Word: rinks
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...hundreds of invited guests moved from a roast beef dinner in the Palmer Dixon Tennis Courts to the majestic new home of Harvard hockey, old-timers kept murmuring to each other, "I can't believe what they've done to Watson Rink...
After 24 seasons of competition in the facility named after former Harvard quarterback Donald C. Watson '16, the arctic, dimly-lit, cavernous rink was only a memory. In its place, thanks to a $2.8 million facelift, stood the new Alexander H. Bright Hockey Center...
While hypothetical rink-length goal scoring rushes dominate the dreams of Harvard hockey fans, those who foster delusions of grandeur for a quick charge from The Bright will center their attention on the inexperienced Crimson defense. Hopes are that freshmen Mark Fusco (of Burlington, Mass.) and Scott Sangster can help fill the gap left by the loss of Mitch Olsen and Jackie Hughes...
Last year, as Cleary is quick to point out, the icemen, who were iced in a few games--the 11-3 (8-1 after the first period) holocaust against Cornell at Lynah Rink comes quickly to mind, along with a mind-numbing swamp-job by Brown on national TV--managed to at least stay close until the final minutes in most, pulling their goalie 11 times in 26 games. The squad finished--one must keep in mind while contemplating bus rides to Providence for the ECAC Championships--with a depressing 7-18-1 record (1-8-1 in the Ivies...
Another tradition, however, has gone the way of Iranian music and Carmine Galante--Section 18 will no longer be the haven of goal-crazed Crimson hockey fanatics. The problem with putting section 18 in the rink's corner, word has it, is that section 13 would end up...right behind the Harvard bench. And who needs that with a New Era underway? Call this one the Era of Good Feelings. And hope it doesn't end when the season starts...