"We just stood there," Fusco said of the botched opportunity. "We got two men up and just think we're gonna score."
The fine penalty killing effort took the life out of the icemen and caused the decorum-minded home crowd to break into a long chorus of "Harvard Sucks."
Halfway through the first period, referee John Galipeau took control of the game. His officiating led to eight penalties, four on each side, and a penalty shot in the first stanza.
The Elis first goal came in an unusual fashion. During a Yale power play, Galipeau whistled Crimson defenseman Mark Benning for falling on a loose puck in the crease.
Galipeau awarded the home side a penalty and Yale's outsanding center Randy Wood (two goals, two assists) took full advantage of the opportunity. His feint put Blair down, and he beat him to the stickside at 10:13.
Twenty-eight seconds later, with Crimson defenseman Nick Carone in the penalty box, Eli Eric Borg took a long feed deep in the Bulldog end, sent Blair sprawling to the ice with a tremendous fake, and shot the puck in.
THE NOTEBOOK: The Crimson squares off against Brown tonight.