Sextet Defeats Huskies, 4-2; Smith Sparks Crimson Offense

"Harvard's gonna take its lumps this year," observed one youthful townie after last night's hockey game. But last night the varsity hockey team handed out a few more than it received, and defeated a Northeastern sextet, 4-2.

Not unexpectedly, the Crimson displayed an offense which showed flashes of real excellence. The two top lines shared the scoring honors last night as Baldy Smith skating with Gene Kinasewich and sophomore Gordon Price scored two goals and Billy Lamarche and Ike Ikauniks working with Barry Treadwell each got one.

Both teams looked sloppy early in the game, and Harvard utilized two early Husky blunders to go ahead 2-0 in the first six minutes of the game. But a long drought followed as Northeastern took control of the puck.

Time and again in the first period the Husky forwards engineered two-on-one situations only to ruin their efforts with a bad pass. Unfortunately, the Crimson couldn't do much better, though Ike Ikauniks tried to set an example for his teammates with some really excellent playing.

Northeastern managed one goal mid-way through the first period, and the score remained 2-1 until well into the second. Harvard couldn't capitalize on a two-man advantage early in the second period, but the Crimson continued to fire shot after shot at the Northeastern nets long after the teams had returned to equal strength.

The Husky goalie Gus Capizzo valiantly defended his territory, turning aside all shots. Harvard's captain Gene Kinasewich fell victim to several beautiful saves. Finally Capizzo deflected one of Kinasewich's blasts in the direction of his two defensemen without observing the Crimson's Baldy Smith lurking just behind them. Smith outfought the two Huskies and drilled the puck into the goal from two feet out.

Northeastern penetrated the Crimson's defense four minutes later, and the two teams left the ice after two periods with Harvard ahead 3-2.

But the two sextets had been saving the excitement for the last period. Northeastern was obviously tiring, and as they wearied, play got sloppy and rough. With the crowd cheering every check, the puck changed hands often and spent much time between the two blue lines.

Both teams mounted serious scoring threats many times, but only a Baldy Smith shot off a pass from Bill Fryer produced a score. Twice during the last ten minutes the puck was loose in front of Harvard goalie Brandy Sweitzer with several Northeastern forwards clustered around. But Sweitzer was where he had to be when he had to be to add a fantastic climax to an excellent night's work. Sweitzer rebuffed 27 shots in all, and Capizzo had 22 saves.

Coach Cooney Weiland used all three of his lines freely last night though the Ike Ikauniks and Bill Iamarche combination probably spent the most time on the ice.