Word: defensemen
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...each other's way, blocking goalie Clark's view and leaving the B.C. skaters to whip around and score. Good hockey teams have one or two men playing the point to block shots; the Crimson always had four milling around. Then, when the team was on the attack, the defensemen frequently overcommitted themselves leaving the goal virtually unprotected...
...first merely average team that came along. Last night's game proved otherwise. Instead of fretting about his injured players and trying to construct three lines and two defenses, Eagle coach Snooks Kelley merely reduced the number of skaters. He operated with just two lines and alternated three defensemen--those nine players showed themselves to be probably the best collegiate hockey team in the East...
...mentor Kelley didn't take very long to spot the Crimson weakness at defense. The last forty minutes found Eagle Jack Mulhern loitering around behind the Crimson defenders and snaring breakaway passes from his own defensemen. Mulhern scored three times as did his teammate Warren Lewis...
Praising the work of the entire squad, Coach Priddy gave special praise to the Crimson defensemen. Judging by recent scrimmages with local high school teams and with Andover, Priddy said that defense appears to be the freshmen's strongest department...
Behind the first team is a strong set of reserves, headed by last year's sophomore line of Tom Moseley, Myles Huntington, and Dave Abbot and defensemen Bill Allen and Al Key, the brother of Dave. AAU Olympic defenseman Lew Preston will be a big boon to the defense when he comes off probation in February...