Sextet to Face Improved Huskies

Tonight's varsity hockey battle with Northeastern will be a more even match than was last year's, but the Crimson should again be too strong for the improved Huskies.

Although Northeastern has a considerably stronger team, the varsity sextet that dumped B.U. last weekend 2-1 should outskate and outshoot the Huskies. The Crimson's Patterson, Howell, Johnston, and Thomson provide one of the stronger defenses is the East.

The second line of Lamarche, Tread-well and Smith have shown a surprisingly powerful scoring punch, putting in 11 goals in three games. Smith accounted for both goals in the clutch victory over B.U.

Last season's 6-1 victory for the Crimson resembled a one-sided practice session. Tim Taylor scored an easy hat trick, putting in goals on passes from Gene Kinematics and Dave Johnston.

Most of the game was spent by Crimson forwards playing a version of tag with the slower and less skillful Huskies.

Coach Cooney Weiland however, is certainly not taking the Northeastern game for granted. "Northeastern is an improved team which gave B.U. a lot of trouble," said Weiland. "They'll be tough," But a conservative estimate of tonight's game gives Harvard four goals, B.U. one.

Weiland foresees a down-to-the-wire battle both in the Eastern Associations and in the Ivy League. "We had a taste of what it will be like against B.U.," he said. "Cornell downed St. Lawrence 5-4 last week, and Brown dumped Army 6-1. It's going to be a troublesome season."