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Crimson center Bob Cleary survived a disastrous second stanza to lead the varsity scoring with three goals. After the first period onslaught, Dartmouth began successfully to double team Cleary much to the delight of the overflow partisan crowd. The strategy, however, broke down in the final stanza, when Cleary broke loose and scored two goals in 33 seconds. Dick Fischer with two goals, Lyle Guttu, Paul Kelley, and Ed Owen were the other Crimson scorers...
After grabbing an early three-goal advantage in the first two periods, the sextet stood by and watched the Tigers grab the lead in the last stanza. The Crimson came back to tie the game at 4-4, only to have the All-Stars score again in the final two minutes...
...Eagle defense, goalie Al Pitts, and sometimes the posts of the cage defended well, and B.C. managed to post pone the inevitable until the last period, holding the Crimson 1-1 in the first and then at 2-2 after the second stanza...
However, the crowd of 2000, predominately Crimson fans for the first time in Boston history, wondered after the second period whether the varsity had tired out. Halfway through the last stanza, Bob McVey answered that question with his second goal of the game, taking a pass from John Copeland...
Dick Fischer, having one of his fastest nights on the ice, slapped in the first goal on an excellent pass from center McVey at 10:54 of the first period. Then McVey put the Crimson ahead for awhile in the middle stanza with an assist from Bob Owen...