Word: shoulder
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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When Harvard men's hockey Captain Scott Fusco whips into the corner after a loose puck this season, he won't have to worry about being separated from his shoulder. Last year, that was a serious risk...
Last year, the Crimson looked black and blue thanks to shoulder injuries. "About five or six guys went out with separated shoulders," Fusco says. "They all missed some action...
...problem, according to Trainer Dick Emerson, had a lot to do with the shoulder pads Harvard wore. "90 percent of the shoulder injuries were sprains [of a ligament between the humerus and the collarbone]," Emerson says. "Those usually result from falling on your shoulder or your shoulder hitting the boards...
...think shoulder pads would protect against that problem, but the pads Harvard wore last year had "floating" cushions over the oft-injured areas, cushions which tended to float away at the wrong moment...
...cars passed us two lanes wide on both sides, I began to calculate my chances of survival for the evening. If the cops didn't stop us, a concrete abutment almost certainly would. The three Dead fans in the seat in front of me hardly seemed concerned. They swayed shoulder to shoulder as we were gently rocked by the van's haphazard course...