Word: face-off
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About 3000 alumni, parents and friends, too many for Watson Rink to hold, will desert Lock-Obers and the Ritz in time for the 8 o'clock face-off however. The Harvard-Yale hockey game, long a boring rout, remains a prime social event for Harvard alumni who will clap politely through their martini-haze for every Harvard goal...
...first ten minutes of the Penn game, it appeared that Harvard might have to go into the Beanpot finals on a losing note. The Quakers outshoot and outskated the Crimson from the first face-off and took a 1-0 lead at 10:47 of the first period. Harvard managed to snap out of its lethargy, however, as Dan DeMichele converted a perfect feed from Cavanagh...
Penn was flying from the opening face-off, and Harvard clearly was not. Coached by a man who supposedly holds the NCAA record in penalties. Penn played a scrappy, rough game, and it paid off. The Crimson skaters played sluggishly. Frequent turnovers in Harvard's defensive zone produced as many goals as anyone has scored on the Crimson all season...
...cultural confrontation of more or less conventional Americans and the longhaired young at times savors of Roundhead v. Cavalier, or H.G. Wells' Morlocks v. Eloi. How elemental the face-off can become was demonstrated last week in Monterey, Calif., when the state unemployment-insurance office ruled that jobless men with long hair can no longer collect unemployment benefits...
...After 34 seconds of the next period, Mark struck again, assisted by Turco and McManama, and nine seconds later Turco made it 4-0 on a pass from McManama right off the ensuing face...