Word: wrists
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...game. Millionare inventor Howard Head '36. who revolutionized the skiing industry by introducing the aluminum ski in the '50s, began tinkering with the idea of a bigger racquet in the early '70s. Head, a typical hacker, became frustrated with his frequent off-center hits which would cause racket and wrist to turn, spraying the ball awry. Reasoning that the laws of physics dictate that the wider something is, the more resistant it is to twisting. Head figured bigger might be better. After some years of labwork, he devised a racquet with a "super" sweet spot-- the elusive point where...
Wade Lau, appearing in top from in the Crimson nets, continually stalled the B.U. forwards, until Terrier captain Paul Fenton wheeled in around the right circle and popped a quick wrist shot through Lau's legs for a 1-0 B.U. lead at 18:21. From that point on, up until the last two minutes, Harvard's wide-open skating game turned sloppy enough for the trough. And the Terriers just ate it up, scoring three goals in the second period to put the game out of reach...
Just 55 seconds later, Shayne Kuklowicz scored on a wrist shot from the top of the face-off circle to Kuzborski's left. Add power-play tallies from Ken Code and Scott Fusco and a shorthanded effort by Greg Britz (set up by Olson) and the Crimson had a 5-1 lead before the first chorus of "Men of Dartmouth...
Martinson's third period was much like Kuzborski's first. Mark Fusco scored his first two goals of the season to make the score 9-1, and his brother completed the hat trick off a Code pass at 14:23. Kukulowicz finished the scoring with a wrist shot...
...those few Terrier shots that hit the twines, at 7:25 of the second period. With a player from each team in the penalty box, Terrier Jill Toney's rising wrist shot from the faceoff circle to Tate's right beat the Crimson netminder on her glover side...