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Tied, Fifth

Coach Mike Gilligan

What will Coach Mike Gilligan do now? Elevenlettermen, including Kyle McDonough and Ian Boyce,are gone. A lot of new faces will be skating forthe Catamounts.

Sophomore Jim Larkin (16 goals, 19 assists, 35points) is the top returning UVM scorer. Theproblem for Gilligan is depth. He has somejuniors, but that's about it. Expect to see somefirst-year players seeing a lot of ice time.

Vermont is the only ECAC team to defeat Harvardmore than two times in the last two years.Probably because the Cats had the talent to equalthe Crimson. This year, they won't.

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Last Year: 10-12

Seventh Place

Coach Tim Taylor

Coach Tim Taylor is the reason why the Elis area mediocre team and not a perennialcellar-dweller.

Taylor, however, can't skate for the Bulldogs.The loss of leading scorer and standout defensemanDave Basseggio and All-ECAC goalie Mike O'Neilltells it all for Yale.

Who's going to take control of this squad?All-Rookie selections Jeff Blaeser and JohnFerguson look like the top candidates.KEVAN MELROSE (left) and RPI's JOEYJUNEAU

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