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 BOSTON 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 BOSTON GARDEN­ 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 MATTHEWS ARENA - 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 BEANPOT WHIPPING BOY ROSE LIKE AN ICE LADEN LAZARUS TO BEST BU 6-5 IN OVERTIME - THEN TURN AND ON THE NEXT MONDAY NIGHT TAKE ON THE BASTS NUMBER ONE BOSTON COLLEGE 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 BOSTON BRUINS - QUITE A TRIP FOR A DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH - PRESIDENT WALSH MAY I PRESENT FOR INDUCTION INTO THE NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY HALL OF FAME ­ PAUL T. FILIPE. .