Winning their first five games and eleven of their last nine this year, including a 7-1 pasting of Yale, Harvard's freshman hockey team compiled a 14-4-1 record and won the Ivy League title.

Depth, spirit, and unity were responsible for the Crimson's success. "The coach Nathaniel L. Harris Jr. '52) was able to play three or four lines in almost every game without risking the team's chances for victory," Kent Parrot, first one center, said yesterday.

Harris had to overcome the usual problem of a Harvard freshmen coach--how to make 21 individuals, many of them high school stars, into a unified team. often experimented during the first half of the season in an effort to find the best working sextet.

Early victories over Northeastern. Bowdoin, B.U., Exeter, and Brown, all substantial scores, gave the freshmen tremendous confidence. But the Christmas break stopped their momentum had in early January, the Crimson lost Merrimack, Boston College, and the Harvard Junior Varsity.

Jeff Schmidt, a first line forward, said, The turning point in the season was the middle of the second Merrimack same. We finally found a line that could work together and that knew each other's moves." After this point, Harvard lost only to Andover in a game riddled with penalties.

No member of the squad singled out any one player as being the team's best. Almost every game, whether a win or loss, was a balanced team effort. Ben Smith scored 11 goals and had 28 assists to lead the scoring for the freshmen, and Parrot was close behind with 19 goals and 16 assists.

John Garrity and Bob Fredo both had 29 total points, while Captain Don Grimble scored 12 goals and had 14 assists for a total of 26 points.

The team often came from behind to win or, in one case, tie. Against St. Paul, the Crimson, down by a goal, managed to tie the score in the third period and win in overtime, 4-3.

As the season closed, Parrot, Grimble, and Schmidt skated first line. Smith and Garrity, two of the top scorers, alternated with them. This combination was enough to keep the Crimson from being shut out, and the team scored at least two goals in every game.

Many members of the squad will be out for the Varsity next year, but the competition will be stiff. In spite of the Varsity's relatively poor 9-15 record this year, most of the squad members will return next year, each with one or two years of experience.

Both Smith and Parrot have a good chance to make the Varsity in their sophomore year, according to their teammates. FRESHMAN RECORD Won 14, Tied 1, Lost 4 HARVARD 9  Northeastern 3 HARVARD 9  Bowdoin 0 HARVARD 10  Boston University 5 HARVARD 5  Exeter 2 HARVARD 5  Brown 2 Merrimack 9  HARVARD 4 HARVARD 7  Northeastern 0 Boston College 6  HARVARD 2 HARVARD J.V. 8  HARVARD 5 HARVARD 6  Dartmouth 2 HARVARD 3  Boston College 2 HARVARD 5  Merrimack 3 HARVARD 5  Princeton 4 Andover 7  HARVARD 4 HARVARD 3  Brown 3 HARVARD 10  Dartmouth 2 HARVARD 3  Boston University 2 HARVARD 7  Yale 1   Overtime HARVARD 4  St. Paul's 3