St Sebastians School - Arrow Yearbook (Newton, MA)

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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

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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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3:15 that touched off the attack, although the heavy barrage was layed down by De- fenseman Boyle who bettered his first period performance by cannonading two more un- assisted markers past the Columbus guardian. With every player on the roster seeing ser- vice, our reserves pressed hard in the last canto and hung up two more scores, Jim Ryan capitalizing on a McAuliffe feed and Murray Regan finding the range for the first time in his career with the timely assistance of Bob Egan. Besides the offensive exhibi- tion of Jack Boyle's hat trick , the contest was also memorable for the fact that no penalty was called against the Red and Black during the entire evening. The following Sunday night's contest in- troduced a slight innovation inasmuch as our School authorities permitted the rather weak Lawrence Central team to use some players from the previous year's sextet in their en- counter with us. With that injection of strength, the Merrimac Valley lads provided plenty of competition in the early minutes of the game and our only success in the first period was a Henry Lane goal, cleverly set up by an Andy McAuliffe pass. The second frame was entirely different, however, and we increased our margin decisively with four hard-earned markers. In this assault, joe Deignan and Bob Murphy were the chief gunners, the former getting two assists and a goal, while the latter registered twice and assisted once. Andy McAuliffe was respon- sible for the other tally in the stanza and he also added our last point sixteen seconds before the game ended. On his last scoring expedition, Andy had the novel experience of being assisted by Bruce Harrigan. As the game was rapidly drawing to a close, Law- rence put on an all-out offensive in an effort to avert a shut-out and their five skaters besieged the St. Sebastian cage. Sensing an opportunity to turn the tables on the foe, the wily Bruce took advantage of the situa- tion to pass out the puck to McAuliffe, after making a save, and Andy was able to go the whole distance unmolested for our final goal. GOALIE DOHERTY Our final appearance on a Catholic League program was against St. Mary's of Lynn and once more we notched an easy victory. Al- though our earlier meeting with the North Shore sextet had resulted in a 9-1 rout of them, they battled doggedly for the first period until their lack of reserves curbed their efforts. Once again the Red and Black Captain, Bob Egan, paced the scoring by hit- ting the bull's eye with Andy's help at 3:57, but St. Mary's continued to press surprisingly and at 7:51 their efforts were rewarded when Bill Kane pushed the disc into our cage. The deadlock was a brief one, however, for, on the following face-off, we bombarded the rival citadel fiercely until joe Deignan slashed in an Egan rebound to give us a lead that we never relinquished. The second period saw us extend our margin by three points, two tallied by jack Boyle and another by Joe Deignan. Only 56 seconds of the middle frame had elapsed when Jack poured in his first after a long solo jaunt, while his second came after he had intercepted a Lynn pass at mid-ice and skimmed a surface shot by the goalie. For our fifth tally, Joe Deignan put on his longest tour of the season, carrying from behind our cage and making a speedy break-away that enabled him to roar in on the netman unchallenged. Playing their last ice contest for St. Sebastian's, Andy McAuliffe -I lll 1-