New Britain herald., 1928-02-24

Perfect team work by the New Britain roller hockey quintet en- abled the local club to come through last night with to victory over the league leading Meriden Maroons in game staged at the Stanley Arena rink. The New Britain play CTS were on top of the Silver City team all through the game and the usual flashy attack of the Maroons was lacking. The entire team work cd together like a well-oiled ma chine. All attempts of the Meriden crew to get within scoring distance of the New Britain cage. were block cd and it wasi only through sheer luck that Meriden was able to get it's three goals.
 Boucher and Alexander both went wild last night especially in the first period. Starting out with driving game, hitting from every angle Of the floor. it was no wonder that Jimmy Purcell's goal tending record was dented four times by the New Britain crew in the opening period. Boucher drove like a bullet and scored the first two while Alexander whipped the last two into the nets with nifty precision. Pierce got Meriden's goal in this frame when a spinning ball got away from Muir head and rolled in front of Blount for a lucky shot from the Meriden forwards stick.
 MeriIen's best efforts came in the second period when Williams and Pierce each scored one. The visit ing team was going at top speed but the wonderful and effective defen- sive work of Brown and Muirhead on the floor and the sensational goal tending of Bill Blount in the cage. stopped most of the desperate rushes towards the local cage.
 Boucher made New Britaln's lead safe in the final period with a screaming shot that slipped past "Corky" Purcell. This gave New Britain the edge. In this frame. q wildly exciting spectacle of defense work on the part Of the New Britain team in the first minutes was turn ed into desperate rally of the Mcriden club to keep New Britain g shots from ringing up the curtain on a deluge of goals. Even Will ! Hams and Pierce were drawn back 10 defend their goal so lightning like was the attack of the New Britain team.
 A great share of the credit for last nights win must go 10 Brown and Muirhcad. Passing like champions. these two played the banks like eX- pert billiard players and passed neatly all through the game 10 the forwards at the other end of the rink.
 Browns great work in preventing Pierce from sinking rather easy shots, brought the crowd 10 its feet time and again. Brown even dove rnsher from taking easy pokes al Blount's shin pads. Muirhead pair ed up nicely with him in this work and between the two Meriden had 2 night that it won't forget in some time.
 Boucher and Alexander were flashes on the floor. They passed and worked the ball up the floor with neat precision. They fought fo' inc ball behind Mnriden's cage and were ever On the alert to take a s'1ot Only Purce'l's great work in he eoal prevented Meriden from b"i~o swamped
 Wi'Nams did the beet work Tor Nnriden. He proved to bo a mar ve' in taking the ball off the harl, fr m every angle and shooting if like a bullet towards New Britain's cage.
 Prior to the game last night. Dolly" Morrison received tele- gram announcing that he had been reinsatI and he appeared with tb~ Meriden team giving the Ma rooms their full strength. Despite the change. New Britain completely oufplayed its Silver City rivals.