Cathedral High School - Pantherpix Yearbook (Springfield, MA)

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Cathedral hockey has always meant hard-nosed, spirited games which spices the long winter with excitement. With skaters such as Tom Tabb, Butch Friese, Bill Crum, Pat Moriarty, and Dave McGlynn, each game produces its own variety of close-checking and perfect play execution. Despite early season doldrums the pucksters rebounded into the midst of a thick Berry Division race. Coach Guy Lamarche stated that in the stretch, pre-season conditioning separated the contender from the champion. As the season came to a close the Panthers eyed just one laurel, the Western Mass. crown. 1 In a face off, Butch Freise battles for control of the puck. 2 Coach Guy Lamarche shouts encouragement to his team. 3 Defenseman Dan O’Malley remains behind to help defend the Panther goal. 56 Powerful purple machine checks CATHEDRAL OPPONENT SCORE S LEG Albany Academy Loomis Academy West Springfield Chicopee Technical Chicopee Ludlow Classical Ludlow Trade Classical Longmeadow Westfield Technical East Longmeadow Sap Noy (68) foes Key [sy fogh Say SS (ea) esp Ney (eo) co) Se) iS) ey Agawam a st Chicopee Comp West Springfield West Haven forfeit a YO rw FF FP OO FR FON OR WA fF FS W AL INTERNATION

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Panthers come home thinking they won it (reprinted from Springfield Daily News) Defending WMass Class L champion Cathedral ran out of miracles Monday night. For many, the end was hard to believe. “l’m going home thinking we won,” said Panther coach Dan Balicki. But it was Holyoke, top seeded, which advanced to semifinal action against Drury Thursday night at the Pittsfield Boys’ Club. Senior forward Mike Dean brought Holyoke a 65-63 win, reversing the expected chain of events in the final seconds. With four seconds to play Cathedral seemed on the verge of climaxing a pulsating comeback as co-captain Bill Moge stood at center court looking for backcourt mate Mike Julian on a throw-in. But the play never materialized, and, pressed, Moge tried a lob into the backcourt for Jim Whalen — but Dean tipped it, gravved it, and raced for the basket, laying in the winning points with two seconds left. Though Dean’s steal was a brilliant defensive move, many fans felt that he was guilty of traveling. During an ensuing timeout, Balicki and the Cathedral players protested futilely. With two seconds left, Cathedral attempted a desperation full-court pass, but Holyoke’s Bob Tully grabbed it to end the game. It seemed that Cathedral, which had beaten Hoosac in overtime a week before to reach the quarterfinals — then withstood three days of uncertainty involving player ineligibility — could pull out another one. : But Holyoke avenged an 81-67 quarterfinal loss to the Panthers last year, winning its 14th straight. Cathedral, ending a five-game win streak, | finished 12-9.

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foes in tight race Co-captain Butch Friese, adding a blend of exceptional stick-handling and valuable experience to the team, helped in fusing a young inexperienced group into a unified corps. Pivotman on a solid checking line, Butch paced his line drawing the highest performance out of his wingers Kevin O’Connor and Jeff Martini. From his penalty-killing to leading dashes, Friese’s ability will be sorely missed by the remainder of the team when he graduates. we . he : er 3 Ff me CHS Hockey team front row: Bill Crum, Dan O’Malley, Dave McGlynn, Glenn Ligenza, Butch Friese: back row: Kevin O’Connor, Tom Tabb, Mike Gilhooly, Steve Dimodica, Jim Hough, Chipper Shea, Jim 57 Martin, Pat Moriarty, Marty Wright, Kevin Gannon, Jeff Martini.