Hockey Team Beats St. Nicholas, 7-1; Sextet Faces B.U. Tonight in Beanpot

The varsity hockey team shook off the rigors of exam period and just had a good time as it demolished the St. Nicholas Hockey Club 7-1 Saturday night in Watson Rink.

Effects of the squad's 18-day exam-period hibernation were clearly evident, however. The Crimson's passing was both infrequent and inaccurate, sloppy stickhandling lost the puck time and again, and the lines had constant trouble controlling the puck.

Tonight the Crimson will have the opportunity to improve its teamwork in its Beanpot preliminary against Boston University. The 9 p.m. game will follow the B.C. Northeastern encounter at the Boston Garden.

But, if team play Saturday failed to live up to Harvard's rating as the East's number one team, several individual performances brightened the evening. The defense work of John Daly, Mike Patterson, and goalie Brandy Sweitzer brought cheers from the crowd on several occasions--and defense also accounted for three goals as Patterson, Bill Fryer, and Bob Clark all drove the puck past St. Nick's goalie Barry Van Gerbig.

Van Gerbig's real nemeses, however, were Bill Lamarche, who picked up four assists, and Barry Treadwell, who scored twice. Ike Ikauniks, who started the deluge of Crimson scoring on a break away three minutes after the game's opening faceoff, also showed signs of his excellent pre-exams form, but his linemate, captain Gene Kinasewich had one of his infrequent off nights.

Despite the Crimson's lack of sharpness, St. Nick's still never posed a threat. Their lines rarely worked well together, and their defense constantly had trouble clearing the puck. Van Gerbig had to make 36 saves while Harvard's Sweitzer only had to stop 15 shots the whole evening.

Harvard remained generally in control throughout the game and the only real excitement was generated by an exchange of vicious checking midway through the second period.