"The Garden is suited to their style," Pawloski says. "It's small and that's good for their close-checking type of game."

But if Clarkson has roadblocks, the Crimson has bulldozers.

Like Fusco--who will return to action tonight after missing the Crimson's 2-0 and 6-4 victories over Colgate last weekend.

Fusco leads the ECAC with 18 goals and 31 assists.

And like Tim Smith--third in the ECAC with 18 goals and 20 assists.

"I think Smith is a big threat," says Cornell Coach Lou Reycroft, whose team will battle Yale in the 6 p.m. contest. "He's got a great shot on the off wing."

"Teams tend to concentrate on me," Fusco says. "So if I get the puck to Smitty, he's going to score."

And don't forget Allen Bourbeau.

The center will be back on the second line after taking Fusco's place on the first line last weekend. He will rejoin left wing Ed Krayer and right wing Tim Barakett, who combined for three goals and three assists in Saturday's win over Colgate.

"He's a great playmaker," Barakett says. "A great passer. The 'Killer B's' are back."

Bourbeau knocked in 18 goals this year, despite sitting out the seven games prior to last week's Colgate series with a stomach muscle pull.

If the Knights don't have enough trouble already with Harvard's potent offense, they won't find the Crimson defense any softer.

Not with Blair, the ECAC's and the nation's leading goalie, in net.

The senior owns a 20-4-1 record, a 2.64 goals-against-average and stops nine out of every 10 shots that come his way.

In 12 of his last 14 starts, he has allowed three goals or less.