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Despite his confidence, success, and luck-the only major damage he has suffered was a broken bone in his right foot and a severe skate cut to his left hand two seasons ago-Bernie Parent is ridden by repressed fear on the ice. Like a soldier under fire, he finds fear real and physical, and he has to fight it off. "It's like a dream," he told TIME Correspondent Robert Lewis last week. "It comes and goes. When I'm tired, I might start thinking about getting injured and about my family and kids. Thank...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Courage and Fear in a Vortex of Violence | 2/24/1975 | See Source »

...built training facilities in Utah, is brutal. Summer workouts begin with a 6-mile morning run, wood splitting, more running and then, after lunch, weight lifting. Lack of snow is no obstacle: training includes 15-mile slogs on roller skis-3-ft. skis with roller-skate wheels. If anyone slacks off, Coach Marty Hall drops him or her from the program. "We're not here to fool around," says Hall. That may be a promise of things to come at the Olympics next year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Loneliness of The Long-Distance Skier | 2/17/1975 | See Source »

Both teams are out of the same "skate-the-other-team-into-the-ice" school. In Harvard's previous victory over B.U. the Terriers apparently hadn't done their homework and returned to Comm Ave. with a 7-2 failing grade...

Author: By Richard J. Doherty, | Title: Crimson Tackles Terriers in Beanpot Showdown | 2/10/1975 | See Source »

...would you ever want to be a hockey goalie? A chuckle, and then a shake of the head. A friend and teammate rallies to his aid, "He can't skate--that's why he's the goalie...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Petro: Confidence in Crimson Crease | 1/9/1975 | See Source »

Unless Cornell can successfully sabotage one black turtleneck, the Big Red will see a lot of their scoring drives turned away by number 26. And despite it all, reminds a friend, "He still can't skate...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Petro: Confidence in Crimson Crease | 1/9/1975 | See Source »

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