Word: wing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Three minutes into the game, Harvard wing Tim Burke slid a pass across the crease to Murphy at the right of the net. Murphy shrugged off a check and flicked a gift-wrapped feed back across the crease to Vukonich, who rammed a wrist shot between Laurin's pads...
Thirteen minutes later, Vukonich was the grateful recipient of another beautiful assist, this one by Tod Hartje. As a Big Green checker tried to ride Hartje off the puck, the versatile wing dropped a no-look, between-the-legs pass to a streaking Vukonich, who nailed a screamer past Laurin...
...center, I have a lot more leeway," said Vukonich, who notched his fifth goal since moving to the middle. "At wing, I felt like I was forced to play one way. I'm much more comfortable at this position...
Captain C.J. Young began the scoring play by threading the needle on a pass between three defenders to freshman Ted Drury. Drury's stuff attempt was saved by Laurin, but wing Jim Coady dumped the rebound right back to Drury, who lit the red for the winning goal...
...reality, it has been less Ciavaglia's influence than a simple position switch that has sparked Vukonich's scoring surge. After sitting out the Army game for disciplinary reasons, Vukonich moved from his second-line spot at wing back to third-line center. And when Ted Donato was injured the following night, Vukonich moved into a similar spot on Harvard's power play. Since the shakeup, he has scored all five of his goals...