Boarding schools -- Juvenile fiction; Hockey -- Juvenile fiction; Teenage boys -- Juvenile fiction
When the second period began Warren again scored the puck at the
face-off and took the offensive. She at once invaded Yardley territory,
but the man with the puck was “knifed” by Halliday and Framer. The puck
went up and down the rink, with neither team showing much in the way of
team-play. A scrimmage in front of the Warren Hall cage gave Arnold his
chance to shoot the disk past the goal-tend, but again a forward pass
was called and again Yardley had to swallow her disappointment. Shortly
after that Crumbie was sent off for one minute for loafing, and Warren
Hall tried desperately to penetrate the Yardley outer guard, but lost
the puck after every rush. Crumbie came back with instructions from
Coach Loring to keep the puck away from the Yardley goal. With five
minutes of the final period left, the play became fast and furious,
Yardley confining herself to the defensive. A black-and-yellow forward
was sent off for tripping. Halliday stopped a long shot in front of
his position and evaded the Warren Hall players to the net. But his
shot went three feet wide. Warren got together with the return of
the penalized player and showed a brief flash of team-work, taking
the puck down to her opponent’s goal and finally slamming a shot at
Lamson. Frank caught the puck with his hand, dropped it and flicked it
aside. It bounded off a skate and the Warren right center was on it
like a flash. A quick lift and the puck shot into the cage, passing
between Frank Lamson’s body and the side of the net. Had Frank shifted
himself four inches he would have made the stop, but it all happened so
suddenly that he was caught unawares. The period ended with the score
tied.
After a five-minute rest the teams went back to it again for a “sudden
death” period, the first team scoring to win. Gladwin went in for
Crumbie and Casement for Deering, and Warren Hall tried a new cover
point. All kinds of chances were taken by both sevens, but to no avail.
Crowell had two opportunities to bring the game to an end, but he
failed to produce a tally. Once he reached the net unchecked but lost
his balance and was unable to shoot. A second time his try was neatly
stopped by the goal-tend. Had he followed his shot then he might still
have secured a tally, but he swung to the right and the rebounding puck
was slashed aside by the point. Darkness made it almost impossible to
see the puck now, and when, at the end of nine minutes, a flurry of
snow began to fall the referee blew his whistle and brought the game to
a disappointing and indecisive end.
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