The varsity offense needed no defense behind it last night as the Crimson hockey team completely outclassed a helpless Northeastern team to win its season's opener, 11 to 1, before a beerless crowd at the Boston Garden.

In a game marked by 16 penalties, the varsity managed to replace bodychecking with puckstealing and clinched the victory in the opening period with six quick goals. Frank Mahoney was the game's high scorer, with three goals, as eight different Crimson players scored past two slipping Huskie goalies.

Second Line Nets Five

The Crimson second line of Captain Scott Cooledge, center Joe Crehore, and left wing Frank Mahoney, which was finally settled halfway through the first period, played with exceptional teamwork to not five goals.

The best defensive Crimson work came from first linemen Terry O'Malley and Bill Cleary who wasted away penalty minutes with two forwards in the box by clever stick handling.

Mahoney scored the varsity's first goal, slapping in a stray puck after three of goalie Don Whynot's nine first-period saves. The next two scores, by Pete Frye and Ned Bliss, followed approximately two minutes apart and then ten seconds later Cooledge caught Whynot off guard for the fourth tally. Cleary and Crehore added the final two opening period goals.

O'Malley, in his first game with the Crimson, scored the seventh tally after only 16 seconds in the next period.

Northeastern's only bright spot ran for about eight minutes in the middle of the second stanza when its offense suddenly came to life and began moving against the penalty-plagued Crimson. Finally, at 10:57, defenseman Ed Williamson picked up the puck inside the varsity blue line and coasted down into the crease to score despite two men crowding by his sides.

Mahoney's solo tally at 18:32 of the second period was almost repeated twice again in the final stanza, only being prevented at the last moment by the Huskies' second-string goalie, Bill Lawn.

The third line accounted for the final goals in the last period with Frye notting his second at 6:33 unassisted and sophomore Tom Worthen scoring at 18:36.

Boston College Wins, 4-2

Doug Manchester and Pete Summers, who nipped Northeastern breakaways at the Huskies' own blue line, put on their best offensive attack in the second period only to be stopped by an off-balance save.

Charlie Flynn, playing the first and third periods, was credited with 13 saves, while second period goalie Jim Bailey contributed five. The two Northeastern netminders totaled 28.

Boston College halted a last minute Providence rally to win, 4 to 2, in the preliminary game