St Sebastians School - Arrow Yearbook (Newton, MA)

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Delgnan, Murphy, Egan FIRST LINE the second frame, Dubber Doyle equalled Murph's effort with a solo score that tied the count. That state of affairs did not pre- vail long, however, for Eagie felt the solo urge shortly thereafter and went all the way to register unaided. For the rest of the night we refused to relinquish the leadg in fact, we surged on to three more tallies. The two Bobs, Murphy and Egan, were respon- sible for these three final markers, the cen- ter getting two and the wing, one. Murph's scores came within a half-minute of each other, the first unassisted and the second with the other Bob's help. Late in the final period we were able to substitute freely and every man on the squad saw service. Har- old Field relieved Bruce in the cage and incurred the misfortune of having Doyle register on him with only four seconds to go. In the frontier, Frank Hennessey, jim Ryan, Jim Cotter, Bob Kelly and Murray Regan pinch-hit for the regulars, while Tom Hartnett and Bob Joyce were inserted on defense. The first three weeks of our League com- petition had resulted in a tie for first place with St. Clement's of Somerville, but we STELLAR DEFENSE Gibbons, Harrigan, Boyle took over undisputed possession of the loop leadership on Saturday, january 4th, when we victimized St. Mary's of Lynn 6-0, while Malden was bowling over Somerville, 4-0. That Saturday also inaugurated a change in League policy to the effect that only two games would be played each Saturday, and the third at 6 o'clock the following Mon- day. In decreeing this departure from tra- dition, the League officials were motivated by a desire to cut down the capacity atrend- ance on Saturday and distribute it more comfortably between the two nights. Lynn was not expected to offer us too much in the way of real competition, since the North Shore lads had yet to win a Skating Club contest, yet, strangely enough, it was not the Red and Black line that sent us off to a flying start. On the contrary, our first two counters came from the blade of Jack Boyle, capable defenseman. The game had been underway little more than a minute and we were putting pressure on the Lynn cage when joe Deignan, in deep to the left of the cage, fed out a pass to Boyle that the Belmont Bullet hammered home. Having found the range once, there could be no

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side was able to find an opening, although both goalies were called upon to make des- perate saves. Finally, at 7:34 of the middle period Malden's center iceman, Smith, reg- istered on a solo that deadlocked the count. As both defenses were functioning bril- liantly, the stalemate threatened to be permanent until a second goal by Murph unleashed the winds of fury. Playing back on defense temporarily, Bob took the rub- ber away from a rival carrier and took it down to the opposing blue line where he blazed away with a shot that passed Sulli- van and hung up a 2-1 lead for the Red and Black. That lead was short-lived, however, for, a minute later, with Boyle in durance vile for a board check, Smith took a pass from Donahue and turned on the red light to even the count once again. Forty six sec- onds later, Bob Egan, crouched against the sideboards near the Malden blue line, stole the disc from an enemy defenseman who had circled the cage and was in process of heading for our net. With deft stick- handling, Bob evaded the one defender be- tween himself and the net-minder and sent the puck into the upper right hand corner of the goal. While pandemonium still reigned, Malden won the ensuing face-off and bore down on our citadel. A furious melee developed in which Bill Gibbons Fnnnrl if nn:-ocean-1- fn full A.. .Ln ....LL-.. AW net with five men and, in less time than it takes to describe it, Malden's Ford lashed home a Miller feed to make it 3-3 with only a half-minute to go. When the buzzer end- ed hostilities, it came as a welcome relief of the tension created by four goals in three minutes. While we had led all during the contest, Malden was opportunist enough to capitalize on our weakened defense and to emerge with even honors. The third week of League competition brought us to grips with St. Patrick's of Stoneham and, in view of the fact that they had played to a deadlock with Malden in their opening contest, we looked for a bit- ter struggle that could be decided either way. The Red and Black was not at full strength for the engagement, because an in- jury sidelined Jack Slattery and gave joe Deignan a wing starting post. As the first period developed, it was evident that our premonitions of a stiff battle had been jus- tified. Eight times during that first chap- ter penalties were called yet neither side was able to take advantage of the undermanned plight of the other to register until, with four seconds remaining, Bob Murphy found the range with a scorching lift that in- augurated our scoring. Halfway through CAhlT Stone IN Herze- S i 1 PENAQQQQ .,-re 1 SECOND LINE Cotter, McAuliffe, Hennessey X. DIAPER LINE Regan, Paul Gibbons, Mulhern

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harm in trying again, so, twenty seconds later, jack corralled an ineffectively cleared puck and sent it whizzing into the strings. This early advantage enabled the coach to experiment with substitutions and send ev- ery iceman into combat. In the second pe- riod, the line gave a demonstration of its offensive power by registering three times. Murph showed the way with a solo at 3:12, joe Deignan followed his example at 4:58 with help from the two Bobs, and finally jim Ryan received credit for a score when a Murphy shot caromed off his stick and hopped into the cage. To cap the scoring for the night, Bob Murphy drove in another unassisted tally halfway through the final chapter. In their pinch-hitting roles, Andy McAuliffe and Russ MacDonald looked good, while the Diaper Line evoked favor- able comment despite an occasional spill. To bring the first half of League compe- tition to an end, we clinched the first round title on January 11th by nosing out a stub- born St. Clement's sextet by the narrow mar- gin of 5-2. In a game that was marred by only one penalty, the Somerville icemen set a fast pace in the first ten minutes and were rewarded for their pains when Gus Colbert blasted home a Plummer pass at 6:15 to hang up an early lead. Only sen- sational net guarding by Shea, however, kept us from tieing the count in the second period. It was a different story in the mid- way stanza, for at that point the wily Egan came into his own and proceeded to pull out a victory practically single-handed. Stealing the disc at mid-ice in the second minute of play, the Chestnut Hill lad evaded Plummer in the neutral zone, flew past the defense and whisked home the tally that evened matters at 1-1. Slightly more than a minute later, Eagie was at the mouth of the cage to collect a Murphy rebound off Shea's pads and deposit it to our account. St. Clement's was far from through, how- ever, and their left wing Dwyer, knotted the count at 7:16 on a pass from Dwyer. At that point, it was time for Egan to do it again. With the Somerville guardian pros- trate on the ice after making a pair of ex- cellent saves, our right wing rode in on a solo and calmly flipped home the decisive , O L- marker. Air-tight defenses on both teams 0, X IS prevented any further scoring for the night N and the final buzzer pealed out the glad tid- X ings that we had won the first half cham- ' X pionship. On Sunday morning, the Boston X ' newspapers headlined Egan's Hat Trick and gave detailed accounts of the new star's EGAN DOES THE triple feat. The completion of the first round of the schedule cycle brought us to the point where we were called upon to face St. Mary's of Waltham again in the second- half opener. In the locker room before the game, Vin pointed out the fact that we were facing the most improved team in the League and one that had been given an in- jection of confidence by its great showing against Malden the Monday previous. That he was not far wrong was soon demon- strated when play got under way. From the very start, the Waltham lads matched us blow for blow on the offense and the game developed into a duel of goalies with Har- rigan being tested less frequently than Tru- deau. The first period saw Bob Murphy making his strongest bid of the night when he coralled the rubber behind his own net. crossed both blue lines unassisted and then gave the rival net guardian a bad few sec- onds with a hard, close-in shot that was fol- lowed by another attempt on the rebound. HAT TRICK BROTHER ACT Bill and Paul Gibbons