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Dominating play as period two came to a close (in fact, a Terrier slapshot hit both posts just before the buzzer), B.U. appeared to have regained total control, their time-worn strategy of overcoming deficits with calm, positional play an ostensible success...
...last night's game gave Terrier fans a little indigestion, the Ithaca battle between Cornell and Providence left Big Red supporters with a bleeding ulcer. The Friars had jumped out to a seemingly unbeatable 5-1, third period lead before a horrified sell-out crowd at Walker Arena before the Big Red caught fire, as John Stornik, Steve Hennessy and John Olds left Providence with only a one-goal lead. Randy Wilson could have clinched the game with a minute left, but he missed an empty net and Cornell's Lance Nethery came back to blast the puck past John...
Jack O'Callahan, whose slapshot was good for an assist on the third goal, then made it 5-1 at 6:12. Fidler stole the puck at the Harvard blue line and tossed it ahead for the Terrier captain, whose bomb exploded in the back of the Harvard cage...
That, my friends, is the secret of the success of the nation's winningest hockey coach. B.U. captain Jack O'Callahan summed up the essence of Terrier hockey after last night's tilt: "Winning like this isn't good enough." The first-team All-American defenseman explained, "We've gotta push for perfection. That's what makes this program what it is. That's what makes Jack Parker such a great coach...
...though the Crimson would outscore B.U. 2-1 in the third, goalie Jim Craig was just good enough (12 saves, 28 overall) and the Terrier defense just careful enough to prevent Harvard from damaging their unblemished record. And when Todd Johnson slid his third goal of the night 80 feet into an empty net to make it 8-5, blemished only was Harvard's aborted comeback attempt...