larkson came back from being down 3-0 and 4-2 to tie Harvard on a short
handed goal in the third period.
 
Goals:
Harvard   2 2 0 0- 4
Clarkson  0 3 1 0- 4
 
Shots on goal:
Harvard  13 16 10 4- 43
Clarkson 12  7  2 4- 25
 
Goalies: Harvard- Hughes, Clarkson- Rogles (22 saves), Currie (18 saves)
 
Power-plays
Harvard: 2 for 6
Clarkson 2 for 5 (better than average)
 
Scoring:
 
First Period
1. Harvard, Konik (Maguire, Conklin) 5:47 (pp)
2. Harvard, Martins (Gardner, Gustafson) 7:29
 
Second Period
3. Harvard, Martins (Coughlin, Maguire) 8:31 (pp)
4. Clarkson, Thomas (Robitaille, Conroy) 9:43
5. Clarkson, Belanger 14:33 (pp)
6. Harvard, Flomenhoft (Burke, Mallgrave) 15:10
7. Clarkson, Conroy (Dubinsky, Sanderson) 18:15 (pp)
 
Third Period
8. Clarkson, Dubinsky (Mueller) 1:26 (shg)
 
Clarkson actually came out and took the play to Harvard at the start of
the game.  The aggressive Clarkson play yielded them a power play at
:26.  However, Clarkson wasn't able to make anything happen.  Once
Harvard got back to full strength, they turned the game around and went
after Clarkson.  During Harvard's first pp, Konik from Minnesota scored
on a quick shot that zipped in just inside of the right post.  Less than
two minutes later, Fotheringham of Clarkson coughed up the puck in his
own zone to Gardner of Harvard.  Roggles stopped the initial shot, but
Martins put the rebound in for Harvard.  Clarkson had trouble clearing
their zone and getting any good scoring plays.
 
Harvard kept their game going and controlled play in the second period.
Clarkson was struggling to get any offensive pressure.  Harvard scored
on their third pp chance when a shot by Coughlin came off of the back
boards on to Martins' stick.  Martins just flick the puck up high and
over Roggles' shoulder.  Clarkson finally scored on a two on one rush by
Thomas and Conroy.  Thomas carried the puck in and passed it across the
goal mouth to Conroy.  Conroy couldn't get a shot off, but did get the
puck back to Thomas who put it into the empty net.  Clarkson kept the
pressure on and was able to draw a penalty.  The face off was won by
Clarkson in the Harvard zone.  Clarkson had a couple of good scoring
chances before Harvard cleared the zone.  Clarkson could never get back
in during the last minute of the pp.  However, during another pp,
Clarkson was able to score when a pass meant for Tuomainen at the side
of the net from Belanger was knocked into the Harvard goal by Coughlin
trying to break up the pass.  Harvard scored soon after to go back to a
two goal lead and end Roggles' game.  Flomenhoft scored on a soft wrist
shot that should have been a routine save for Roggles.  Currie came in
and went straight to work, stopping several good Harvard shots.
Clarkson scored their third goal on a nice three way passing play.
Thomas fed a pass from the blue line to Dubinsky.  Dubinsky and Conroy
went into the Harvard zone two on one.  This time, Conroy ripped his one
time shot past Hughes when Dubinsky gave him the puck.
 
Clarkson was killing another pp early in the third period when Mueller
intercepted a cross ice pass in the neutral zone.  He went around the
Harvard defenseman by banging the puck off of the boards.  He had
Dubinsky on his right and passed it to him.  Dubinsky tied the game up
on a nice shot that Hughes had no chance on.  Harvard did come right
back with some offensive pressure and hit the post on their next shot.
Currie was able to stop Harvard when they threatened.  The shot count of
two is not that indicative of how Clarkson played.  They had the puck in
the Harvard zone.  But the Harvard defensemen kept them along the boards
and out of the slot area.  Clarkson did send some shots in which went
wide.  Ed Sabo of Clarkson took a penalty with :55 left in the game, but
Clarkson's defense kept Harvard from passing the blue line.  There was a
lot of play in the neutral zone during the third period as neither team
could really penetrate.
 
The OT was fast and furious.  Each goalie had to make several saves to
keep thier team going.  It's hard to say what kind of a game it was from
listening to the radio, but Clarkson was able to battle back against a
strong Harvard team that has several (Martins and Konik) good scoring
freshmen.
 
For a second night in a row, Clarkson was let down by some weak goal
tending.  In previous games, except Ohio State, the goalies have kept
Clarkson in the game when the team was flat.  The goal tending will have
to come back up to their usual greatness with all of the road games
coming up.
 
Clarkson plays the number one ranked Div. III Plattsburgh State next
Monday before playing St. Lawrence at Appleton Arena in Canton.
 
Mike Zak
Clarkson