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 Drop the Puck