Sextet Routs Bowdoin; First Line Scores Five

Coach Cooney Weiland's treasured brainchild, "The Dream Line," exploded onto the scene with convincing reality at Brunswick, Maine, last night, scoring five goals to pace a 9-2 rout of Bowdoin. Junior Ben Smith, in his first varsity game at center, scored three goals, while left wing Dennis McCullough and right wing Kent Parrot each tallied once.

The Crimson skaters piled up a 4-1 lead in the first period. Then after Bowdoin registered its second tally, Harvard poured in five goals in the last five minutes of the second period to ice its first win of the year.

McCullough, fittingly fulfilling his role as captain, scored the season's first goal, at 1:09 of the first period. He rammed home a rebound off a shot by Smith, who had three assists on top of his hat trick. Parrot and McCullough were also credited with three assists, making the debut a statistical success.

Pete Chapman pulled the Polar Bears into a momentary -- or more accurately secondary -- tie with a goal at 6:40, as Harvard was trying to change lines.

Smith captured the ensuing faceoff, and at 6:43 Parrot whistled a 15-footer into the lower right corner to give Harvard its never-threatened lead.

The second line contributed its goal four minutes later. Center Jack Garrity broke through two Bowdoin defensemen and converted his solo breakaway from six feet out.

Smith matched Garrity's act 14 seconds before the period ended, flipping the puck into the upper right corner of the nets.

Bowdoin came roaring back in the second period, and when wing Bob McGuirk tipped in a Tim Sullivan pass from the corner of the crease after six minutes, the Polar Bears were only down by two.

Bobby Bauer, centering the third line, corrected that situation with five minutes left in the second period. He lifted the puck over the fallen goalie from a scramble in front of the cage at 15:35, with an assist going to fellow sophomore Chip Otness.

Twenty-two seconds later Bauer got his second goal, again also from in close. He knocked in the rebound of sophomore Dwight Ware's shot, with defenseman Don Grimble getting the second assist.

Smith tallied back-to-back goals at 16:35 and 17:22, upping the margin to 8-2. Linemates Parrot and McCullough assisted on both.

Senior defenseman Chip Charlie Scammon capped the slaughter a minute later, with Smith and assisted by Smith and sophomore George Murphy.

With nothing at stake anymore, the two teams played even in the scoreless third period. Bowdoin had the best chance to score when it was awarded a penalty shot, but sophomore goalie Bill Diercks turned away Ken Martin's effort.

Diercks turned in 12 saves in the third quarter. Senior Bill Fitzsimmons, who tended the nets the first two periods, chalked up 15 saves, playing well -- as did everyone, for a first game.

The freshmen enjoyed an equally successful debut, clobbering the Polar Cubs, 10-2.