Word: face-off
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Wing Dan DeMichele put the Crimson ahead at the 15-minute mark of the opening period with a rebound shot that caught Husky goaler Dan Eherly out of position, but no less than seven seconds later. Northeastern's Dave Poile knocked in teammate Tom Daniells' shot off the ensuing face-off, and the game was tied...
Harvard's Steve Owen cut the lead to a single goal seven seconds later breaking in off right wing directly after the face-off, but midway through the final period, Northeastern was still ahead and the Bostonians showed no signs of collapse...
...Gurry gathered in a direct pass from a face-off in the Husky end, and slammed a point shot past Elberly to tie the game at 4-4 and Harvard, rescued from urgent danger, held on to force the game into overtime...
...RILEY! Hey Riley you bum! Wait'll after the game, Riley." Riley, Jimmy Riley the Tech left wing who lives in West Roxbury and has been playing high school hockey for at least six years, is skating around, waiting for the face-off. You know he hears that voice. Christ, everybody hears it. But Jimmy just pretends that nothing at all is happening. Maybe he knows that this sort of thing gets yelled at him all the time, or that the guy probably hasn't got the sack to actually sucker him outside after the game...
...Southie guys as if he's just screwing around. Late in the second period, Cusack, who is playing one hell of a hockey game, bombs over the Southie blue line, runs into heavy traffic, and flips a pass over to Riley, who is all alone at the left face-off circle. Riley fires it past the Southie goalie, and it's a rout again...