at defense...
Time, then, will be the important factor before attempting any judgment of this year's varsity. Unproven sophomores, some glaring weaknesses, a strong Ivy League: all these factors render the future of varsity hockey, '58-'59 style, very hard to predict...