Art Berman wrote: >I remember the 1973 game when BU lost to Bob Crocker's Penn team. That >game is the only game in my life when I did *not* root for BU, because >Crocker was Jack Kelley's long time assistant and he was passed over for >the coaching vacancy, a real shaft job as I recall even now. It was >justice that a far superior BU team was beaten that day. >In fact, Kelley's replacement, I believe Leon Abbott (?) did not pan out >and Jack Parker was a mid season replacement. If anyone with long >memories has the inside story on that I'd love to hear it. Leon Abbott apparently left BU as a consequence of the "Dick Decloe Affair". Decloe had accepted had some of his secondary school educational expenses paid for him while playing for the London, Ontario Knights (OHA) for a two month period in 1970 prior to his matriculation at BU in 1971. The situation did not come to light until midway through Decloe's sophomore season (72-73). (Decloe was on a freshman team as a freshman, not the varsity.) For more details search in the hockey-l archives in April 94 for the word "decloe". Ralph Baer RPI '68, '70, '74