Sextet Second in Tourney; Ties St. Lawrence

An old Crimson weakness--sloppy passing on the power play--gave two second period goals to an otherwise outplayed St. Lawrence sextet at Watson Rink on Dec. 18, and enabled the team picked best in the East in a pre-season poll to overcome a 4-1 deficit and tie the varsity, 5 to 5.

Crimson teams have a traditional habit of checking the super stars of Eastern hockey for 59 minutes of amazing defensive play, then bringing on a season's worth of frustration during the extra minute. Such was the case against St. Lawrence, when the Crimson held all-East Terry Slater and Larry Langill to one goal, only to be bombed by four goals from the second line of Tom Lawlor, who scored a hat trick, Gordon Brown, and Paul Gaudet.

The two main lapses occurred midway through the second period, with the varsity in a comfortable 4-1 lead, and enjoying a one-man advantage on ice. Twice the Crimson lost the puck--first to Langill, who passed out of the corner to Slater for a goal, then to Lawlor, whose rebound was caged by Brown less than two minutes later.

Varsity forward Bruce Thomas opened the scoring at 11:07 of the first period, caging the rebound of Bob Anderson's blast from the blue line. After Lawlor beat goalie Bob Bland from 12 feet out, Thomas combined with Anderson to set up Grannis at 17:39.

Jim Cotter tallied the first of his two goals at 19:17 after a pass from Jim Dwinell, to send the varsity off with a first period lead of 3 to 1, and the enthusiastic acclaim of the crowd of 2000.

When Cotter connected after Bill Beckett's pass at 13:18 of the third period it seemed as if the Crimson might gain the upset victory it needed to even its record at 2 and 2. But 38 seconds later Lawlor again teamed with Gaudet and Brown to beat Bland, who had performed admirably in turning away 36 St. Lawrence shots