Word: verchota
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...precocious talent indeed. Even with two grizzled veterans from 1980 (Captain Phil Verchota, 27, and John Harrington, 26, both forwards) returning to the '84 team, its average age is only 20.7 years-the youngest in U.S. Olympic hockey history. Leading the offense is "the Diaper Line": Center Pat LaFontaine, 18, and Wings David A. Jensen, 18, and Ed Olczyk, 17. LaFontaine, sweet-natured and teen-idol cute, left his home in Pontiac, Mich., in 1982 to sharpen his skills in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, where he scored 104 goals to break records set by Islander Mike Bossy...
...line with Mark Kumpel of Lowell University and Scott Bjugstad of Minnesota...LaFontaine, a first-round pro draft pick, is headed to the N.Y. Islanders after the Olympics...It was Harvard's second straight game against Behrend--the last was the NCAA championship game...The Olympic captain is Phil Verchota, a veteran of the 1980 squad. At the Boston Garden U.S. Olympic Team 2 3 6--11 Harvard...
...Fusco, Paul Guay) 17:49, U.S. Guay (Kurt Kislendorst) 1:08; U.S. Dave Janson (Ed Otczyk, Pat LaFontaine) 2:53 H. Tim Barakett (Ralph Hartmann, Jey North) 3:34, U.S. Sampson (letrate) 14:00; U.S., LaFontaine (Otczyk, latrate) 5:50, U.S. Guay (Rich Coetello, Chellos) 10:45, U.S. Phil Verchota (Sampson, Gary Height) 11:41, U.S. Guay (Coetello, Kleinedorst...
Backed by the rock-steady goaltending of Jim Craig, the Americans had tied the contest at two when Phil Verchota gently flipped a shot past Finnish netminder Jorma Valtonen at 2:25. When winger Mark Johnson tucked in an insurance goal to make it 4-2, 3:25 before the end, the dream had become a reality...
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