La Salle Academy - Maroon and White Yearbook (Providence, RI)

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1TH the changes of coach and moderator from Jack Cronin and Brother Alban to Lou Cimini and Brother Anthony. respectively. and the election of Bobbie Scanlon as captain. La Salle opened an eventful hockey season. Sev- eral members of last year's squad were retained, including the four Bobs .... Scanlon, Tiernan. Rock, and Mclntyre, and Al Curtin and Johnny Pierik. Although Mr. Cimini has evidently been preparing for the future, his team won every game this season. but lost in the playoffs. He has several sophomores and juniors on the squad who saw a great deal of service during the 1946- 47 season. The team began daily practice at four-thirty each morning and immediately after school all the members would go to the Rhode Island Auditorium to practice. The result of this effort can be seen on the record. Lou Cimini's pucksters opened the hockey sea- son by beating a veteran East Providence outfit. 4-3. The new La Salle line led by Wah'7 Tier- nan and Captain Bob Scanlon operated very smoothly. Bobby Lane. La Salleis sparkling goalie. was impressive in his first game in his position in front of the nets. ,lohn 6'Crusher Pierik also stopped many an East Providence thrust with his bone-crushing checks. Vilith Bob Lane starring in the goal and Bog Scanlon on the offense aided by A1 Curtin. La Salle humbled One Hundred Thirty-eight Central, 9-0. Coach Lou Cimini gave his whole team a work-out in this second game of the season. When two traditional rivals meet. a thrilling game may be expected. This is the story behind this fiercely fought, nip-and-tuck battle between La Salle and Cranston, from which the Maroon sextet emerged victorious, 1-0. Both teams had fought vigorously, and it was not until late in the game that Bob Tiernan was able to slip one through the Thunderbolt cage. The La Salle skaters, with the brilliant defense of the cage by Bob Lane, who was ably assisted by Bob Mclntyre and Johnny Pierik. topped the Burrillville Broncos. 3-1. This victory put the Maroon in third place for total points scored. Playing against three former veterans of the Cronin-coached hockey team at La Salle. the Maroon downed the Hope six. 6-2. Everyone on the Maroon squad played heads-up hockey. hold- ing the All-State forward, Bob Monohan. in check throughout most of the game. Using the first string sparingly. the Maroon pucksters successfully defeated the underdog Classical in the sixth victory out of the same number of games, 4-0. Bob Tiernan. aided by Scanlon and Curtin, scored the deciding goal for La Salle. Again La Salle was successful in downing their opponents, 4-1. when they met

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the Highlanders from Mount Pleasant. The Ma- roon took the lead early and kept the edge to the close of the game. By now the Providence Journal had labeled the Maroon pucksters as the Comeback Kidsv since their defeat in the finals last year. Al- though no one on the team was outstanding indi- vidually in scoring, with the co-operation of each member, they were able to reach a tie with Mount St. Charles for lirst place in the league standing. Then two successive victories for these Comeback Kidsn, one over North Providence, 3-2, and over the favored Mount St. Charles, 4-1, placed them on top of the League. ln the They dropped the first game of the two game total series, 1-0, and the second, 3-2. Even though they were done out of the championship title they still will be remembered in the hearts of the graduates as one of the hardest fighting teams La Salle has ever seen. We are especially grateful to members of the graduating class who participated in this sport and we are sure that they will be successful in their future life. The following are the graduates: Robert Scanlon, Albert Curtin, Robert Rock, John Pierik, and Robert Mclntyre. latter game with the Flying Frenchmenw, the Maroon displayed the co-ordination that had them marked for the Championship ofthe Rhode lsland lnterscholastic League, but in order to take the title, they had to face the team that had proved in the previous season to be an undis- puted jinx to the La Salle squad . . . Burrillville. I t One Hundred Thirty-nine 4

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