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While admittedly the dour visage is nothing new, Parker was pretty much right on the mark when he discontentedly mumbled after the game that, "This was not a typical Harvard-B.U. game. For the most part, it was a dull, boring game." Aside from an abortive third-period Crimson comeback ignited by hustling freshman defenseman Mitch Olson and the inspired heroics of senior star Gene Purdy (who suffered a broken wrist in the final seconds and won't be able to show off his new Swedish Jofa helmet for at least a few weeks), last night's edition...
Parker was really referring to the fact that his defending champions have been flat, not only last night, but also in last week's narrow victories over Providence and Dartmouth (the latter required a frenzied third-period comeback to achieve). To those who wonder how a coach with an undefeated squad can be so concerned, Parker says simply, "They don't know a thing about hockey...
Tommy Murray popped his first goal of the year from out in front to make it 7-4, and then surprisingly clean play from both squads (no third-period penalties) helped the icemen cut the deficit to two with six and a half minutes remaining...
Stoyanovich, who had menaced freshman goaltender Wade Lau all night with blistering shots that somehow stayed out of the net, took a pass at the left point from defenseman Don Boyd, teed up, and fired home a low, vicious slapper that negated a furious third-period Harvard rally and sent a partisan capacity crowd of 4500 at Houston Field House into hysterics...
...third-period goals less than 35 seconds apart clinched Boston University's 5-2 win over the defending champion Wisconsin Badgers in the NCAA semifinals last night at the Providence Civic Center...