Word: teamwork
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...actually outplayed them on Canadian ice during the first half of the series. In the final four games-each played before 11,300 relatively stolid Russian spectators and 2,700 raucous visiting Canadians in Moscow's Luzhniki Sports Palace-the Russians continued to display the precise teamwork that had given them the edge in Canada. But the Canadians managed to overcome the lack of conditioning that had marred their play in the series' first games. The 35-member Canadian squad included such high-scoring luminaries as Montreal's Yvan Cournoyer and Rod Gilbert of the New York...
...bitter blow," said coach Seamus Malin. "We though we were going to walk all over them. When you don't have cohesive teamwork, which we didn't have today, you tend to overcompensate individually," he said. "This results in players trying to do it alone, and usually ends up with the other team stealing the ball...
...specifically a separate squad but rather a subdivision of the larger varsity contingent, suffered from a lack of playing time together, and the lack of cohesive teamwork was evident all afternoon and negated a considerable Harvard advantage in individual talent...
...season because of Harvard's overall lack of depth. As Munro admitted yesterday, "We're thin." Unfortunately, several starters have already suffered slight injuries as a result of the MIT game, and if any or all are unable to play, or perform at full efficiency, the team and the teamwork will suffer accordingly...
...typical MIT game." Munro said afterward. "We just can't get up for them." The teamwork that Munro is looking for was there off and on, but he said that he "didn't expect a polished team. With four strangers on a line it takes time...