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Harvard's hockey team survived an atrocious first period. as well as shoddy defensive play, to hold off serappy Northeastern, 6-3, at the Boston Arena last night.
Harvard had been highly favored and was clearly superior to the Huskies in raw talent, but carelessness around its own net, and a frustrating inability to finish off rushes kept the Crimson victory in doubt until midway through the final period.
Northeastern has always been a pesky squad. usually shallow in talent. but it perennially seems to knock Harvard off its precise. position-play strategy. It usually scores on its opponents defensive lapses, and employs a rough, Canadian-style checking game to keep the enemy offense from cohering. It achieved both...
After another forty seconds, however, a rebound from sophomore Bob Havern's shot bounced off a Husky defenseman and past Eberly, and Harvard was back even once more.
Twelve penalties, six on each squad, were called in the final 13 minutes, and when McManama knocked Harvard's final goal past Eberly at 11:51, there were two Huskies in the penalty box. Joe Cavanagh and Steve Owen, members of Harvard's junior line, were sent off three minutes...