Saturday night at Bright was a game only a control freak could like. The Big Red were locked into their various schemes which seemed to not including scoring chances. Harvard again played its control game and looked like they were waiting for Monday night. Steve Martins (Chris Baird, Derek Maguire) opened the soring with a power play goal. His power slap shot from the weak side slot drilled its way home. The setup pass from the point was very dangerous and could have resulted in a Cornell break away. In the second period, Martins (Sean McCann, Baird) made it 2-0 on another power play goal when he buried a rebound off the post. In the final period, Brian Farrell (Martins, Maguire) was able to tip a wonderful pass high into the net. Martins perception and remarkable pass with the goalie down made the goal. Joe Craigen (Stuart Swenson) finished the scoring with an empty net goal. Harvard had managed a break away as Cornell tried to score with six attackers. The Big Red came out in the first period with energy. The problem to me appears to be, like Harvard, that energy is not channelled in an attacking manner. Their checking schemes are nice, but they need to create scoring chances. The line of Shaun Hannah, Brad Chartrand and Geoff Lopatka were the most interesting. Goalie Andy Bandurski was very solid in net. He looks like a tough puck stopper. All in all, it was very good of Cornell to let Harvard play their control game, but ... The Crimson played a very boring game. Marco Ferreri filled in for an injured (?) Ashlin Halfnight and played fairly well on D. Maguire and Body both had very strong games. Maguire's intelligent passing was one of the few joys of this match. Martins had an excellent game finishing, though his lovely pass to Farrell was my favorite play of the night. First-year player Joe Craigen played a wonderful match. He was skating hard all night. He is improving rapidly and is becoming a real asset for Harvard. Ben Coughlin and Perry Cohagan had one nice shorthanded break in attempt. It proved they can skate, pass and use each other in a brilliant manner. A player who has been off the boil, but looks to be ready to have some big games is Cory Gustafson. Look for him in the near future. Overall not my kind of game. ______________ / good shooting rhun _____________/