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WHERE IS THE BEST PLACE TO FIND A JEWEL- OR A DIAMOND IN THE

ROUGH- HOW ABOUT A JEWELRY STORE- LIKE CLIFFORD JEWELERS­

PURVEYORS TO THE BRUINS -LIKE FERN FLAMAN AND DON

MCKENNEY- BACK IN 1978 THEY WERE OF COURSE COACHES OF

NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY -AND JOHN CLIFFORD OF SAID JEWELERY

STORE WAS A NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR OF THE FILIPE FAMILY OF HUDSON­

WHENEVER FERN AND DON CAME IN TO CLIFFORD JEWELERS TO SHOP

FOR JEANNIE AND MARGIE THEY HEARD FROM JOHN ABOUT THIS

WONDERBOY FROM HUDSON- FINALLY JOHN TOOK FERN AND DON TO

THE STATE HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIP AT THE ­

HUDSON BESTED BURLINGTON 5-4 IN OT AND PAUL FILIPE WAS NAMED

MVP- HEWAS A LATE BLOOMER- ONLY STARTING HALFWAY THROUGH

HIS JUNIOR SEASON- HEWAS A DEFENSEMANS DEFENSEMAN- AND FERN

FLAMAN WROTE THE BOOK ON THAT - SOON PAUL FILIPE WAS IN RED

AND BLACK AND AT HOME IN - HIS FROSH SEASON HE

WAS VOTED THE TEAM'S ROOKIE OF THE YEAR AS THE HUSKIES WENT 12

AND 15 AND JUST MISSED THE PLAYOFFS - THE NEXT YEAR THEY DIPPED

TO 7 AND 20 - BUT LOW AND BEHOLD A MIRACLE TRANSPIRED ­

NORTHEASTERN THE WHIPPING BOY ROSE LIKE AN ICE LADEN

LAZARUS TO BEST BU 6-5 IN - THEN TURN AND ON THE NEXT

MONDAY NIGHT TAKE ON THE BASTS NUMBER ONE

EAGLES AND TURN THE BOSTON GARDEN INTO BEDLAM WITH A 5-4

OVERTIME WIN FOR NU'S FIRST EVER POT - HIS JUNIOR SEASON WAS BIBLICAL AND ECHOED THE BOOK OF JOB - THE LORD GIVETH AND THE

LORD TAKETH- THE HUSKIES WENT OUT AND WON 11 STRAIGHT AND

THEN TURNED AND LOST 11 STRAIGHT- BUT THEY WOULD MAKE THE

ECAC PLAYOFFS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 14 YEARS- BUT THE SENIOR

SEASON OF 1981-82 WAS SUMPTUOUS- IT WOULD BE THE FINEST IN

NORTHEASTERN'S 76 YEAR HOCKEY HISTORY- THEY WOULD LOSE ONLY

2 OF THEIR FIRST 15 GAMES- THEN STUMBLE FOR THREE BUT RESPOND

WITH A 7 GAME WIN STREAK - THEY WOULD HAVE A REGULAR SEASON

RECORD OF 24-8 AND 1 -THEN SAIL THROUGH ST. LAWRENCE- NEW

HAMPSHIRE- AND HARVARD FOR THEIR ONE AND ONLY ECAC TITLE­

THEN CAME THE NCAA'S - VICTORY OVER BOWLING GREEN EARNED

FROZEN FOUR CREDENTIALS AND AFTER A LOSS TO EVENTUAL

CHAMPION NORTH DAKOTA A WIN OVER NEW HAMPSHIRE WAS GOOD

FOR THIRD PLACE IN THE USA - PAUL FILIPE WAS THE ASSISTANT

CAPTAIN OF THAT TEAM AND HIS HEROICS WOULD EARN HIM THE TEAMS

MOST IMPROVED AWARD AS WELL AS ALL NEW ENGLAND HONORS - THE

DEFENSEMANS DEFENSEMAN WOULD ALSO AMASS 73 CAREER POINTS

FOR SECOND MOST EVER FOR A HUSKY BLUELINER - THE NEXT YEAR HE

WOULD WEAR THE GOLD AND BLACK OF THE - QUITE A

TRIP FOR A DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH - PRESIDENT WALSH MAY I PRESENT

FOR INDUCTION INTO THE HALL OF FAME ­

PAUL T. FILIPE.