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HOCKEY

Seated, Left to Right: J. Barry, J. Holden, G. Bentley, A. Second Row: J. Brewster, S. Cole, G. Dunn, P. Scull, H.
Turner, P. Brown, P. Davidson. Brewster, J. Bartlett, Mr. Pratt.

The 1963-64 hockey season was a year
of rebuilding for Coach Pratt. Only 2
members of last year’s 7-2-2 squad were
back; consequently, Mr. Pratt was forced
to use many untried freshmen and
sophomores.
The Quakers opened the season with a
6-2 loss to Pilgrim High School. This
game established the pattern which
would hold for half the season. The
Quaker's offense, led by Pete Scull and
Greg Dunn, was sharp enough to score
on any team, but wasn’t sharp enough
to offset the team’s defensive weakness.

In the second game at Brown's Meehan
rink, the Quakers were outscored 7-2 by
a hustling Tabor team.
MB came close in their third game,
but their hopes of an upset victory over
North Providence were doused when the
Cougar’s Mark McNeilly scored the win­
ning goal in the last two minutes of play
— final score 5-4. In the next game
the Quakers, remembering how well
they had played against North Provi­
dence, surprised a powerful Middlesex