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HOCKEY





                                                                                                       This  year's  hockey  team  had  the
                                                                                                     potential  to  produce  a  fine  record,
                                                                                                     but very  limited  practice  time during
                                                                                                    the  second  half  of  the  season  kept
                                                                                                    the  Quakers  from  living  up  to  this
                                                                                                     potential.  The  team  was  led  by  cap­
                                                                                                    tain  Skip  Gorman,  high  scorer  Larry
                                                                                                    Tingley,  and  Fred  Odoardi.
                                                                                                       After  five  games  the  prospects
                                                                                                    for  a  winning  season  looked  good  as
                                                                                                    the  team  rolled  up  four  victories
                                                                                                    against  one  loss.  Then  the  roof fell  in
                                                                                                    on  the  M.B.  pucksters;  Coach  Pratt's
                                                                                                    sextet  lost  five  consecutive  games.
                                                                                                    Finally,   on   February     22,   M.B.
                                                                                                    snapped  out  of  the  doldrums  with
                                                                                                    a  tie.  The  team's  record  of  never los­
                                                                                                    ing  its  last  game  of  the  season  was
                                                                                                    sustained  as  the  Quakers  defeated
                                                                                                    Pomfret,  5-2.
                                                                                                       The  season  officially  ended  on
                                                                                                    March  3  with  the  traditional  lasagna
                                                                                                    dinner  at  Coach  Pratt's  home.  Junior
                                                                                                    Bill  Roland  was  elected  captain  for
                                                                                                    the  I 968 campaign.


                                 Skip's skates scatter troubled Townies


          BACK  RO W :  Mr.  Curtis,  Silverstein,  R.,  Johnson,  S.,  Barrett,  Arnold,  Gustafson,  Suttell,  Mr.  Pratt.  FRONT  RO W :  Willis,  Watson,  Allen,
          Roland,  W .,  Odosardi,  Gorman,  Tingley,  Hedison,  E.,  Gregory.













































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