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Although sloppiness and apathy was the name of Harvard's game for most of the first stanza, it was the missed power-play opportunities of the second period that aggravated the icemen the most...
...Crimson came back to close it to 37-33 at the intermission, prompting coach Frank McLaughlin to deliver a healthy spank to sparkplug Fine's rump as the squad entered the locker room. But Princeton quickly opened a ten-point lead in the second stanza, and the orangemen kept it there until the five-minute mark. And then they mopped...
...second stanza, Captain Cook put Harvard in the lead for the first time in the contest with a power-play goal. "Barney" gathered in a pass from George Hughes--who had gotten the puck from John Cochrane on the point--skated out of the corner, looked to return a pass to Hughes, but then slipped in front of the cage to poke a backhand shot between the legs of Ed Arrington...
...power play at 5:33 left in the second stanza gave Boston a chance to even the score, but the Bruins were denied and the period ended with Buffalo leading 2-1. Quick skating and end-to-end action marked the second period. Sabre goalie Don Edwards and Bruin netminder Gerry Cheevers exchanged some spectacular saves in the opening minutes...
Defense versus defense, the third stanza showed hard forechecking on both ends of the rink. Only after Bruin coach Don Cherry pulled Cheevers could Buffalo's Gare race in for his second goal of the night...