Word: hockey
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Emoticnally disheartened after two consecutive one-goal losses, Harvard's slumping hockey team begins an arduous climb back to serious contention in the ECAC race tonight when it takes on unimpressive Army in the opening round of the two day Boston Garden Christmas Tournament...
Both squads play extremely physical hockey, leaning more to a defensive strategy than an explosive offensive style. Each team has the physical size and the necessary goaltending to make the system pay off. And in Harvard, a position-playing, precision-passing squall that is easily rattled by rough play, both Brown and Clarkson will find a perfect opponent upon which to wreak their body-checks...
...neither Brown nor Clarkson is very powerful offensively., or at least not as powerful as Harvard. The Crimson, even when playing poorly, is usually capable of scoring five times a game, and five goals should usually win a hockey contest, unless the defense has an off night...
...game is one game you do not want to lose. If you don't know it now, you will know it after the game," coach Bill Cleary said to his freshman hockey players before last night's contest...
Amidst the slobbering roar of a capacity crowd at McHugh Forum, Boston College's hockey team came off the ropes in the final period with four goals to send an erratic Harvard squad to its second consecutive one-goal loss, 6-5, last night...