Game one: Hockey, hockey, hockey, hockey weekend. Bright Hockey Center. Amid the sea of yawning tan trench coats, the derby game between Harvard and Yale unfolded as a very even affair, despite what the score suggests. These days the Bulldogs and the Crimson play the same in-your-face, shut-it-down style of hockey. I feel they also have a similar amount of talent. If you are looking for "total-hockey", these two teams seem to ge going for just that. Harvard opening the scoring in the first period on goal by Ted Drury (Chris Baird, Sean McCann). Drury was behind the net, and when he sent a centering pass out front, it deflected off a defensive player, and into the net. You could feel this goal coming, as Harvard was playing with alot of confidence from their Beanpot victory. The end of the first period and the first half of the second saw what seemed to be an endless series of penalties on the Elis. The reason for them: third line center Steve Martins. To his credit, he was creating many scoring chances for himself and his linemates. Un- fortunately Martins dives alot. Fortunately the refs. caught onto his act pretty quickly. The second goal was a power play goal by Steve Flomenhoft (Martins, Tom Holmes) put in off a rebound in the left slot. Alittle while later in the second period, another power play goal by Matt Mallgrave (Baird, Drury) was a nice three-way passing play. The fourth goal, also a power play goal, was scored by Baird (Brian Farrell, Mallgrave) and came off a nice deflection on a low shot from the left point. Yale got its only goal of the game on a power play when Jack Duffy (Mark Kaufmann, Peter Allen) tipped a shot from close range. The third period was scoreless. I liked the play of Kaufmann, James Lavish and Martin Leroux for Yale. That line looked like it could get real hot. Dan Brierley on defense played a solid game, and made a few long break out passes. For Harvard I loved the play of Martins (when he didn't dive). He is instant offense, something the team needs. His line (Ben Coughlin, Martins, Kirk Nielsen) often created the most interesting plays. Michel Breistroff played a strong game on defense, standing up on his blue line well. Drury created space for his teammates with some of his lovely passes. Overall it was a good tense match. _____________ / good shooting rhun _____________/