I'll leave it to someone who saw the game in  person to give a full
description, but this one was a blowout!
This Harvard team reminded me of like Ken Code's 83-84 Crimson,
small, frightened and overmatched (this was the first game I'd seen).  Of
course credit must be given to BU...They are big, strong, fast and deep.
They beat the Crimson to just about every puck and could easily have
scored four or five more goals. Grier is a Kevin Stevens in the making
and I wouldn't have minded if Harvard had plucked the young Drury from Jack
Parker's grasp. This is a powerful team, capable of shutting down better
teams than Harvard.
   As Bob Norton said on NESN, the loss of defense is killing Harvard, but
more so, in this game at least, was the lack of any fight or muscle.
Where are Franco Scalamandre, Alan Litchfield, Neil Sheehy or Kevan
Melrose when you need them? The only Harvard player who hits out there is
Halfnight, unless you count Martins, who has an incredible knack for
getting caught by the ref for anything he does.
   Another big loss for Harvard was Israel. Not that he was much better
than Tracey. It's just that the effect of a pair of stellar
goalies in rotation cannot be underestimated. Harvard's Alain Roy and
Chuckie Hughes and Cornell's Brian Hayward and Darren Elliot come to
mind, in addition to BU's current duo (Didn't Clarkson have someone tough
who played at the same time as Don Sylvestri?). I think
the level of concentration  is ordinarily just so much higher in such a
situation and the competition in practice must similarly make for
sharper play.
   Still, all is not gloomy for Crimson fans. Harvard's got some
players. Halfnight is SOLID and some of these speedy forwards will come
along. Mainly, judging only by this game, they just need to take their time
out there and not panic so much, especially when breaking the puck out of
their own zone. As they improve especially in this area, they will be
competitive this year. As long as they aren't playing BU!
-PMartin