Word: meehan
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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After the Meehan mauling, Brown Coach Herb Hammond admitted that losing his senior trio put his team in a tough spot. But the Bruins probably would have been there anyway, struggling against a faster group of skaters...
Back-up goalie Michael Francis, filling in for injured regular John Devin, recorded 24 saves en route to lifting the Crimson to a 5-0 victory over Brown before 1800 fans at the Slumber Dome, also know as Meehan Auditorium. Over the last half-decade, Harvard has had fits in the Bruins' home rink, frequently falling into a trance before snaping awake in the midst of a close game...
...even if it came in the form of cat calls, it was noise. Silence, the standard sound at Meehan, is so deafening...
...quite so severe. Resignations have slowed considerably since the period of 1966-74, when one out of seven -- 10,000 in all -- left the priesthood. Nonetheless, 44% of U.S. priests are 56 or older, compared with 26% in 1970, and they are not being replaced. Says Father Joseph Meehan of Philadelphia: "It's been an extremely long time since I talked to someone who was seriously considering the priesthood." Enrollment in postcollege seminaries has dropped from 8,887 in 1965 to the current 4,039. By the year 2000, one study predicts, there will be half as many priests...
When these two teams opened their seasons almost four months ago in Cambridge, the Crimson triumphed easily, 5-2. The Bruins were a bit more pesky in the squads' mid-December contest at Meehan Auditorium, but Harvard again prevailed...