Word: slappingly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Dominating play throughout the entire game, the varsity peppered sophomore goalie Barry Van Gerbig with 38 shots, in addition to the five goals, while Harry Pratt and Peter Tague turned away 25 shots. The Tigers' only goal came on a long slap shot, and most of their other attempts were long thrusts from around the blue line...
...traditional Harvard rivals, B.U. quickly started swinging sticks and checking extra hard. Marquis was flagged down for high sticking at 3:59 and Andy Guiliotti kept the bench warm by slashing at 7:11. Dave Vietze nearly scored the first goal during the latter penalty when his long slap shot at goalie Ron Tanner's head was blocked in self defense and nearly juggled...
...Crimson pressed in after a tripping penalty to Pete Ward at 7:28. After several shots were turned away by Jones, Downes drew two defenders toward him at the right point, then fed to Anderson across ice. Anderson found Bill Collins screening Jones at the left corner. His hard slap was perfectly placed and the red light flashed...
...third period the varsity wasn't in trouble until an elbow-check penalty to Anderson at 14:24. A Yale slap shot from 15 feet went through a tangle of players in front of the goal but luckily found Pratt's stick instead of an opening. With only four seconds remaining in the same penalty, defenseman Mike Graney broke alone out of his own zone, but his shot was stopped by Jones...
...match (two-man teams with the members taking turns mauling each other) that eventually degenerates into a crowd-pleasing, pier-six free-for-all. Midgets may be there to jazz up the act. Here and there, where lenient local authorities permit it, women wrestlers appear to slap each other around. Someone is sure to take a mean-looking poke at the referee (an illegal maneuver in Missouri); someone is sure to heave someone else through the ropes (never over; that, too, is frowned upon...