Despite all the work for the penalty timekeeper, only three of the 11 goals came on power play opportunities: Pirus's at 3:09 of the first period, Hogan's at 11:57 of the second, and Roth's tally in the third.
Great Lakes Tournaments
Harvard's icemen, unbeaten in seven games, entered the December 27-28 Great Lakes Invitational Tournament in Detroit with hopes of avenging last year's NCAA semifinal overtime loss to Michigan Tech by defeating the Huskies in the Tournament finals.
Instead, the Crimson six were upset, 3-2, in the semifinal round by the University of Michigan, who overcame a 2-0 Harvard lead with three goals in the final period.
All-American Michigan netminder Robbie Moore played superbly, repeatedly saving his team as the Wolverines were outshot, 41-22. The junior from Chatham, Ontario, who underwent knee surgery at the beginning of the season, finished the tournament with 76 stops over two games.
Michigan Tech defeated Yale, 7-3, in the other semifinal contest, and then edged Michigan, 3-2, to win the tournament. The Wolverines, after rallying to nip Harvard the previous night, fell prey to a Tech comeback, blowing a 2-0 lead in the final five minutes of play.
Harvard crushed Yale, 8-3, in the consolation game on goals by Ted Thorndike (two), Todd Nieland, Dan Boldue, Phelps Swift, Paul Haley, captain Randy Roth and Jim McMahon.
The Crimson loss to the Wolverines was particularly surprising because three of Michigan's regular skaters, including first-line winger Frank Werner and top scorer Angie Moretto, were under a one-game suspension for fighting.
First Blood
Boldue drew first blood in the Michigan tilt, slipping home a perfect goal-mouth pass from linemate Dave Bell at 18:22 of the opening period. Boldue, assisted by Bell and Kevin Burke, scored again seven minutes into the second stanza, extending Harvard's lead to 2-0.
The Crimson held off the Wolverines until midway through the final period, when Ben Kawa scored on a low screen shot at 8:35. Don Dufek, a 6 ft., 1 in., 195-lb. football star, knocked a rebound past Crimson goalie Brian Petrovek at 13:49 to knot the score.
Kris Manery, a brother of Randy of the Atlanta Flames, sent a shot over Petrovek's left shoulder three minutes later to notch the winning goal.
St. Louis
Harvard left Detroit with an 8-1-0 record, still 4-0 in the Ivy League and 7-0 in ECAC play. On January 3 the team demolished St. Louis, 13-3, in the first of a two-game weekend series on the Billikens' home ice. The second contest, played last night, concluded Harvard's six-game holiday schedule.
Roth and McMahon each scored the hat trick to lead the Crimson to its 13-3 rout. Harvard jumped ahead, 10-0, before Rick Kennedy collected the Billikens' first tally during the second period. The 13 Crimson goals were the most ever allowed in one game by a St. Louis University team.