In goal, all eyes are on Oshawa, Ont., native Geoff Finch. The netminder was the ECAC's Rookie of the Year two seasons ago but fell from grace last season and split time with classmate Brett Haywood.

"If we get solid goaltending, we've got an outstanding team that will do some major damage," said Gaudet, who said yesterday he'd choose a starting goalie right before today's game.

With a strong season, Finch could provide an enormous boost to Brown's hopes.

"That Finch kid's probably the number one goalie in the league," Tomassoni said. "He's had trouble and I'm sure people will be anxious to see if he'll have a good year."

In gearing the squad up for the Brown contest, Tomassoni has been focusing on the power-play--which wasn't very effective in last week's 7-2 exhibition win over Dalhousie.

By the way, Brown also romped over Dalhousie in exhibition play by an 8-1 score.

As for Harvard's goaltending situation, Tomassoni announced yesterday that freshman Aaron Israel will start against Brown.

Because Israel is a freshman, Tomassoni will probably use a two-man rotation during the season. The second spot still remains open to either freshman Tripp Tracy or sophomore Steve Hermsdorf, who played for the junior varsity squad earlier this week.

"Aaron will be our starter," Tomassoni said. "But beyond that, nothing's decided."