Word: olson
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...convincing margin of victory wasn't the only source of satisfaction for the Crimson Earlier in the day. Harvard Captain Greg Olson, who recently shed his cast after suffering a broken ankle in December, played in the J V game against Brown...
...Crimson wrapped up the win with a late third period open net goal Tim Taylor had pulled Tortorella, who played his usual outstanding game, with about 40 seconds left in the contest, and 10 seconds later defenseman Mitch Olson took advantage of the situation, poking the puck in the direction of the open net. As the Elis looked on helplessly, the puck slid slowly down the ice unmolested and straight into the goal...
...NOTEBOOK: Captain Greg Olson has had his cast removed, began skating on Friday, and may be able to return in time for the playoffs... Dean Fox's warnings about crowd behavior obviously had an effect. The only object thrown on the ice was a puck, when a fan returned it after Phil Falcone sent a blast into the stands... Yale's record now stands at 11-7, and the Elis must win at least two of their three remaining games to make the playoffs...
...paychecks date back to the Punic Wars at least. Still, considering the regimen of exercise and travel in light of the pay scale in popular professional games, the people who test man's physical limitations qualify as idealists, even dreamers. And it is not too hard to believe Olson when he lists the rewards as "very little money, a certain amount of glory, mostly the sensation of the jumping itself, the feeling of it, the rush it gives you that's like nothing else. Then, the competition. If nothing came out of it but the competition, that would...
...Since then, the record has been improved by leaps and sproings. But the 19-ft. ¾in. outdoor mark of that aptly named Russian Vladimir Polyakov has been posted over a year and a half now, and only Frenchman Thierry Vigneron (19 ft. ¼ in.) and Olson have reached such heights...