Word: pucks
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Much has changed since Cooney Weiland entered a Harvard hockey practice 21 seasons ago. "When I arrived, everyone on the ice had a puck. Well, the first thing I said was that we'd only use one puck in a game. It's too confusing, and, besides that, it's illegal...
...free-for-all in pucks on the ice was symbolic of the philosophy of the team. "Everyone was puck conscious," Weiland said. "They took whatever they could get. and there wasn't much of a system. All they could think about was getting the puck from behind their own net and ending up at the other end with the little red light glowing...
DiMichele's beating was the low point for a miserable first period for the Crimson. Harvard did not put one shot one net from inside 30 feet, while Denver constantly beat the Crimson to the puck and pressured Durno. Harvard did manage to blow one perfect scoring opportunity, however, as Bob MeManama missed an open net. The chance was set up by an unusual rebound off the War Memorial Auditorium's new boards that fooled the Denver goalie as he left the cage to cover the shot...
Harvard tried to win, like Minnesota the previous night, with a last-second goal, but shorthanded Denver's four skaters tied-up Harvard's six by freezing the puck three times in the last ten seconds...
...Peltier, who had scored fivegoals all season, was on his stomach just at Durno's right when he swung his stick at the loose puck at 1:45 of overtime to put on the red light. The puck had hovered around, the crease while Harvard failed to clear...