With a man from each team in the in bin, the Fusco-MacDonald combination struck again at 11-58.
After Fusco won a face off in the Cornell end. McDonald fed the puck back out to the junior from behind the net. The 1984 Olympian beat Dadswell between the legs from the slot for a 3-2 Harvard lead.
Cornell's Peter Natyshak scored a minute later after a Seramble in front of he net.
The Harvard fourth line got a crucial score just three minutes after that, when Peter Follows stole the puck at his own blue line and skated into the Cornell zone. He split Dadswell's skates from 35 feet out, giving his squad a 4-3 advantage.
Harvard's second line, which has been struggling of late, notched a score two minutes later, when Andy Janfaza (just back from a shoulder injury) led Peter Chrallei near the goal for a stuff shot and the two-goal lead.
It took Cornell eight seconds to get the Chairelli score back, as Natyshak broke in off the faccoif and look the feed from Joe Nicuwendyk for the quick shot and the goal.
"You never let em score in the last two minutes of a period." Blair said. "It's a cardinal rule of hockey."
The Crimson broke that cardinal rule again just over 20 minutes later, giving Cornell the tie.
"This is the hardest place in the nation for us to get a point," Blair said.
"It's a tough one to give up when you're here," Coach Cleary said. "But the freshmen hung right and did a hell of a job."
Over the two plus hours of playing time, particularly in the remarkable tie at Lynah, the entire squad did a hell of a job.
"It reminds me," Smith said, "of a certain team a couple of years ago."