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Terry O'Reilly, who after five majors in two games shunned fisticuffs for the entire evening, (although he did square off with Garry Howatt at one point), rammed a Peter McNab set-up past Islander goalie Billy Smith from the bottom of the right face-off circle at 17:13 of overtime to return the series to Boston and change the night's theme song from "We Are the Champions" to "Stayin' Alive...

Author: By Jim Hershberg, | Title: Bruins Pull Out 4-3 Win in Overtime | 4/22/1980 | See Source »

Freshman Brendan Meagher's wizardry with the clamp and rake hold on the face-off allowed the Crimson to take control so swiftly...

Author: By Michelle D. Healy, | Title: Crimson Stickmen Devastate Quakers | 4/7/1980 | See Source »

Matignon dominated from the first face-off, shelling the St. John goalie for the first three goals of the game in a two-and-a-half minute first period stretch...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Matignon Captures State Hockey Title In Lopsided St. Patrick's Day Battle | 3/18/1980 | See Source »

Constant pressure in the Dartmouth end resulted in the game's first tally, when Britz took Rob Burns's pass and caught the upper right hand corner 11:17 after the opening face...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Big Green Slaps Icemen, 6-5; OT Loss Dims Playoff Hopes | 2/28/1980 | See Source »

...Olympic Committee has screwed today." The words are sacrilege in a way, jolting the spirit of the spectators within hearing distance, choosing to believe the ticket mess-up is an accident. Most people take the guard's cynicism as a joke, laughing all the way to the Romania-Czechoslovakia face...

Author: By Suzanne R. Spring, | Title: Man and Superman in Lake Placid | 2/25/1980 | See Source »

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