Word: slammingly
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...didn’t really see the end of it, either.”Junior center Paul Dufault gave the Crimson the lead midway through the period. After rookie defenseman Chad Morin fired a shot from the blue line, Dufault was perfectly positioned in the slot to turn and slam the rebound past Kalemba at the nine-minute mark for the eventual game-winner.Rogers padded Harvard’s lead with just 12 seconds remaining in the second period, driving home the puck after Kalemba turned away junior winger Mike Taylor’s initial shot from the right circle...
...Goffredo, who tallied only seven points and one three-pointer, there was one other bright spot for the Crimson—sophomore Evan Harris.Harris was all over the court in the first half, tallying 10 of the team’s 32 points, including an emphatic left-handed slam over two Tiger defenders that absolutely silenced the “Jadwin Jungle,” Princeton’s pep group, five minutes into the frame.But like all things in Jadwin Gym, his stellar play faded away, as the Tigers collapsed on him with double teams when Harvard gave...
...conventional way to take the measure of an athlete is to concentrate on the numbers: Grand Slam or PGA titles, touchdown passes, new records. By that yardstick alone, a racehorse called Silent Witness was a winner many times over. Just retired, Silent Witness was unbeaten at his first 17 starts, eclipsing the 16-win streaks of past greats Ribot, Citation and Cigar. For three years running (2003 to 2005), the Paris-based International Federation of Horseracing Authorities ranked him the world's fastest sprinter. And over five seasons of racing, he amassed $8 million in prize money. Yet those numbers...
...wrong he was. Because not only did the plane leave without us—though we arrived at the gate in time to see a guy board literally two seconds before we got to the plane’s walkway—the door was slammed in my face. I even had my hand on the handle, but the female attendant was too strong (don’t laugh), and forcibly closed the huge metal door in front of me. Needless to say, I was livid.The story could end here, too. I could have gotten a ticket for another flight...
...ECAC) started the first period strongly, as senior Kevin Du skated up the left side after blocking a BC (15-10-1, 11-8-1 HEA) shot with his body, maneuvering through the Eagles’ defense to pass the puck across to captain Dylan Reese. Slamming in a shot from the right side, Reese landed the Crimson’s only goal of the night 8:12 into the first period. Hoping to boost Harvard’s lead, senior Steve Mandes and junior Mike Taylor challenged BC goalie Cory Schneider, sliding the puck back and forth down...