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...those three was credited to O'Sullivan who was named tournament MVP for his two-goal performance in the final. Joining O'Sullivan on the all-tourney team were B.U's defenseman Kaj Linna and forward Shawn Bates, and Maine's defenseman Chris Imes, goalie Allison, and forward Shermerhorn...
...Terriers have had trouble keeping their defenders healthy. Sophomore Kaj Linna injured his knee Wednesday and is questionable for the tourney. "Any injury to our defense this year has been devastating," Parker said. "We just don't have as much depth back there as we do up front, and we need to get our offense going from our defense...
...defense features Captain Dion, as well as freshmen Kaj Linna, Adrian Aucoine and Rich Brennan. BU is most often backstopped by goalie Scott Cashman, while backups Derek Herlofsky and J.P. Mckersie have seen some time in relief...
...Author Linna's bitter book is a huge bestseller in Finland. American readers should be impressed by his terse descriptions of infighting, and grateful for the absence of the detailed flashbacks to peacetime life that have become the curse of war novels. There are some stereotypes but also some fresh, vivid portraits: Rokka, the veteran of the Winter War, who will fight his own way or not at all; Honkajoki, the eccentric pedant, who infuriates his officers by carrying a longbow into battle; Lahtinen, the Communist sympathizer, who wins a medal for bravery, yet takes a perverse pleasure...
...These were good men," says Author Linna of both the dead and the living. Fate had laid the whip of defeat across their backs, but it also released them from responsibility for the future, and they were content to sit back and watch the victors destroy their victory. Says one exhausted survivor when the fighting is over and the politicians take command: "Speeches aren't going to help anything. When your powder's all gone, it's better to keep your mouth shut than to go spouting about the rights of small nations. A dog raises...