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Finland is a country of fewer than 5 million people, and there are more saunas than ice rinks. Though he is the finest hockey player the Finns have ever exported to North America, Kurri returns home each spring to a pleasant obscurity. He is a splendid skater, a strong outside shooter, an artful stickhandler and a responsible back checker. Judging right wingers, Gretzky puts Kurri in a class with the New York Islanders' Mike Bossy. Among all-round players, he may even rate with the Islanders' Bryan Trottier. Kurri does not care to be lumped with the other...
When a pair of Crimson power plays, one of them right after the penalty shot, went for naught, B.C. skillfully killed time the rest of the way Blair couldn't leave the ice for a sixth skater until only 17 seconds remained, as the Eagles won their third straight in the local rivalry...
...NOTEBOOK An unusual sight for Harvard fans was the replacement of Blair with a sixth skater when a delayed penalty was called on B.C. early in the second period In the past, Bill Cleary has been one of the few coaches who kept his goalies in net in those situations. The Crimson hand made a point of needling the Eagle fans with a rendition of the Notre Dame fight song a reference to B.C's Liberty Bow loss. At Bright Hockey Center Boston College 1 1 1--3 Harvard...
...with Franzosa preparing to head for the bench in favor of a sixth skater, right wing Tom Wallack deflected a soft shot off the stick of Bruin defenseman Tom Roberts for the tying goal...
...lack of a fourth defenseman is only a small indication of Dooley's fragile numbers game. If Earl Weaver loved deep depth, John Dooley would love to have a single reserve. There are only 15 players on the team. Dooley literally does not have a single skater to sit on the bench in case of injury...