Word: face-off
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...horn again, and now all the substitutes skate over to the benches, and Martell gathers the studs, his six starters, around him for a little talk. Then they break, and Ahern and Delisle skate back to defense, and Carrigan, Riley and Cusack cruise to center ice for the face-off, while Conroy skates from side to side in the goalie's crease, roughing up the ice purposely he he'll get the proper traction. Now it's just Carrigan and Morrill, from Southie, all alone in the face-off circle, and the ref drops the puck, and the arguments...
...even though Brown's Dave McKay scored on the power play 45 seconds later, Harvard's Bob Havern kept the margin intact on a shot from the right face-off circle that squeezed past McGinnis. The victory, although it was not completely evident at the time, was assured...
...With 8:38 left, McGill's Dave Roxburgh added a third goal and teammate Pete Burgess scored directly off the next face-off to cut the Crimson lead to 5-4, Harvard, lapsing offensively and careless on defense, was suddenly in a hockey game again...
...Scott Godfrey took a pass from the left face-off circle and beat Durno from ten feet to tie the game, and the Eagles had the momentum again...
...wing Tom Huntzinger went off for tripping with a minute remaining in the first period, and with 23 seconds gone in the second Crimson defense man Chris Gurry took Joe Cavanagh's pass at the left face-off circle in the St. Nick end and beat Groh on the goalie's right side...