The Cornell contigent tonight will undoubtedly be encouraging Ithaca's Rambo with their loud "Kill Schafer, Kill" cheers.

One aspect of this often classic showdown will also be missing. The teams will not be playing for the Ivy title tonight, although they have shared the Ancient Eight Crown, once along with Yale, three times in the last three years.

This season, with a 8-1 mark, Harvard has already locked up its fifth straight Ivy title.

When the Crimson bombarded the Big Red in its own Lynah Rink, Cornell goalie Doug Dadswell took an early shower. Tonight, Dadswell's back in the nets sporting the third-best numbers in the ECAC (3.06 goals against average and a .903 save percentage).

At the other end of the rink, however, will be the conference's top backstop, Harvard senior Grant Blair, whose 2.58 g.a.a and .901 save percentage have held Harvard opponents to less than four goals in seven of his last eight starts. Blair has also allowed more than four goals only twice in his 18 outings.

Offensively, without Bourbeau, the Crimson will turn to Captain Scott Fusco, whose 42 points paces the team and who stands just two goals away from the century mark for his career. If Fusco comes close to the two-goal, four-assist afternoon, he had in Ithaca, that record will fall.

THE NOTEBOOK: Look for Greg Chalmers to center the second line in place of Bourbeau.