A friend of mine on the Harvard team passed along some interesting tidbits earlier this week: RE: Ethan Philpott--The coaches are NOT pleased with his work ethic at all, and he has been benched for some time now. He's not even playing JV...and he has not been dressing up for games at all. I don't know about practices. Richard, this partially confirms some of our suspicions about Philpott forgetting about hockey and going out just to hit people. RE: Tripp Tracy--Although it seem Tripp has not been playing as well as he did last year, or as well as Aaron Israel, the team still has confidence that he will have a strong season. It seems Tracy reads all his press (probably not a good idea) and it taking the criticism personally...it remains to be seen how he handles it. <Beanpot coming up soon...> Coach Tomassoni has had both goalies in his office and warned them about avoiding a "sophomore slump." Interestingly, Tomassoni has specifically warned Tracy about "becoming like Chuckie Hughes." [ouch] RE: Ashlin Halfnight--When asked about the freshman defender, my friend gushed about him in terms very much like those used by Richard in his postings. It sounds like they are expecting big things from the young man. My friend predicted he would be captain his senior year...of course, it's a little early for that... --Julian Chu '93