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up tempo - get up and down the ice fast strong rushes at the net - kind of
like a fast break in basketball terms
----- Original Message -----
From: Wayne T. Smith <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, December 14, 2002 8:21 PM
Subject: Re: Harvard game preview, from their side
> Just a couple of points ...
> >Like BC, Maine has a potent up-tempo offense that moves the puck
extremely
> >well and spreads around its scoring. ...
>
> (1) What is "up-tempo offense"? (really, I don't have a clue)
>
> (2) "that moves the puck extremely well"? (really? I would have said
> this team's Achilles' heel is its passing. What do you think?)
>
> (3) "spreads around its scoring" (really? nearly half of Maine's goals
> have come from Liscak, Shields and Heisten. nearly all of Maine's
> points have come from 5 seniors and 3 juniors). Maine has 3 players
> with 1 point or better per game; Harvard has 5! (Harvard does drop
> off more rapidly after that, however).
>
> >Freshman Jimmy Howard and junior Frank Doyle ...
>
> Did Frank complete another year when we weren't looking?
>
> Harvard does appear to have a good team this year, but if Maine comes
> to play hard (they didn't Friday against IONA, IMHO), Maine should win.
>
> In "elite" games this year (BC, BU, Cornell), Harvard is 0-2-1.
>
> Go blue!
>
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