Word: olson
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...first 20 minutes, it didn't seem like Harvard would need any defensive heroics. Aggressive forechecking put the Crimson in front 8:29 after the opening face-off as Watson--who had a hand in every goal and now leads the team in scoring (6-8-14)--fed Olson from behind the net. The sophomore rammed his first shot into Moffet, then stuffed home the rebound...
...struck again just 1:43 later, with UNH's Frank Barth in the penalty box for "hitting from behind". The Wildcats, in an ill-advised pursuit of a short-handed goal, were caught up-ice as Olson capped a 4-on-1 break by converting passes from Watson and Murray...
...such luck. Moffett kept UNH within range early in period two when he denied Olson's point-blank hat trick attempt, and the Wildcats suddenly turned ferocious. Left wing George White stunned Lau from a difficult angle at 5:16, and senior right wing Dana Barbin tightened things considerably as he tapped in Tom Onge's beautiful behind-the-back...
...overtime danced through both team's heads after White lasered a clapshot past Lau's stickside to know the game at 3-3 8:07 into the third period and the squads alternated intense, but futile, scoring thrusts. But Murray's goal and a UNH penalty forced by Olson enabled Harvard to escape without undergoing to trauma of sudden-death...
...seemed like fate had been cruel to Tom Murray. The captain of the Harvard hockey team had, in a moment of inspiration, christened the Crimson's potent first line (Mike Watson centering for Murray and Greg Olson), "Instant Karma," a phrase coined by the late John Lennon...