Saturday, Dec. 9, 1995, Cheel Arena, Potsdam, NY - Att: 3136
 
Over 3100 fans saw a lackluster effort by the Clarkson University hockey
team defeat the Harvard Crimson by a final score of 4-2.  After being in
a rut since the RPI victory, Clarkson finally put together a good 8 minutes
of hockey to defeat Harvard this afternoon.
 
The game started out slow, with Clarkson playing similar to last night.
Passes were not very crisp, and many cross-ice passes were intercepted by
the Crimson.  Clarkson struck first in this contest, a score by Jean-Francois
Houle, his fourth of the season.  Houle's goal came at the 5:32 mark of the
first period.  Harvard responded about 10 minutes later.  A goal by Geb
Marett (Ethan Oberman, Jason Karmanos) made it 1-1, and the teams skated
that way to the end of the period.
 
The second period was not much better for the Golden Knights as they did not
play like a team that was still undefeated in the ECAC, or the same team
that had tied BU or beat RPI in recent weeks.  The teams played a scoreless
period of hockey, and the third period started in a 1-1 tie.
 
Harvard struck gold first in the third period as Marett scored again, his
second of the night to give the Crimson a 2-1 lead.  Panic struck the Golden
 
Knights and the team noticeably picked up its intensity level.  With about
8 minutes to play in the game, CU was still down 2-1.  That changed very
quickly as CU scored 3 goals in the next three minutes.  Dave Seitz
scored two in a row, and the third one was added by Houle to give
Clarkson a 4-2 lead, and put Harvard away.  Clarkson continued with the
extra intensity until the clock read 0:00.  A much needed victory
for the Golden Knights after a 4-4 tie to Brown last night.
 
The win gives Clarkson a 8-3-2 overall record and first place in the
ECAC at 6-0-1.  Harvard falls to 5-5-1 overall, and 4-3-1 in the ECAC.
 
Dan Murphy had 20 saves on the night, and Tripp Tracy for Harvard had 26.
Clarkson was 1 for 6 on the power play, with Harvard unable to capitalize
in all five chances.
 
Clarkson next plays in the RPI tournament in Troy, NY on Dec. 29 and 30.
They play at 5:30 pm on the 29th, against HE team Providence.
 
Clarkson's next set of league games is the first weekend in 1996
when the team travels to Cornell and Colgate.
 
 
Siren Chudgar '96
Clarkson University
LET'S GO TECH!!!
 
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