"It was a very physical weekend with the Princeton and Army games," Mason said. "We got banged up quite a bit as well."

But all of Dartmouth's lines should remain intact tonight, as none of its weekend injuries were serious. The Green is led by freshman Tony Nieman (three goals and two assists for five points), with first-line center Tom Finks and wings Jamie Hanlon and Derek Tweddell all in second with four points apiece.

A Strange Practice: Got to wonder what the Army hockey team was thinking about before Friday night's game against Harvard.

While the Crimson was skating around its side of the ice during pre-game warmups, the Cadets practiced the art of hand-to-hand combat.

An Army forward would go one-on-one with a defenseman and try to get the puck past the Army goalie. The defenseman had an advantage. He could do anything to stop the forward from scoring.

Like tackling him down to the ice. Or tripping him up with his stick.

Such a method earned several hoots from the cadet section at Tate Rink.

Be all that you can be.

Strange Practice II: The fun continued at Tate Rink between periods when a couple of cadets decided to hold an ice-sliding contest.

Each cadet wore a garbage bag and a hockey helmet. The object was to slide across the ice and see who went the farthest.

The contest earned several hoots from the cadet section at Tate Rink.

He Ain't Heavy...: Scott and Brian McCormack hit the ice as a defensive pair at Army for the first time in their Harvard careers.

The McCormack duo is the first brother combination to play on the ice together for Harvard since the tandem of Mark and Scott Fusco in 1983.

Big Guy Update: Seen at Princeton's Baker Rink Saturday night: a larged-framed figure wearing a Harvard hockey jersey, a red and black headband and dark sunglasses.