Frosh Hockey Team Drops Tough One, 7-6

The Harvard freshmen hockey squad dropped a disappointing 7-6 decision to the Brown subvarsity Saturday afternoon at Providence.

The Bruin squad, a combination of the freshman and Junior Varsity players, had a strong edge in experience over the Crimson Yardlings and capitalized on it by jumping off to a quick 3-0 lead midway through the first stanza.

The Brown offense was spearheaded by forward Mark Wenda who notched two of his three goals in the first five minutes of the game.

Harvard's Jim Liston broke the ice for the Crimson at the 14:59 mark of the period with a power play goal which cut the Bruin lead to 3-1.

The teams matched even but rather ragged play throughout the second period, although Brown managed to slip one by Harvard netminder Barry Wald to gain the only goal of the frame.

The third period began with Harvard down 4-1. But with Brown shorthanded, Charlie Peterson spotted an opening and fired a rebound home to close the gap to 4-2.

This play sparked a fire-goal Crimson rally. Nine seconds later, at 0:59 of the period, Andy Spaulding scored. Center Barney Cook then took over, scoring an uninterrupted hat trick. Cook's first tally was on the power play and the next two came within one minute of each other at 10:43 and 11:40, to lift Harvard to a 6-4 lead.

But the Crimson then let up a little. "We began to make a few mistakes in our own zone and our defense got sloppy," Coach Tim Taylor said. "Barry [Wald] played well for us, but we were leaving men uncovered in front of the net and you just can't do that."

Brown got a power play goal with Harvard's Sam Carr off for tripping and that provided the necessary momentum for the Bruins. Mark Wenda struck again at 15:26 to tie it and three minutes later a Brown forward lifted a rebound over the sprawled Wald to give Brown the victory.

A last minute surge by the Crimson with the goaltender pulled in favor of a sixth skater, was turned aside and the game ended with Brown on top 7-6.