Yardling Icemen Face Blue Here

Harvard's freshman hockey team will be almost at full strength this afternoon at Watson Rink when it tries to dislodge the Yale freshmen from their undefeated pinnacle.

The Bullpups boast a frightening 18-0 record. But Harvard too has been playing some top-flight hockey. Pitted against the toughest opponents on the schedule, the Crimson has won its last seven in a row. Overall the freshmen are now 15-4.

In this game, what Coach Gene Kinasewich called the "toughest" of the year, the only question mark is leading scorer, center Joey Cavanagh. Cavanagh suffered a mild concussion in the New Hampshire game Wednesday and may not be quite ready.

Kinasewich expects, however, that Cavanagh will be able to play. If the Rhode Island native must sit out the game, then wing Dan DiMichele will have to take up the scoring slack. In the last two games, DiMichele has bagged eight goals.

Durno

The starting Harvard goalie, once again, will be Canadian Bruce Durno. He sat out most of the New Hampshire game with a bruised elbow, but team doctors have pronounced him healthy.

Harvard will play a pressing game against the potent Elis. "Our first line will forecheck and attack as usual," Kinasewich said, "but our other two units will concentrate more on a tight defense."

"We will wait for Yale to provide us scoring opportunities," he explained. Second line wings Dave Opsahl and Paul Sweeney and center Steve Owen have begun to find the nets in recent games, and should complement the first unit's scoring.

Yale boasts small but exceptionally speedy forwards, and the keys to their offense are the big defensemen who get up the plays and pass off to the wings.

"But I think that we have the speed to keep up with their forwards," Kinasewich said, "and to force them into mistakes."

The game begins at 4 p.m. today, following the Varsity B game between Harvard and Yale which starts at 2 p.m.