In the past, I have occasionally posted segments of the Northeastern notes from the HE release to give a sample of the creative writing style of NU SID Bill Doherty. The 01/09/95 HE release contains yet another brilliant piece of work by Billy, presented below for your edification. Billy is the same SID who lists his own special nicknames for the Huskie players on his linesheet - names which in the past have included Matt "Colonel" Saunders, Mike "Bud" Veisor, Dave "Gautama" Buda, and the classic Peter "Raise Your Hand If You're" Schure. NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY Northeastern badly needed to unswoon after three straight defeats in 1994, and apparently they had resolved to make 1995 a fulcrum for an assault on Maine, BU and UNH in the Association's upper tier. The Huskies snapped their longest losing streak (three games) of the season at the critical start of the season's second half. Marquee players led the way, as J.F. "Love, Honor And" Aube (2-2--4), Jordon Shields, Dan Lupo and resuscitated blueliner Francois Bouchard (1-1--2) stamped the Huskies' winning signature in front of the home crowd at Matthews Arena. The victory represented a monkey off head coach Ben Smith's back as the Gloucester, Mass. native was able to post his first coaching win over the River Hawks of U Mass Lowell. Junior dufflebag Mike Veisor was as solid as he's been all year, making several larcenous stops in the final two minutes (and 21 on the night) to help NU stave off a furious Lowell blitzkrieg at the end of the third period. Bouchard shook off much of his injury-laden rust with a fine two-point effort against UML while Shields continues his campaign for All-Hockey East and All-America honors with his 31 points which places him among the top ten scorers nationally. END --- --- Mike Machnik [log in to unmask] Cabletron Systems, Inc. *HMM* 11/13/93