From the Senate Floor

Harvard hockey fever has hit Capitol Hill.

Yesterday on the floor of the Senate, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy '54-'56 (D-Mass) introduced a resolution honoring the 1989 NCAA champion Crimson, Coach Bill Cleary and Hobey Baker winner Lane MacDonald. The Senate passed the resolution unanimously.

Sen. Dave Durenberger (R-Minn.) and Sen. Rudy Boschwitz (R-Minn.) must have missed the vote.

With the resolution now passed on Capitol Hill, is it possible that Harvard will be invited to visit the White House?

Who knows? Remember, President Bush is a Yalie.

More Resolutions: Monday night, the Cambridge City Council passed its own resolution honoring the Crimson and plans to send a engrossed copy to Cleary.

Some other less formal honors for Harvard included a congratulatory message by the pilot of the Northwest Airlines plane that flew the team back to Boston, and a banner on the facade of The Coop congratulating the team.

Gopher Fact: Before Saturday's title game, Minnesota had posted a perfect 21-0 record in games where it led after the first period.

Make that 21-1 now.

ECAC Fact: Since the formation of Hockey East in 1984, only one Hockey East squad has made the NCAA finals (Providence lost to RPI in 1985).

The ECAC has sent four teams to the final game (RPI in 1985, Harvard in 1986 and 1989, and St. Lawrence in 1988). The Crimson and the Engineers are the only East teams to win the title since 1978.

Record Breakers: Besides setting the team record for most wins (31) and best winning percentage (.912), the NCAA champs shattered some other team marks:

. Most goals in a season (191).

. Most assists in a season (333).

. Most points in a season (524).

. Most ECAC wins during regular season (20).

Most 50-point scorers in a season (five: Peter Ciavaglia, 63; MacDonald, 60; C.J. Young, 55; Allen Bourbeau, 54; Ted Donato, 51).

Goal of the Week: You must be kidding.

Worst Prediction of the Year: "Harvard will be tough in St. Paul, if it gets on the power play. And I don't see them getting five-on-threes in St. Paul, in the Final Four."--Lake Superior State Coach Frank Anzalone, after the Crimson swept the Lakers in the NCAA quarterfinals.

For the record, Harvard did not see a five-on-three during the Final Four. But Michigan State did. It didn't seem to bother the Crimson.

Final Thanks: Special thanks goes to Assistant SID Jeff Bradley for all his help this season and for making the call of the season during Saturday's championship game. After Minnesota came back to tie the game and send it into overtime, Bradley said he still had this feeling that Harvard would pull it out.

No wonder the people in Burlington, Vt., cheer his name.

Go, Brads, go.

Player  G  GI  A  Pts  PenPM Peter Ciavaglia  34  15  48  63  18  3 6 Lane MacDonald  32  21  29  60  21  4 2 CJ Young  34  33  22  55  12  24 Allen Bourbeau  33  11  43  54  21  50 Ted Donate  34  14  37  51  11  30 John Weisbrod  31  22  13  35  25  61 Ed Krayer  34  12  14  26  2  4 John Murphy  33  9  13  22  6  12 Nick Carone  33  8  14  22  18  36 Tod Hartje  33  4  17  21  17  40 Mike Vukonich  27  11  8  19  6  12 Ed Presz  34  9  7  16  14  28 Kevan Melrose  32  2  13  15  52  126 Paul Howley  34  6  6  12  10  28 Josh Caplan  33  0  11  11  17  34 Craig Taucher  13  2  7  9  1  2 Scott McCormack  19  1  8  9  5  10 Brain McCormack  31  0  8  8  8  16 Kevin Sneddon  32  0  6  6  14  28 Brain Popiel  15  0  3  3  1  2 Chuckie Hughes  17  0  2  2  1  2 Rich DeFreitas  5  0  2  2  3  6 Scott Farden  4  0  2  2  1  2 Timmy Burke  2  1  0  1  1  2 Allain Roy  16  0  1  1  1  2 Totals  34  191  333  524  294651 Opponents  34  88  145  233  286   642

Goaltending Player  G  W-L-T  Min  Svs  PctGAA Mike Francis  3  2-0-0  140  66  .9710.86 Chuckie Hughes  17  15-1-0  990  443  .906< Tab>2.79 Allain Roy  16  14-2-0  952  415  .9122.52 Totals  34  31-3-0  2082  924  . 913  2.54 Opponents  34  3-31-0  2082  1034.844  5.50