The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-12
Norwich University Inde-
pendents Showed Much
Freedom of Action
SCORING THREE TIMES
TO NONE BY G. S.
Visitors Played with a Rush
from Start Of the
Contest

Before a small crowd of hockey enthu-
sissts Saturday afternoon, the Goddard
seminary seven suecumbed under the ter
rifio offense of the Norwich university
team at the Buzzell rink by score OF
to 0. 1t was the second appearance OF
the Norwich boys on the local rink
against the hilltop lads this season, God
dard winning the first game by score OF
to l. The collegians came back strong
Saturday and showed better work in all
departments of the game, driving the
schoolboys off their feet from the start,
although Goddard kept the score small
through the exceptional work of Carr at
goal and Rogers at coverpoint, these men
stopping few hard drives which were
difficult to ward from the cage.
The game, which was to have been
started at o'clock, was postponed by
the Goddard management after waiting
for the Mortified team an hour and 80
minutes; and the crowd which had gath
cred at the scheduled time left the rink,
but when the visiting team made their
appearance at o'clock, after being de-
layed two hours on account of the lrregu-
lar schedule of the trains caused by the
blizzard, the Goddard coach decided to go
on with the game, although it was too
late to notify fans, who had left when
the announcement was made that the
game was postponed. Because of the late
hour at which the game started, it was
decided that Commute periods would
drag the game into darkness, and l5-
minute halves were decided upon by the
managers of the clubs Fifteen.minute
periods were short enough for Norwich
to play with every effort which they pos
sessed without losing their wind and
this was main cause of their showing
so much speed in keeping the puck out Of
their own territory and crowding the
Goddard goal.
Norwich looked to be an all together
different combination than that which |
represented the college two weeks ago. |
as their teamwork was We. good, aud |
the agility with which the men carried |
the puck up the ice, shutting IL through |
the defense of the schoolboys md with |
in shooting distance of the gosl was
noteworthy; and the confidence vbiclt
they possessed changed what appeared |
two weeks ago to be a very mediocre
team into fast, we'll balanced ag5rega
tion of puck chasers who could give any |
of the small college sevens serappy con
test.
Goddard was not only outplayed but
was outskated man for man. The Nor
witch players exhibited some OF the fast
est skating which has ever been shown
on the Pearl street arena, Martin, the
colored boy, who worked around the COW
erpoint position doing especially well in
this department of the game, as he was
never overtaken by an opponent when he
once got away from a scrimmage with
the puck. Norwich was also very accur-
ate in their shots, but the stonewall de-
tense at goal retarded their play to a
certain extent. Capt. LaFrance OF Nor
wich was another man who displayed
great ability in rushing the puck and his
work in the defense was especially good,
as he always broke up the rowing of the
Goddard team whenever they came up
his side of the rink and his ability an
lodging made it possible for him to gain
good deal of ground. Laughlin at left
wing was another n. Z. man who was
very clever in handling the puck and it
was through him that two of the visitors
points were made. A new man was sta
Toned at the Norwich goal and this de-
1artment was bettered as Miller, who
played Saturday, seemed to possess
more thorough knowledge in guarding
han GatchelI on the preceding trip.
While Miller did not have much of a
nance to show his skill, the few stops l
which he did make were very clever.
Goddard again showed weakness in 8
laying the game by their inability to !
AIRY the puck through an opponents de-
ense in good style, Whenever they !.
ried to shuttle through, a Norwich man i
vas always there and broke up the game
nd their passing seemed little off col '
r. One cause for their downfall was {
he lack of stamina, Capt. Minor and a
'riffin played the best rowing game for +
GODDARD and it was through these two
len that the schoolboys made any head v
ray in carrying the puck at all.
Norwich made their first point in about [
We minutes after the whistle blew and {
rom then on through this period they i,
fere unable to score, but in the second i
eriod LaFrance shot a goal after clev- Z
r piece of work of carrying the puck v
Trough Goddard's defense, skating be- L
ond Rogers as coverpoint and shooting il
goal from within few feet of the "
age. Laughlin soon followed with an b
ther score, his shot being of the stellar v
ariety, skating at full speed and shoot d
" the puck from one side of the rink il
he score is as follows: n
Norwich. Goddard nj
utter, c. ..-'...,..............c &c, Haskell Al
os Marias, T...............r, Griffin N
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