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...names Dale Valiscenti, Doug Horton, Bob Poile, Tom Carr and Jack Burke will not go down in the annals of Harvard Hockey history as superstars. But largely due to their efforts, Harvard can now boast of its first undefeated hockey team in 70 years...
...easy to avoid losing over the course of an 18-game season, especially when, in the words of Valiscenti, "there are more players on the ice than in the stands." Instead of recognition, Coach Kevin Hampe points to the eight seniors on this year's squad as the motivation that brought success. "They were the controlling influence on this team--many of them have been together for four years now, and they have a lot of talent...
What motivated the seniors? Bob McDonald played varsity hockey for three years before this season. His explanation is simple: "Hockey is fun, I like the guys on the team, and the coach is a helluva guy." Team captain Valiscenti, a four-year J.V. performer, offers a different view. He recalls the playing conditions of two years ago, when Watson Rink had not yet been renovated: "We practiced that year on an outside rink at Brown & Nichols at 8 a.m. every day. It got pretty cold out there, and the seniors on the team have not forgotten about it. It brought...
...often a J.V. player makes good on varsity. Having played four years on J.V., captain Valiscenti has never seen varsity playing time. Another standout senior, Horton, over the past two seasons has scored or assisted on a goal in 32 of 33 J.V. games. Valiscenti notes. "For a lot of the seniors we'll never play in a hockey game again. This season was our last chance to go undefeated...
...season each player rated Kevin on a scale of one to ten for the coach evaluation form. Of the 23 guys on the team. Kevin got 23 tens--that's how much respect we have for him." Valiscenti adds...
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