Word: pucks
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Easily the outstanding player on the ice was goalie Johnny Chase, BU had the puck in Harvard territory much of the time and they were shooting constantly. The defensemen stopped a couple of dozen shots, but close to 40 got through and Chase blocked all but six. There were no easy saves...
Less spectacular was the first line of Captain Myles Huntington, Dave Abbot, and Doug Anderson, which brought the Crimson only two goals. Nevertheless, whenever this line was one the ice, it controlled the puck, worked more steadily than the second line, and developed more pass plays...
Since a flying hockey puck travels a good deal faster than the human body, a topflight goalie needs the knack of being in the right place at the right time. It also helps to have perfect balance, knowledge of the tactics of the opponent streaking down-ice toward the net and a thoughtfully padded uniform. In the National Hockey League, the man who seemed to combine the necessary qualities better than anybody else this season was Toronto-born William Ronald ("Big Bill") Durnan, 34-year-old veteran of the Montreal Canadiens...
...position a lot. This was deceptive on Big Bill's part. "Durnan fools you," said another National Hockey League star last week. "One second he leaves a big hole on one side of the cage, but the next he's in there on top of the puck. He knows he can move fast...
...Kittredge took a puck at the blue line, passed to Bob DiBlasio, took his pass back, and set up the goal for DiBlasio with a goal mouth pass...