Posted by Bill Fenwick:
 
>Jason Cipolla, a senior at Yale and also a forward for the Eli hockey team,
>was stabbed in the ribs last Saturday night by a 35-year-old man who was
>trying to assault a female student.
 
>According to the AP report, Cipolla was accompanying the student home at
>3:00 AM after a fraternity party when the incident happened.  Cipolla
>suffered a ruptured spleen, but there was apparently no internal bleeding.
>He was treated at Yale-New Haven Hospital and released on Monday.
 
Cipolla was Yale's leading scorer this season (15-19-34) and was
voted the team's Most Inspirational Player. He stands about 5'8",
but plays hockey like he's 6'2" - and I suspect that he didn't hesitate
to get involved when a friend was threatened. He, like Hockey-L's
own Ian Kennish, is a distinguished alumnus of Toronto's Upper
Canada College. I noticed that Jason had a brief tryout with the
AHL's St. John's Maple Leafs (4 games, no points). Here's hoping
that he's back on the ice soon.
 
Geoff Howell
The Trenton Times
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