Word: face-off
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...brawling Bruins combined skill with scare tactics. Their dexterous centers controlled face-offs; their defenders flung themselves purposefully in front of net-bound pucks; their penalty killers not only frustrated good Ranger scoring chances but managed to score three times themselves. So much for their skating and stickhandling talents. Beyond that, the Bruins used shoulders, hips, elbows, knees and fists to intimidate the less aggressive Rangers. New York had finished second in the N.H.L.'s dominant eastern division, ten points behind Boston. The way the Rangers trounced Montreal and Chicago to gain the final round gave their fans hope...
...Crimson iced the game in the next two minutes. Wayne George scored at 13:18, and Thomas tallied on a shot from a face-off at 14:26. Thomas's goal increased his team-leading point total...
Northeastern cut the Crimson's lead to 3-2 after only nine seconds of the second period, breaking through the Harvard defense right after the opening face-off. It took less than two minutes for Harvard to restore its two goal lead, however, as the Local Line picked up its second of four goals for the evening...
Harvard's play became increasingly sloppy in the third period, as Army outscored the Crimson, 2-1. Army's first tally came just 31 seconds after the opening face-off, with Ed Roubin squeezing one through some congestion around the Harvard...
...turned out, Harvard captain Rick Frisbie scored off the opening face-off, and Brown was behind immediately, but only a determined effort by substitute goalie Joe Walker kept Harvard in contention much longer than that...