1 2 3 Harv 2 2 1--5 Yale 3 0 2--5 First period Scoring 1) 1 Harvard Farrell (Body, Cohagan) 8:18. 2) 2 Harvard Gustafson (Baird, Konik) 11:33. PPG 3) 1 Yale Allen (Leroux, Duffy) 15:48. PPG 4) 2 Yale Lavish (Maltby, Kaufmann) 17:49. 5) 3 Yale Duffy (Kaufmann, Leroux) 19:52. PPG Penalities 3:46 Harvard Nielsen (slashing); 9:37 Yale Cochran (cross-checking); 14:19 Harvard Flomenhoft (roughing); 18:34 Harvard Drury (delay of game) Second period Scoring 6) 3 Harvard Gustafson (Baird, Lonsinger) 4:35. 5-3 PPG 7) 4 Harvard Coughlin (Konik, Cohagan) 9:19. Penalities 1:27 Yale Weidenbach (interference); 3:48 Yale Duffy (hitting from behind); 4:19 Yale Weidenbach (slashing); 11:29 Yale Duffy (hooking); 13:49 Yale Nyberg (holding); 14:10 Harvard [finally] Flomenhoft (holding); 17:59 Yale Cochran (cross-checking); 20:00 Harvard Gustafson (4 minutes--roughing), Yale Cipolla (roughing) Third period Scoring 8) 4 Yale Kaufmann (Lavish, Leroux) 1:42. PPG 9) 5 Yale Emmons (Cipolla) 8:55. 10) 5 Harvard Mallgrave (unassisted) 9:42. Penalities 11:18 Harvard Marett (hooking) OT--No scoring or penalities Power plays Yale 3/6 Harv 2/7 Final shots Yale 37 Harv 32 You must excuse me, I'm still a little bit hot. This was a game that Yale could have won, much like last year's 5-5 tie at the Whale. Last year, Coach Taylor started the junior, John Hockin, over the freshman, Todd Sullivan. This year, Taylor started the senior Hockin over the sophomore Sullivan. Sullivan has played very fine goal all season; Hockin has been hurt and just began to practice this week. Among the people in the know before the game, there was much hanging of heads. I don't mind getting beat when we play our players, but when our best goalie sits on the bench on the basis of "senority," you wonder whether this team will ever go anywhere. Between Hockin and the defense, we were lucky to tie this game. It was a frustrating game to watch on several counts. We outplayed the Crimson, and found ourselves down 2-0 on two soft goals. (The seconsd goal was a team effort. Two Yale players headed behind the net to hit the man while keeping the puck in the crease. We had been doing a fine job of killing he penalty till that point. By rights, Gustafson should have buried it somewhere, but instead he got off a weak shot 5-hole that should have found Hockin's stick instead of the back of the net.) The final four minutes were all Yale, however, as the pressure we put on Aaron Israel (who played very well all night) began to pay off. At 18:34 with the score tied the referees began to mar what had been a pretty well officiated game. After letting heavy hitting go on both sides, they called Drury for playing footsie with the face-off circle. He definately broke the rules. As a ref, you can eithert do one of two things: let it go or call it. They decided to call it, but felt pangs of remorse when Yale scored with eight seconds left in the period. And so, Yale found themselves whistled three times in the first five minutes of the second, resulting in a 5-3 goal. Harvard ended up getting six of their seven power plays in the period, effectively taking Yale out of any offensive flow. The refs, however, again felt guilty, and manufactured a power play for Yale at the end of the period. Yale made good on their chance at 1:42 to tie the game. Dave Emmons put Yale on top 5-4 with a slapper from twenty feet out at 8:55, and that should have been the game winner. But Hockin let in another soft one at 9:42. The defense let the puck get away from them, but Hockin was clearly not ready for the shot. Down the stretch and in OT, Israel stoned the Bulldogs. At least the refs had the sense to put away the whistles in the third. It was another disappointing tie for Yale against Harvard. I can only hope that Taylor doesn't have the urge to put his backup goalie into any other key games this year. -- If I could do one thing Rob Callum I would try to write and sing [log in to unmask] A song that ends your questioning And makes you believe in me. --Dan Fogelberg