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That spark was evident on a power play that twice made Soucy look like the sieve Catamount fans wished Tracy to be. Soucy's bad misplay of a wide point shot was converted into an open-net tuck-in off of the back boards by sophomore Steve Martins; the goal at 11:30 of the first gave the Crimson a 2-1 lead...

Author: By Darren Kilfara, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Men's Hockey Clinches Second Straight ECAC Title With 3-1 Win Over Vermont | 3/1/1993 | See Source »

Smith attempted a pass out from behind the net and banked the puck off the back of Grant Fuhr's leg for a Calgary goal. The greatest machine in hockey, derailed by the misplay of a goon...

Author: By Alvar J. Mattei, | Title: Hockey Goons: Dinosaurs Of The '80s | 12/12/1987 | See Source »

...their only previous meeting of the year, B.U. edged the Crimson, 2-1. But that game was on artificial turf, it was not cold out, and their second goal came on an unusual Harvard defensive misplay...

Author: By Vadim Nikitine, | Title: Men Booters Brace for Terriers | 11/21/1986 | See Source »

Philadelphia's Dave Johnson then cost Russell, a few thousand on next year's contract by driving in both men who reached base as a result of the misplay, to put the Phils ahead...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Phillies Outslug Dodgers, 7-5; Schmidt Delivers Game Winner | 10/5/1977 | See Source »

...reader vaguely recalls a lovely term for a mirage-something Italianate. He checks Bernstein under "mirage, especially as observed in the Strait of Messina" and finds fata morgana. "Midget or dwarf leads to homunculus. "Ecstasy of a religious nature" brings forth theopathy. "Misstroke or misplay" discovers foozle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Mot Juste | 11/17/1975 | See Source »

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