St Sebastians School - Arrow Yearbook (Newton, MA)

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forwards and in eluding their defensemen to drive home our first goal of the year at 1:50. Exactly a minute later we added a second marker when Murph faked the rival net- minder out of position, then passed to Joe Deignan at the opposite side of the cage and the Belmont wing rose to the occasion by sliding the disc into the opening. just about this time, one of the rival defensemen re- sorted to over-aggressive tactics that brought him three penalties before the period drew to a close and, with the Central lads handi- capped by his absence, Andy McAuliffe, who had replaced Bob Murphy, laced home a Bob Egan offering at 3:03 to give us almost a point-a-minute average. With the tension considerably lessened by this early lead, Coach Murphy experimented with various reserve combinations in order to rest different members of the starting team and give every member of the squad a chance to see action. For that reason the remainder of the first stanza went scoreless until ten seconds before its closing bell when Bob Egan blasted home a Jack Boyle feed to dent the strings and make our margin 4-0. By no means anxious to run up the total, the Red and Black coasted for the greater part of the last two periods, although at times the reserves put more pressure on the foe than the starting team had exerted. This was demonstrated clearly in the second stanza after Egie hammered home a Deignan assist for our fifth goal. When the teams lined up in mid-ice, the Hennessy-Kelly-Cotter line took over the operations and, after winning the face-off, fairly flew over the glassy sur- face to rack up another point in 15 seconds, Jim Cotter turning on the red light and Bobby Kelly assisting. Similar pressure caused Murray Regan to draw his first penalty in league competition before that chapter ended. To close out our offensive for the evening, jim Ryan collected the rubber from Bill Gibbons in our territory, carried just across the Lawrence blue line and then scorched a low shot into the cage that proved to be the final Arrow marker. Defensively, we were not tested too strongly for Bill Gibbons and Jack Boyle had little trouble in breaking up rival sallies, and Bruce Harrigan was more than equal to the task of clearing the few shots that came his way. Next morning, The Boston Post gave us top billing in reporting the Catholic League games and referred to our well co-ordinated offense and our snappy and well-executed assault early in the gamef, The following week found us crossing blades with St. Clement's of Somerville, a team that in years past had provided some of the stiffest opposition in the League. Upon arriving at the Arena, we were informed that the Red and Black would be without the services of Bob Murphy for the contest be- cause the high-scoring center-iceman had been stricken with pneumonia. To meet this new development, Andy McAuliffe moved up to center the first line and jim Cotter succeeded him on the second frontier. When the teams faced off, Andy celebrated his promotion by winning the face and sparking a drive on the Somerville cage but his bid was turned aside by the guardian. In the ensuing battle for possession of the puck behind the enemy cage, St. Clement's managed to slide out the disc to a sleeper on their blue line and he proceeded to roar down the ice and carry in on defenseless Bruce Harrigan. Bruce, however, was equal to the crisis and, when the foe shot for the left side of the goal, our wily custodian beat the rubber to the spot and the drive caromed off his pads harmlessly to snuff out a very real threat. That early exchange set the tempo for the contest and both goalies were kept on the alert by repeated bids for scores. Before the first period ended, however, the Somerville lads had skated themselves out and we were able to rack up two sudden goals that were only a minute apart. The first register came off the blade of Bill Gibbons who raked in a second rebound off Shea's pads and powered it home to turn on the red light at 7:40. Since it had been joe Deignan who set up Gibby's score, it was only fitting that our hard-pressing wing should find the range for himself and he succeeded in doing so with -I 101 1-

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