officials: Taylor-Dunn-Shea
attendance- 2387
 
-1-
G  5:00 Harv  0-1  Allman(Turco)
P  6:40 Harv   Mark Moore (interference)
P  9:57 Harv   Stonehouse (slash)
 
=2=
P  6:18 RPI    Gosselin (interference)
P  9:58 Harv   Mark Moore (tripping)
P 15:05 Harv   Mark Moore (tripping)
P 18:03 RPI    Murley (tripping)
 
-3-
G  1:28 RPI   1-1 Dupee(Murley,Riva)
P  1:46 RPI    Murphy (high stick)
P  1:46 Harv   Capouch (roughing)
G  9:42 Harv  1-2  Steve Moore unassisted
P 17:14 RPI    Murley (unsportsmanlike conduct)
P 17:14 Harv   Capouch (unsportsmanlike conduct)
  19:26 RPI  timeout
 
 
saves          1   2   3   t
RPI (Laing)    9   16  4   29
Harvard(Jonas) 11  5   16  32
 
 
Defense wins playoff games and Harvard played a superb defensive
game in shutting down the Engineers' offense. The Crimson tied up
the slot area leaving the Engineers low quality shots and no rebounds
or second chances.
This was a night when the bounces just didn't go the Engineers' way
(mostly due to Harvard's defensive corps). RPI did not play a bad game.
They controlled play in most of the first and third period and went
through several power plays where the puck never left the Harvard
zone. But Harvard effectively used the clutch and grab method of defense
in the first and third period and effectively controlled center ice for
the entire second period.
 
Harvard got on the board at 5:00 of the first when Scott Turco grabbed
the faceoff, pushed the puck to Trevor Allman who beat Laing over the
shoulder. It was a bang-bang play (I hate that expression) where the puck was
in the net less than 2 seconds after the faceoff. Before Laing even
realized the puck had been dropped, it was behind him.
 
The second period was a classic defensive struggle with both teams
effectively shutting down the other. The defense was tremendous on both sides.
 
RPI came out flying in the third period peppering Oliver Jonas with shots
early. In one of their only defensive lapses of the night, Keith Dupee
managed to sneak into the low slot unmolested and took a pass from
Matt Murley behind the net. Dupee beat Jonas to tie the game as the
Field House erupted.  RPI's high power offense shifted into high gear
but just couldn't seem to shake the Crimson defender's who kept
hounding RPI's forwards and keeping them, to the outside where they
couldn't get any quality chances. Finally, at 9:42 of the third, as RPI
was breaking out of its own end, a pass took a strange bounce and was
picked up by Steve Moore who skated in and blasted a 25 foot slap shot
past Laing for a 2-1 lead. Harvard returned to its defensive shell
and held RPI off to take the win and 2 points in the series.
 
I'll be at a Billy Joel concert tomorrow night but Brian Morris will
be posting a recap. Here's hoping I'll be back for game 3 on Sunday.
 
Mark Lewin
RPI '69
 
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