The Red Raiders stave off a third-period Harvard comeback, and Craig Woodcroft earns his Eagle Scout badge as he tallies with only 21 seconds left in OT to give Colgate a 5-4 win.

February 12: MacDonald holds the 'Pot aloft. Ed Presz holds the 'Pot aloft. Everybody holds the 'Pot aloft. Everybody smiles. Except the B.U. Terriers, 9-6 losers to the Crimson in the Beanpot championship.

MacDonald wins the MVP award and talks about Bourbeau. Cleary wins his 300th game and talks about MacDonald. Everybody smiles.

February 17: Coach Cleary discovers that the blue line goes to the airport, but not to Burlington, Vt.

Minus several defensemen, the Crimson wins the battle of the Big Macs, 5-3, and knocks one more team off its ECAC checklist.

Vermont's Kyle McDonough gives the Catamounts an early 2-0 lead. MacDonald scores Harvard's first goal before sitting down with a head injury. Young, Weisbrod and Donato finish the job.

February 18: Young is flattened. Josh Caplan is bashed. MacDonald never sets foot on the ice. But Harvard hangs on to defuse the Engineers, 4-3 in overtime, to end a six-game road streak.

Donato scores the winning goal 7:13 into OT. RPI Coach Mike Addesa talks about frustration. Cleary talks about finally going home. And the team talks about going to McDonald's on the way back to Cambridge.

February 24: Showdown II. The Saints march into Cambridge thinking about the ECAC regular-season title. The Saints march out with a 4-2 loss and second place in the league.

Junior defenseman Scott McCormack returns to the ice for the first time since early January and nets a goal only 1:40 into the game. Young tallies the game-winner on the power-play. Harvard nabs its fourth-straight league crown.

February 25: Bright Center rocks as MacDonald nets a hat trick, his 100th career goal and the game-winner. The Crimson (24-2, 20-2) closes the ECAC season with a 7-5 win over Clarkson.

MacDonald finishes the game with five points, and Ciavaglia walks off with the ECAC scoring title.

March 3-4: Playoff time, and RPI's in town. Must mean Young is due for another hat trick.

For the third straight year, Young nets three against the Engineers in the playoffs. Harvard wins, 7-3, to jump ahead in the two-game series.

In Game Two, the Crimson is a gracious host, playing the game by its guest's rules. The penalty box gets more visitors than the concession stand, but Harvard remembers how to skate and score in time.