1.   He hopes to mold a group of mostly domestic-based players who will not be fatigued from the combination of weekend games and trans-Atlantic travel.

2.   Most of all, though, he takes special pleasure in trying to mold a group of teen-agers from the City Section into a championship team.

3.   No one would deny that the Great Depression and World War II molded one group of people or that Vietnam shaped another.

4.   This group has been molded well.

5.   Brooks said he will be on the ice this week as he tries to mold a group of NHL players who normally are enemies for nine months a year.