Word: pucks
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Although he is in condition from the hockey season DeMichele has found that there is a difference between hockey and baseball conditioning. "I'm in shape to hit a puck out on the field," DeMichele said. "My arms are conditioned to hitting a slap shot rather than throwing the ball...
Last year, the Crimson fought bitterly with Cornell in the finals, losing only in the final two minutes when goaltender Bruce Durno lost his stick in a scramble, and Ithacan Kevin Pettit blasted the puck past him to put Cornell ahead for good. This year, the same thing could happen again, especially in view of the close game at Cambridge last January, but if Harvard manages to stay close, even though losin, it could represent the ECAC in the NCAA...
Stiff checking by the Crimson defensemen, led by Doug Elliott, allowed the Blue only 18 shots on goal and kept the puck in the Bulldog's zone for most of the game...
...yearned to play forward like his big brother Phil. "But every time I was picked for a team, they would stick me in the goal," he says. By the time he was 17, he was so disgusted he quit hockey altogether. He hadn't minded being pelted by pucks; it was the chilly, accusing stares that hurt. "Every time we'd lose, the guys would look at me and raise their eyebrows. No matter how the team plays in front of me, I have the last say on the puck. If it gets past...
...brother can really explain Tony's moves. The young goalie occasionally tries, but after several long minutes of explaining what he does not do, he wrinkles his brow and concludes: "Sometimes I'm pretty awkward. I guess I just do whatever I have to to stop the puck...