G. Olson to Captain Hockey; M. Fusco Gets MVP Award

Eliot House junior Greg Olson, a native of Minnetonka, Minn., last night was named as the Harvard hockey captain for the 1982-83 season at the team's banquet at the Harvard Club of Boston.

In addition, fellow Eliot resident and classmate Mark Fusco was awarded the John Tudor Memorial Hockey Cup Award, given annually to the most valuable member of the Harvard hockey team, determined "not by ability alone, but the qualities of sportsmanship, leadership and team cooperation. "The cup is in memory of John Tudor '29, who was the captain of the 1928-29 Harvard hockey team.

Fusco, a defenseman, led the team in scoring this past season with 11 goals and 28 assists for 39 points. He earned first-team All-America honors for the second year in a row, was named to the All-Ivy first team for the third straight year, and was named by the New England College Hockey Writers as the most valuable player in the region.

Olson; who in his first two years on the ice in a Crimson uniform, led the team in goals and total points scored and finished second in both categories this past year, succeeds senior Michael Watson.

After a slow start, the right wing finished with 15 goals and 24 assists for 39 points. His return to the top of the scoring chart coincided with his move midway through the year to a line with freshman center Scott Fusco and junior Jim Turner, who also received awards last night.

The younger Fusco accepted the George Percy Award, given to a member of the freshman class for "enthusiasm, sportsmanship, team spirit and loyalty" characteristic of George Percy, captain of the hockey team from 1915-17.

Turner, famous for his bank-shot game-winning goal in the ECAC quarterfinals against Boston College, received the Donald Angier Hockey Trophy, awarded to the player showing the "greatest general improvement" during the year. Angier was a member of the Harvard hockey team from 1920-22.

Finally, seniors Scott Powers and Alan Litchfield received the Ralph "Cooney" Weiland Award for devotion to the game as "evidenced by aggressive and spirited play and by selfless contribution to the total team effort representative of 'Cooney's' type of hockey player."

More than 200 people attended the dinner and awards ceremony.