Word: lau
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...none of this--not even the Beanpot--is uppermost in Wade Lau's mind right now. "This might surprise a lot of people," he says, "but it I had to pick two games for us to win this week it would be Brown and Yale, not the Beanpot games...
...Lau narrowed the choice down to Cornell or Harvard, and despite a personal plea for the Big Red from childhood idol Ken Dryden, brought his semi-flop, semi-stand up style to Cambridge...
...most of the time Lau is happy, especially on the ice and especially this year. "When you see you only have one year left playing hockey," he says, "it makes you want to play every minute the best you can." He admits he has considered pro hockey but doesn't want to keep playing, in Europe or the low minors, just to prolong...
...Deep down, back in your mind, when you've been successful at the level I've been--a Division I goaltender--you have to have thought of it," Lau says. "Let's put it this way: if I have a great second half like last year, and the right people are watching and offer me a spot playing in the right place, I'd love to do it. But I don't want to play just to keep playing; when it comes time to hang up the skate, you have to hand them...
...weeks of Lau's college hockey career wind down, the numbers pile up. He enters tonight's game, for example, with 1811 saves, just 110 behind Harvard record-holder Bruce Durno. He has played almost 4000 minutes in the nets for the Crimson despite missing two months of his freshman season with a knee injury and four more games after getting hurt last year. He also has a chance of becoming the first Harvard player to win back-to-back Beanpot MVPs...