Lane MacDonald, the 1989 Hobey Baker Award winner who led Harvard
    to its only national championship that year, was named
    assistant coach to the Crimson's new head man, Ronn Tomassoni.
    He will be involved in both the recruiting and practice
    aspects of the game and is apparently Tomassoni's right-hand
    man.  Tomassoni, of course, has taken over for long-time
    Harvard coach Billy Cleary who is now the school's athletic
    director.
 
    MacDonald, 24, is from Mequon, Wisconsin, and is Harvard's
    second all-time leading scorer with 111 goals and 114 assists
    for 225 points.  He scored six goals in the 1988 Olympics in
    six games for Team USA, including two against the USSR.  He
    was a two-time All-American, New England Player of the Year,
    ECAC Team of the Decade member, and the MVP in both the 1989
    Beanpot and the ECAC tourney.  He played for Harvard from 1984-
    1987 and then in 1988-89, taking 1987-88 off to train with
    the Olympic team.
 
    After graduating from Harvard, MacDonald turned down an offer
    of around $700,000 from Hartford to sign with Lugano in
    Switzerland.  This decision was mainly due to his problems with
    concussions, which he suffered easily and which caused him splitting
    headaches for days after a game.  As it turned out, MacDonald
    suffered two more dangerous concussions in Switzerland, and doctors
    advised him that for his own safety, he should retire.  Ever since,
    rumors have been that he would return to coach at his alma mater -
    those of you who've been on this list for a while will recall
    seeing that posted here.  He was a classy player and I enjoyed seeing
    him play, and I'm not surprised at this move at all.
 
 
    - mike