Word: whaled
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Olympians Lane MacDonald '88-'89 and Allen Bourbeau '87-'89 never slew the Whale. Neither did Hobey Baker brothers Mark Fusco '83 and Scott Fusco...
...that Whale tradition stuff, but we do have trouble winning here," wing John Weisbrod said. "Every year we come here thinking last year was a fluke, that we're the better team, that we should win, but we don't come up with a solid effort. If we could figure out what it was, it wouldn't happen...
Perhaps it was the goalie. Last year, the Crimson sailed into the Whale with a 15-0 record and a number-one national ranking. Yale was 5-12-1 and struggling to avoid the ECAC cellar. But Eli netminder Mike O'Neill played out of his mind, smothering 46 Crimson shots in the Blue's 3-1 upset...
...made some good saves, but we missed a lot of opportunities," said Cleary, whose career record in the Whale dropped below .500. "In the first period alone, we could have scored three or four more goals. We just didn't capitalize...
Okay, so maybe the Blue owns the Crimson in the Whale because it gets especially motivated to play its timehonored rivals...