Ciavaglia--who should know--says the goal wasunassisted. But Weisbrod certainly wasn'tcomplaining.
Players of the Week: Offense: Guess who?Hint: He scored two unassisted goals againstMinnesota. And his first name's Mike.
Defense: What Harvard needed in Minneapolis wasa few more Kevan Melroses--the Gophers arebasically a skating team, but took advantage ofstrong checking in the corners as well.
As goalie Allain Roy said, Minnesota "totallyoutchecked" most of the Harvard team. Except, thatis, for Melrose--who quickly became a focus of fanabuse after crashing Gopher Captain Pete Hankinsoninto the boards on his first shift.
Missing in Action: Maybe Donato's havingtoo much fun in the press box. The latest word isthat he's staying there at least until after exambreak. Donato's broken collarbone, expected tokeep him out for four to eight weeks, is nowpredicted to be a 10-week sideliner.
Donato should make it back just in time forHarvard's first game without Melrose, whoseeligibility runs out after the Brown game nextSaturday. Expect senior forward Tod Hartje to moveback to defense when Melrose leaves and Donatoreturns, forcing Cleary to start playingmix-and-match with his lines once again.
Borrowed Magic: What's the key toVukonich's overnight transformation togoal-scoring wonder? Here's one suggestion: astick borrowed from Donato, a 60-plus point-scorerlast season.
Donato's been on the sidelines since November,but his sticks remain in the pile with the rest ofthe team--and are frequently borrowed by Vukonich,who surged to the top of the team scoring listjust two weeks after Donato's departure.
Also getting in on the action is sophomoredefender Kevin Sneddon, who helped himself to aDonato stick for a few games earlier this season.
Sneddon's stats? Two points with the borrowedstick, none without.
Little Fun in Finland: Sophomore goalieChuckie Hughes and freshman forward Ted Drury havebeen in Helsinki playing in the World JuniorChampionships since mid-December, but the holidayshaven't been happy ones.
It seems the U.S. team has lost all but one ofits tournament games and is in danger of droppinginto the 'B' pool (the second level ofinternational play), which means no invite to thechampionships next year.
Drury and Hughes, meanwhile, return to theStates today, but won't be back in time fortonight's game