Over There

And then there's Johnson one of the great masters of the game of college hockey. He guided the 1776 United States Olympic team to a fourth place finish at Innsbruck Austria. He son Mark the College Player of the Year in 1979 while at Wilson was the leading scorer for the 1980 gold medal winning U.S team Johnson son Pete is a senior and co captain on this year Badger equal and currently the team second leading scorer

Johnson also coached had team U.S.A com prised of 23 NHL to a surprising fourth place finish in the Canada Cup Tournament last year It goes without saying that he knows a lot about hockey And he also knows a thing of two about Harvard Hockey.

Observing Harvard

"I had the opportunity of seeing Harvard on ESPN during the Beanpot," Johnson said. "And I saw a lot of players back when they were in high school tournaments in Minnesota including the Olsons, Wade Lau, Phil Falconer, and Jay North

"But I don't have to see them to know about them. I can just look at their record. They've had some great night, obviously. To beat Clarkson 7-1, in the tournament, well, any team that did that is very capable. And they also beat UNH and Providence "Providence the only Eastern team Wisconsin faced this season, beat the Badgers in Madison back in December

A Day in the Life

Johnson is 2-1 lifetime against Harvard, the inverse of Bill Cleary's career slate against Wisconsin. All three contests--the only occasions on which the schools have met--have been during the regular season Wisconsin edged Harvard. 2-1 in a 1971 Christmas tourney in St. Louis, and Harvard split a two-game series at the Coliseum in 1976, shocking the Badgers, 4-3 in the opener and then falling. 7-5, the next night.

For the icemen to have any chance of staying as close to the Badgers in '76, they will need a big night out of the defensemen and, especially, Wade Lau.

It only he can stand the "Sieves."