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...clearly a better team, or at least a better-balanced team. The once-beaten, once-tied team used three indistinguishable lines to skate Harvard into the ice in the third period and survive Harvard's 11 man-advantage situations without giving up a power-play goal...
Harvard did not play as badly as a 5-4 win over Dartmouth indicates. The line-up changes proved fruitless; but the Crimson did skate fairly well, although it blew numerous scoring chances...
Harvard is a heavy favorite to step on Princeton, but if the Crimson can lose to Vermont and barely escape falling to Penn, they could even lose to Princeton. The Harvard players have some incentive to skate, however, knowing that a loss could knock them out of the Ivy League race and leave them flat for the Beanpot...
...there. The natives have a distinct style. A behavioral scientist might understand the manifestations of this style; a tourist can only let the impressions reflect and magnify in the back of his mind's eye. Is something special in the way children congregate around the big tree and roller skate on only one foot? Is something special when they swing their arms downward and slap spinning wooden tops at one's feet? Is something special in the perpetual squabbling of the basket weaver and the mad woman who clutches her groin when strangers pass by? Is something special...
Petkevich has always outskated his opponents in the free skating, but has fallen behind in the figures. Today's victory virtually clinches the title for him. "He could skate on the seat of his pants tomorrow night and still win." Burke said...