Pictured: The Local Line, from left wing to right: Hynes,
McManama and Corkery.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—Harvard's prolific
"Local Line" of Bill Corkery '73, Bob McManama
'73 and Dave Hynes '73 will be inducted into the
Massachusetts Hockey Hall of Fame on Wednesday, Nov. 10.
The Crimson trio is among 11 inductees for 2010. The 16th annual
induction ceremony and dinner will start at 6 p.m. at
Lombardo's restaurant in Randolph and will be emceed by
Bernie Corbett, the radio voice of Harvard football and Boston
University men's hockey.
The other 2010 inductees are referee Ned Bunyon, Vermont coach
Mike Gilligan, Massport Jets female pioneer Lee Johnson, Boston
University's Jack Garrity, longtime Boston Bruins public
relations executive Nate Greenberg and Massachusetts hockey
builders Jim Cooney, John Gustafson and Bob Rogers.
Eight Harvard players have previously been inducted to the
Massachusetts Hockey Hall of Fame: head coaches John Chase
'28, Bill Cleary '56 and Ted Donato '91 and
players Cleary, Donato, Bob Cleary '58, Mark Fusco '83,
Scott Fusco '86, Ben Smith '68 and Tim Taylor
'63. Donato was inducted as a player, while Smith and Taylor
were enshrined as coaches.
McManama, a native of Belmont, Mass., centered left wing Hynes
of Cambridge and right wing Corkery of Arlington for each of their
three seasons on the Crimson varsity squad. They helped Harvard
capture the ECAC championship and reach the NCAA semifinals as
sophomores in 1970-71 and share the ECAC regular-season crown as
seniors in 1972-73.
The Crimson posted a 52-16-3 record in those three years as the
three members of the Local Line totaled 201 goals and 407 points.
At the time of their graduation, McManama and Hynes ranked second
and third, respectively, on Harvard's career scoring chart
and were tied for second all-time in goals at Harvard.
Corkery totaled 116 points on 53 goals and 63 assists in 73
career games for Harvard. He was a first-team All-Ivy League and
second-team All-East selection in 1972-73 and was a second-team
All-Ivy pick the previous season. A goal and an assist in the 1971
ECAC title game were among his many clutch playoff performances.
Before joining the Crimson, Corkery was an all-league and all-state
selection at Arlington High School and an All-Prep and All-America
pick at Andover.
Hynes was named the Most Outstanding Player of the 1971 ECAC
Championship after sparking a comeback win for Harvard with a hat
trick in the final victory against Clarkson. He was an All-America,
All-East and All-Ivy pick a year later. He is tied with McManama
and others for ninth on the Crimson's all-time goals list
with 64 and ranks 14th on Harvard's career points list with
140 in 64 career games. A two-time all-league pick at Browne &
Nichols, Hynes was the Boston Bruins' fourth-round draft pick
in 1971.
A 1972-73 All-American, McManama ranks ninth in Harvard history
with 151 career points on 64 goals and 87 assists in 75 games. At
the time he left Harvard, only Joe Cavanagh '71 had
registered more goals and points in a Crimson sweater. He
registered three points in the 1971 ECAC final and was named
All-Ivy and All-East each of the two following seasons. McManama
was an all-league standout at Belmont Hill School prior to his
arrival at Harvard.
Nominees of the Massachusetts Hockey Hall of Fame are chosen on
the basis of accomplishments in hockey, sportsmanship, character
and contributions to his or her teams or organizations in college,
amateur or professional hockey, or on international teams
representing the United States. Each nominee must have
distinguished himself or herself by exceptional performance and
outstanding character reflecting favorably upon the game of hockey
in Massachusetts, be in good public standing in the community, an
appropriate role model for young hockey players and an exemplary
representative of the game of hockey.
A limited number of tickets ($50) to the 2010 Hall of Fame
Induction Dinner are available and may be purchased by contacting
Jim Prior at jimprior@easternjunior.com or (781) 938-4400.