Word: puck
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Crimson today was playing with an eye towards Monday's game with the Russians as varsity coach Cooney Weiland had his players experimenting on methods to stop the vaunted Red attack. In today's game, when the Crimson forwards lost the puck in the offensive zone, they would not forecheck; instead, they would go back to the red line, pick up their men, and then forecheck...
Tufts, on the other hand, forechecked continually, and gave the varsity a good deal of trouble in clearing the puck, especially in the first two periods. The Jumbo offense was limited primarily to a floater and to a few disorganized dashes...
Even in a game's quiet moments the din at the Forum is incessant. But the normal noise level increases to a rafter-raising roar when an aging, sharp-featured wingman with deep-set flashing jet-black eyes and a mop of black hair cuddles the puck to his stick, nurses it past enemy defenders, skillfully fakes the goalie out of position and flicks the rubber disk into the cage. Shouts of "Rocket, Rocket" fill the air in delirious tribute to Joseph Henri Maurice Richard, the greatest player in modern hockey history...
...times. Just where do you draw that line between being colorful and being punchy?" But the Rocket, bearing down on opposing defensemen, is still one of hockey's great sights. Says the Canadiens' Executive Frank Selke Jr.: "Richard sets off a chain reaction whenever he gets the puck, even if it's just a routine pass. It's strange and wonderful, the way that he communicates with the crowd." Explains the Rocket simply: "I hate to lose...
With less than two minutes to play, it seemed as if the loyal and loud supporters of the visiting sextet would be rewarded, when Morrison skated around McLaughlin and lifted the puck into the left-hand corner of the cage. But Les Duncan slapped in Dave Crosby's center to set the stage for Higginbottom...