Word: pucks
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Harvard amazed me and won, 4-2. True, B.U. did not play its best game, and the puck bounced the right way for the Crimson for the first time all season, but Harvard did play very well and deserved to win. It proved that the next night against Clarkson...
...western teams are very similar to B.U. in style. "Eastern teams tend to rely on an individual's talent to take the puck the length of the ice. Western squads, and B.U., emphasize passing and hitting more," Jones said...
...When Gump Worsely comes to the Boston Garden the fans don't give him the credit he deserves," Harvard goalie Bruce Durno said. "They say he's just lucky because the Bruins are hitting the puck right at him. They don't realize Gump's not giving the Bruins any alternative...
Durno emphasizes the fact that the destination of the puck is usually pre-determined by the position of the shooter and goalie. "No matter how good your reflexes are, there's no way you're going to react and glove a shot from ten feet out off a forward like Hynes or Cavanagh. You have to make it look like they were stupid to hit it right into...
...Durno was surprised by one Princeton slapshot goal. "The guy fanned on the shot. It was moving so slowly, I grabbed for the puck and brought my hand down before the puck reached the crease...