Word: pucks
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...sends his men onto the ice looking for a fight. Opponents point to the presence of three "enforcers" in the Flyer lineup-Defense Man Andre ("Moose") Dupont and Wings Bob ("the Hound") Kelly and Dave ("the Hammer") Shultz. That trio seem to swing more at opponents than at the puck. Shultz set a league record of his own last season by occupying the penalty box for 348 minutes, the equivalent of almost six full games. (This year may be worse. He already has accumulated more than 200 penalty minutes...
...explains, "we get more because we scrap more. We get into more fights because we check closer and make more contact." Indeed, hard contact is the heart of Shero's tactical philosophy: "I don't have any use for a player who only looks for the puck in open space. He has to be willing to make contact, to use his stick and body to get the puck...
...plan of attack and defense, plus some rigid rules about avoiding mistakes. He insists, for example, that his team, if leading by one goal, never take long shots at the open net in the final seconds of a game when the opposition goalie has been removed. His reason: the puck might rebound onto an opponent's stick and set up a tying goal...
...didn't go out and try to hit them that much," said captain Randy Roth. "We tried to disrupt their passing game by getting to the man with the puck as soon as possible. I think we really tired them...
Brian ("Only the Lord Saves More Than Petro") Petrovek had a relatively easy night in the Crimson nets, as few of the Terrier shots got through to him. The Harvard defense was brilliant in blocking shots all evening. Only Rick Meagher and Mike Eruzione could put the puck behind Petrovek...