George McManama scored on the power play at 8:20, and after Toronto's Terry Peterham tied the game again three minutes later. Crimson reserve Red Jahncke scored his first varsity goal at 13:29 to put Harvard ahead 4-3. But Mike Boland beat Durno at the 18-minute mark to tie the contest after two periods, and now it became a question of whether or not Harvard could hold on.

For a while it appeared that they would. After Boland scored again at 4:02 of the final period to push the Blues ahead, Paul beat Toronto goalie Adrian Watson 29 seconds later to bring Harvard even. But then, slowly but gradually, the tide began to turn.

The Crimson, beginning to tire from the rough Canadian style, was experiencing unusual trouble clearing, and Toronto forwards, who managed only 15 shots on Durno in the first 40 minutes, bombarded him with 17 in the final period.

At the eight-minutes, Toronto stormed the Harvard zone, and in less than ten seconds put six point-blank shots on the net. Durno stopped five, but the sixth, which gave Boland the hat-trick, beat Harvard. The Crimson pulled Durno with a minute remaining, but Toronto's Brian St. John stole the puck at his own blue-line, outraced the Harvard defense, and flipped a shot into the open net for the second goal.

Harvard was eliminated. but the loss, which will not hurt the Crimson in the ECAC ranking, may have been valuable. Next Wednesday Harvard plays a grudge match at Brown, which hits like Toronto, but doesn't skate as well. Harvard should be sufficiently prepared for it.

And the victory in the ECAC tournament two weeks ago added two wins to the Crimson's Eastern record, including an encouraging 4-3 triumph over Clarkson. to establish the Crimson fairly securely in third place, at least until this weekend.

Drubbing

One of the victories, a 9-3 drubbing of Army, was expected. The Clarkson triumph was not, especially in light of Harvard's sub-par efforts of the previous week. Ma ched against a squad that had nearly everyone returning from the team that gave Harvard fits at Potsdam, and later, in the ECAC semifinals last winter, Harvard scored two early tallies on Clarkson goaler Bruce Bullock, one of the East's best, and added two more in the first two minutes of the second period, to coast to 4-1 into the final session.

Then came the slump. Clarkson slipped a second goal past Durno at 1:21 and a third at 8:26, but Harvard held on. even in the face of a last-minute penalty.

So Harvard is 5-2 in ECAC play, and has valuable experience from Montreal under its belt. With games at Brown and against Cornell, the Crimson may need it.