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...relies on a powerful attack to compensate for a weak, thin defense. Forward Lew Friegon trails only Cornell's Kevin Pettit in points scored per game, and four of the Wildcat forwards have totaled over 30 points so far this season. U. N. H., however, has needed every point to keep winning. The inexperienced defense and goalie Bob Smith have given away almost four goals a game...
Cornell's Kevin Pettit skated into the corner and passed out to Jim Higgs and Higgs shot the puck past Harvard goalie Bruce Durno. The Cornell fans went insane and poured out of the arena to blow their minds and lunches in the Ithaca bars. Harvard players stumbled off the ice and stared at their navels in the locker room...
...Pettit decided the outcome. The highscoring center tied the game at 4-4 with 15 seconds left in the final period, tipping in a slapshot after Cornell had pulled its goalie for a sixth forward. Then, with 3:35 remaining in the sudden-death overtime and Cornell a man down, Pettft set up Higgs for the wining goal...
...managed to score in the second period, but the players did exchange a few blows. The referees, who handed out 18 minutes of penalties in the first period, chose to ignore the fighting until Pettit added some blood to his evening's total of two goals and two assists. Harvard failed to capitalize on Pettit's five-minute major penalty. blowing an open net and failing to set up more than one or two good shots...
Most enterprising reportage: Mike Wallace on 60 Minutes (CBS) and Tom Pettit on First Tuesday...