Hockey Squad Defeats Princeton, 4-3, Faces B.U. in Beanpot Final Tonight

The Harvard hockey team defeated Princeton, 4-3, Saturday at Princeton, and will ride into the final round of the Beanpot tonight on the crest of a seven-game winning streak.

The Crimson meets Boston University, winner of the last two Beanpot championships, at 9 p.m. in Boston Garden.

Harvard is now 12-5 overall in the ECAC, and 7-1 in the Ivy League. Princeton has a 9-7-1 overall mark.

Sophomore center Jack Turco figured in two crucial Crimson goals in the Princeton win. With four seconds remaining in the second period, Turco fed Dwight Ware for a score that erased a 2-1 Princeton lead. Then, at 4:44 of the third period, Turco scored himself on a 15-footer to put Harvard in the lead to stay.

Bauer Scores

Bobby Bauer added an insurance goal at 9:27 of the final period with a long backhander. Princeton was a man short at the time. The Tigers' John Taylor made it look close when he scored unassisted with a bare second left in the game.

Harvard appropriated a 1-0 lead almost at the game's outset when Kent Parrot took a return pass and beat Tiger goalie Ed Tilghman at 2:38 of the first period.

But Princeton got the goal and more back in the same period, on tallies by Mike Wiggins at 6:37 and by Terry Peterman at 18:58. Despite heavy Harvard pressure, the Tigers clung to their lead until Ware's goal in the twilight of the second period.

Flaman, McManama Assist

Sophomores Terry Flaman and George McManama each contributed a pair of assists for the Crimson. Flaman's running mate, Chris Gurry, supplied a different sort of contribution. The volatile defenseman picked up an assist, but also spent for two-minute sentences in the penalty box.

Tilghman made 28 saves for Princeton, while Harvard's Bill Diercks turned away 22 Tiger shots.