St Sebastians School - Arrow Yearbook (Newton, MA)

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scores. Operating from a defense post, Murph varied his technique, denting the target from 20 feet out in the first instance and carrying in close for clever poke shots on the other two solos. Next morning the newspapers commented on the unusual circumstances of the hat trick being pulled by two team- mates, Bob Egan and Bob Murphy. To complete our first round of appearances against Catholic League teams, we took on St. Patrick's of Stoneham one week later. Entering the contest we were handicapped by the absence of Coach Vin Murphy who was confined to his home with a cold, and Fr. Flanigan had to step into the breach and handle the team. Despite the fact that our opponents had gone down to a surprising 2-1 defeat at the hands of Christopher Columbus the week before, we found them a bit of a problem at least in the opening period. Time and time again the Red and Black skaters bombarded the Stoneham cita- del, but the shots were either wide of the mark or they were turned aside by the capable guardian. Offensively also the rival icemen were bothersome for on occasion they pressed hard and forced Bruce Harrigan to turn in ,M-1411: several brilliant saves. The net result was that, at the buzzer ending the first frame, both sextets skated off deadlocked in a scoreless tie. In the middle stanza, however, the Arrows suddenly found their sharpshooting eyes and registered no less than five goals. The first came at 3:11 when Bob Murphy, who had carried practically all the way down the ice, passed very neatly to Andy McAuliffe who lost no time in turning on the red light. Less than half a minute later, Bob found himself on the receiving end of a Henry Lane feed and the 15 foot bullet he unleashed was in the strings before the goalie realized what had happened. From that point on the game broke wide open in our favor for we racked up three more tallies before the chapter ended. Andy McAuliffe sparked this continuing assault, setting up Jack Boyle for our third goal at 5:45 and then registering twice personally within 22 seconds on timely passes from Joe Deignan. With the game well in hand, the reserve lines saw action for the greater part of the final period and Bob Kelly found the range at 2:12 to bang home a Frank Hennessy set up for his first goal in Catholic League com- BURNS, HENNESSY, REGAN -I 109 CORCORAN, MCCARTY, DURNAN 1-

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DEIGNAN, MCAULIFFE, EGAN marker of the day. In many ways, this contest proved to be one of the most unfortunate exhibitions ever put on by a St. Sebastian athletic team, but we were decisively beaten by a superior sextet that outskated us from the start and took advantage of every oppor- tunity that presented itself. Later events proved that it was no disgrace to lose to Mal- den Catholic for our conquerors proceeded to annex the Catholic League championship and then win the Metropolitan Tournament. We had two weeks to recuperate from the Malden defeat before we engaged another Catholic League opponent. Playing at night on january 18th, St. Sebastian's proved forcefully that it could bounce back by tak- ing St. Mary's of Waltham into camp by the one-sided margin of 9-1. Two changes in our line-up found Bob Murphy starting at defense in place of Bill Gibbons and Harold Field guarding the nets instead of Bruce Harrigan. Not wasting any time, Bob Egan was opportunist enough to cash in on a smart pass from Jack Boyle shortly after the opening face-off and Egie's tally turned on the red light at exactly 0:26. After lind- ing the combination once, the same pair saw no harm in trying it again, with the KELLY, COTTER, RYAN result that a second goal was credited to us less than three minutes later. In the mean- time, the enemy was not able to make things too uncomfortable for Harry Field, because most of their threats were easily broken up at our blue line. After one futile Waltham attack, Andy McAuliffe won possession of the disc in our zone and refused to be parted from the rubber until he had deposited it in the enemy cage at 7:20 to run our total to three. Our next marker was the work of jim Ryan and jim Cotter who collaborated nicely to fool the rival netminder, Big jim registering and Little jim making the assist. Having made such a fine start in the open- ing frame, we proceeded to duplicate it in the second. Joe Deignan blazed the way in this stanza, scoring unassisted at 3:27, and in less than two minutes Bob Egan rammed home a Murphy pass that increased our edge to 6-0. It was at that point that St. Mary's found something to cheer about when Paul johnson beat Harry Field at 5:58 to hang up his team's only point of the day. For the rest of the contest, Bob Murphy took over our offensive personally and laced in three sizzling drives that produced unassisted -I me 1-

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,ff , . .,.six'pff ' Top, ANDY CHECKS BACK MKMIQ, SOLO BY BOYLE BUHOW, IIARRIGAN NVAS THERE! petition. Thereafter, the young Freshman wings, Vin Durnan and Larry McCarty. were given an opportunity to display their skill for a considerable length of time and, while they did not score, they gave a fine account of themselves, aided by the centering of Paul Corcoran. To close out our offensive activities for the night, Bob Murphy added a final solo at 7:48 and we skated off the ice with a decisive 7-0 triumph. While that Sunday evening brought the regular Catholic League schedule to a close, there still re- mained the play-offs to determine the circuit's champion. Because we were not con- tenders for the title, we were automatically given the Number 8 position and assigned to compete against the teams that had finished in the lower half of the league standing. On February lst we were bracketed with Christopher Columbus and, in view of the fact that our earlier meeting had resulted in a St. Sebastian walk-away, the in-towners did not relish facing us again. This second con- test was practically a replica of the Hrst, for we scored in every period while the new League member never seriously threatened to dent our strings. Bob Egan sent us off on the right foot with a sprightly solo at 2:37 and a half minute later Andy McAuliffe lashed home a Boyle pass that gave us a second score. Toward the end of the frame, jack Boyle proved a thorn in the enemy's side again when he swung our cage, carried the length of the rink and registered on a hard shot that practically smoked its way into the net. In the middle stanza we reaped a similar harvest and it was an Egan solo at TANGLE wgwvlmss