Things You Don't Want To Know: Harvard finished the season with a sub-.500 record for the first time since 1984...This year marks only the third time in the last decade that the Crimson hasn't had a 20-win season...Even after playing only half the season, Keven Melrose still finished second in the league in penalty minutes, five minutes behind RPI's Bruce Coles...Harvard spent the second-most time in the sin bin of any team in the league.
Goal of the Week: Weisbrod's first-period goal Friday night. Popiel sent a not-so-strong slap in from the point and Weisbrod got enough stick on it to send it high into the net. The shot caught Cornell netminder Jim Crozier by surprise--he stood with his mouth gaping open for a full five seconds after puck went by.
Players of the Week: Offense: Weisbrod. After scoring only one goal in his previous nine outings, Weisbrod kicked off the Crimson's scoring in both weekend games--bouncing a slapshot off Crozier's skate Saturday. The two tallies brought Weisbrod's season goal total to 11.
Defense: Hartje. He may have the least experience behind the blueline--he's only played there since February--but Hartje still anchored Harvard's shorthanded defense corps this weekend. With Brain McCormack out with a shoulder injury, the five-man crew had extra work to do on defense--but that didn't stop Hartje from being aggressive on the offensive end as well.
The statisiticians gave Hartje one point for the weekend--he teamed up with Murphy on a two-on-one Friday night to score Harvard's second goal. Actually, Hartje also joined with Murphy in setting up Vukonich's late-game tally on Saturday. But the scorers gave the assist to Young...
Thanks, Tod: ...who needed the extra point to nab sole possession of firth place on Harvard's all-time scoring list. With that point, his only one of the weekend, Young finished his Harvard career with 84 goals and 78 assists for 162 career points, one ahead of George Hughes '79.
Goodbye, Guys: Young is the headliner in a group of five seniors who have been instrumental in Harvard's success over the last four seasons. Also graduating this June are Hartje, Popiel, Murphy and Scott McCormack.
"The seniors on this team have been nothing short of terrific," said Clearly, who will take over as athletic director on April 1. "They have contributed so much to this program. Those kids are not just great hockey players, they're great people. I'm proud to have had them on my team."
Last But Not Least: A big thanks to Assistant Sports Information Director Julie Rice for providing so much help and information this season...as well as the best cookies in the ECAC.
HARVARD MEN'S HOCKEY (13-14-1 Overall, 12-9-1 ECAC) Player GMS G A PTS P/PM Mike Vukonich 27 21 29 50 8/18 C.J. Young 28 21 28 49 13/32 John Murphy 28 9 27 36 9/18 Peter Ciavaglia 28 17 18 35 11/22 John Weisbrod 27 11 21 32 19/62 Ted Drury 17 9 13 22 5/10 Tod Hartje 28 6 10 16 13/29 Tim Burke 28 6 7 13 12/24 Jim Coady 28 3 10 13 3/6 Ted Donato 16 5 6 11 9/34 Steve Flomenhoft 28 5 5 10 22/44 Brain Popiel 28 3 6 9 14/28 Scott Barringer 25 0 9 9 15/30 Kevin Sneddon 26 0 8 8 9/18 Kevan Melrose 16 1 6 7 36/124 Matt Mallgrave 26 3 3 6 11/33 Brain McCormack 27 2 3 5 18/36 Scott McCormack 24 1 4 5 18/36 Craig Miskovich 14 1 1 2 6/12 Chuckie Hughes 11 0 2 2 3/6 Aron Allen 3 0 1 1 3/14 Rich DeFreitas 28 0 1 1 9/18 Greg Hess 1 0 1 1 0/0 TOTALS 28 125 218 343 277/6 45 Opponents 1 0 1 1 0/0 Player GMS MP W L T SV< Tab>GA GAA SV% Allain Roy 15 8677 8 0 426 54