>Posted on 19 Sep 1995 at 01:32:19 by Mike Machnik
>
>Dave Reece (was Re: ECAC trivia)
>At 3:20 PM 9/15/95, Luiz F. Valente wrote:
>>In addition to the names mentioned by Geoff Howell, I'd like to add
>>goaltender David Reece (Boston Bruins). He was the goaltender Bowdoin
>>College (my Alma Mater) beat for the first of its six ECAC tournament
>>titles in 1971.
>...
>>Reece, a two-time All-American, was a superb college goaltender, who
>>didn't do too well in the pros.
>
>If I'm right, this is the guy who was in net for Boston the night Darryl
>Sittler scored ten points in 1976 in an 11-4 Toronto win.  The name rings a
>bell (and if the same fellow, it rang more than a few bells that night,
>too).  I remember listening to this game as a nine-year-old after I had to
>go to bed and was supposed to have my radio turned off, but of course I
>found a way to listen...hey, I knew history was being made, and I may not
>have been there, but I was determined to hear the whole game. :-)
 
You're right, Mike. This game happened just before Gerry Cheevers
returned to the Bruins from the WHA.
 
Luiz F. Valente
 
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