When Allen Bourbeau--who has missed the last five games with a stomach muscle pull and probably will not see action this weekend--is on the ice, Harvard is 13-3-1 overall.
His replacement, Greg Chalmers, has participated in seven Crimson wins and only one loss.
First-line wing Lane MacDonald missed the Crimson's twin 5-4 losses at Wisconsin before Christmas and its early-season victories over Cornell and Colgate. But the sophomore has skated in every other Harvard game.
THE NOTEBOOK'S NOTEBOOK: Dartmouth goalie Jeff Bower, who recorded 36 saves in the Green's 5-3 upset of RPI, is this week's ECAC Player of the Week. Fusco, who finished the weekend with two goals and six assists, was named to the ECAC Honor Roll...After its two weekend losses, RPI dropped into third-place in the league, two and a half games behind second place Yale (which became the second team to clinch home ice advantage for the ECAC playoffs.) Yale can finish no worse than third in the league...By losing to St. Lawrence, Princeton was eliminated from the ECAC playoffs. The eight teams in the tournament are Harvard, Yale, RPI, Cornell, Colgate, Clarkson, Vermont and St. Lawrence...With its 11-0 thrashing of the Engineers, the Crimson lifted its series record against RPI to 9-10...Before Saturday, RPI had not lost to Dartmouth and Harvard in the same season since 1973-'74. FINAL CCHA STANDINGS Team W L T Pts GF GA Michigan St. 23 7 2 48 177 124 Bowl. Green 23 9 0 46 179 129 W. Michigan 23 9 0 46 188 138 L. Superior 17 14 1 35 133 12 4 Ohio State 16 15 1 33 157 177 Ferris St. 13 17 2 28 152 174 Ill.-Chicago 12 20 0 24 137 FINAL WCHA STANDINGS Team W L T Pts GF GA Denver 25 9 0 50 170 115 Minnesota 24 10 0 48 179 1 16 Wisconsin 23 11 0 46 172 1 36 Duluth 21 12 1 43 153 118 N. Michigan 21 13 0 42 168 15 1 N. Dakota 19 14 1 39 156 137 Colo. Coll. 11 21 2 24 131 155 Mich. Tech 9 22 3 21 118 164 ECAC STANDINGS Team W L T GF GA Overall Harvard* 17 2 0 118 45< Tab>18-5-1 Yale 14 6 0 97 69 18-8-0 RPI 12 6 1 85 78 19 -8-1 Cornell 11 6 2 91 66 14-6- 3 Clarkson 10 6 3 86 64 13-1 0-3 Vermont 10 9 0 55 58 16-11 -0 Colgate 9 9 1 78 93 15-12- 2 SLU 9 10 0 80 80 15-12-0 Princeton 6 12 1 65 73 10- 16-2 Dartmouth 4 15 0 52 102 7- 16-0 Army 2 9 0 36 57 15-11-1 Brown 3 17 0 61 119 4-17-0 *clinched regular season title The Polling Place WMEB 1. Denver (12)(29-9) 129 2. Minnesota (28-10) 110 3. Harvard (18-5-1) 99 4. Michigan State (1)(27-8-2) 94 5. B.C. (24-10-2) 64 6. Wisconsin (25-13) 60 7. Boston University (21-12-2) 53 8. W. Michigan (28-10) 42 9. Minn.-Duluth (25-12-1) 15 10. Yale (18-8-0) 15 As voted by coaches and conducted by radio station WMEB in Maine, with first-place votes and records followed by total points. WMPL 1. Denver (9)(29-9)99 2. Minnesota (1)(28-10) 86 3. Michigan State (27-8-2) 68 4. B.C. (24-10-2) 64 5. Wisconsin (25-13) 50 6. Harvard (18-5-1) 49 7. Boston University (21-12-2) 43 8. W. Michigan (28-10) 31 9. N. Michigan (23-13-1) 18 10. Minn.-Duluth (25-12-1) 18 As voted by coaches and conducted by radio station WMPL in Michigan, with first-place votes and records followed by total points.