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...only goal came when Cornell was on the man-advantage, playing up because junior center Brendan Bernakevitch had been whistled off for interference 4:48 into the third. The Big Red wasted little time, converting 21 seconds into the power play when a hard shot from point-blank range off the stick of Shane Hynes found its way past both the confusion in front of the crease and Grumet-Morris, sliding into the back of the net and giving Cornell a 1-0 lead...
...pointed to the absence of widespread civil conflict in Iraq--in particular, the general reluctance of Iraqi Shi'ites to retaliate against security officials who tormented them under Saddam's mostly Sunni government--as a harbinger of long-term stability. But seven months after the fall of Baghdad, a wave of revenge killings is sweeping Iraq. An investigation by TIME found that at least a dozen former intelligence officials have been killed in shootings in Baghdad since Oct. 1; several others have been wounded. In Basra, some 25 to 30 Baath Party members have been shot at point-blank range...
Trailing the favored Big Red 2-1 early in the second period, Welch fell flat on the ice, freeing up Cornell forward Greg Hornby for an easy point-blank goal that junior goaltender Dov Grumet-Morris could not stop...
...Huge, huge, came up huge for us,” coach Sue Caples said of Zacarian. “She’s a great goalie. Her timing was brilliant. She was organizing the defense well, but they had some good point-blank shots and a couple breakaways, but that’s why she’s back there...
Repeatedly turning away point-blank shots, McKenna maintained the squad’s momentum, further inspiring the solid defense in front of him and the already overpowering offensive attack...