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Before the game Coach Cooney Weiland commented that he thought he had solved the team's biggest problem, slow backchecking. during recent practice sessions. The sextet's performance last night proved this...
...McVey showed the potential that made him such a standout last season. The Black Knights simply could not steal the puck from him. The same was true with the more calculated playmaking of Higgenbottom, who added an important boost to the sextet's third line...
Coach Cooney Weiland and his sextet, then, have a definite score to settle with this Canadian-dominated team. The final goal of this 2-1 loss, moreover, was of the cheapest variety, as Captain Ed Rowe scored it by digging it out from under varsity goalie Jim Bailey's pads after the whistle had evidently been blown...
...Knights have a very good first line, a solid starting defense, and an outstanding goalie, but beyond this, the quality of its team tapers off noticeably. This was brought to light by its 5-4 defeat earlier this year at the hands of a relatively fast but inexperienced Middlebury sextet. While Middle- bury is definitely improved over last year, it has never had a really topnotch hockey team and its win over Clarkson demonstrated the Black Knights' lack of depth...
...Lawrence, and the above two teams. The results of this pocket tournament will be instrumental in deciding which teams will go to the post-season NCAA tourney in Minnesota. Clarkson's meagre depth will be put to a definite test, as the Black Knights played a scrappy B.C. sextet last night...