Doctors determined yesterday that Harvard men's hockey defenseman Butch Cutone will have to sit out the remainder of the season.

Cutone, last year's Ivy League Rookie of the Year, was diagnosed as having a bone tumor two weeks before the Crimson's first game and underwent successful bone transplant surgery a week later.

Although Cutone is fully mobile and has been skating for three weeks, the doctors are worried that a hit to the new bone could aggravate the injury and cause permanent damage.

The new bone is protected only by a thin shell, and the doctors advised the sophomore not to play until next September, when the bone will have sufficiently hardened.

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Senior-Bill Cleary credits last Monday's goal against Dartmouth to reserve netminder John Devin.

Looking for a lucky stick before the game, Cleary asked the freshman for some advice.

Devin pointed to one and informed Cleary that it had more goals in it than any other stick in his pile.

Clearly grabbed the stick and asked Devin exactly how many goals the chosen stick had in it.

Devin quickly explained that the stick had just "one goal, the only goal in the whole pile."

Cleary, with only two goals in his career before this year, has never exactly enjoyed the offensive reputation of his father, Crimson Coach Bill Cleary.

In other words, Bill "The Shot" he isn't.

But the senior blueliner got the last laugh when he lit the lamp after a 200-ft. end to end rush in the second period with his lucky one-goal stick.

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With a goal and three assist against Dartmouth. Scott Fasco upped his team leading point total to 44. Fusco also moved into a tie for eighth place on the all time career scoring list with 135 points.