Word: lau
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Beanpot time again, and Lau is playing the best hockey of his career. But the Crimson squad that stood at 5-3 on December 13 has not won since and, despite consistently sharp play. Lau is looking at a six-game personal winless streak. His save percentage, once as high as 92, has dwindled to 83, and his goals-against average is an unremarkable 3.83. If he was the type. Wade Lau would have a right to be frustrated...
...Lau is not that type. "Wade doesn't get down on himself, and that's a big thing," says coach Billy Crcary. "He has complete confidence in himself, but he's humble in his approach to the game, himself and people, and I think he's been that way since the day he came here...
...Lau has the perfect goaltender's personality--even-tempered, yet intense and industrious. "He has his head on straight, says team captain and four-year teammate Michael Watson. "He's a hard worker, and he's one of the leaders on the team...
That quality has helped Lau weather some hard times, such as the two worst seasons for the Harvard hockey team since World War II in his freshman and sophomore years. "I think I've done a pretty good job of mastering the art of being mentally ready," he says, "I don't lot things affect me too much...
...there are a lot of goals to remember, it's only because Lau's been between the pipes since he was six years old. He played goalie almost exclusively through squirts, bantams and peewees and was an all-Minnesota stalwart at Johnson High in St. Paul, recruited by five of the Ivies and half a dozen Western schools...