Meet Tod Hartje, Mr. Versatility.

Need a fourth-line center? Or a first-line wing? A penalty-killer? An assist man? A goal-scorer?

Give Hartje a call.

"Tod is a very versatile player," Harvard Coach Bill Cleary says. "He kills penalties, has played on the power play, takes the regular shift. Tod always puts in a solid performance."

The junior center has skated on all four lines this season--if any Crimson forward gets an injury, expect Hartje to be shifted around.

Mike Vukonich has mono? Hartje will do his job. Lane MacDonald can't play at RPI? Don't worry, Hartje will switch to wing. He adapts to any situation.

Shorts falling off in the middle of the shift? Hartje will adjust--just give him a few minutes to pull them up between plays.

"I almost lost my breezers one game," Hartje says. "I had to keep pulling on them out on the ice."

What, Coach? Hartje needs to skate two lines while Allen Bourbeau's out with an injury? No problem.

"In the Garden I double-shifted [Hartje], playing him with Lane and C.J. [Young] When Allen was out," Cleary says. "He's a big strong player whom we can count on to do those things."

And, like the days when he tagged along behind his big brothers to the local rink in Anoka, Minn., Hartje was just thrilled to get play with the "big guys."

"It was great getting to be out there with Lane and C.J.," Hartje says. "It's unbelievable when you think about playing with guys with that kind of talent."

Playing with a former Olympian (MacDonald) and the Crimson's top goal-scorer (Young) may be a thrill for Hartje, but living with them--the three are Kirkland House roommates--has a drawback or two.

Meet Tod Hartje, telephone operator.

If things don't work out with the Winnipeg Jets--who hold Hartje's rights--he can always get a job as MacDonald's personal secretary after graduation.