At 16:40, Eagle Jim Herlihy took a very weak shot on goal from the top of the slot. Clearly meterssped the puck and tipped it past Devin into the Harvard net.

"Usually, I don't want to touch the puck a shot, but it was tolling so slowly," the younger Cleary said. "It just rolled off my stick and past him [Devin]."

Bob Sweeney and Doug Brown tallied for the Eagles in the first two and a half minutes of the final period to set the stage for McDonalds's goal.

After Harvard took the lead, the Crimson did a goal job of keeping Devin out of too much trouble, but with just 29 seconds left, the Eagles mounted one last charge.

"I stopped the puck behind the net and shot it up the boards," Devin said. "A kid got in the corner and he shot into Harlow in front. I got it on the left pad.

"It could a been scary."

But Devin did make the save and Harvard finally did earn that elusive Beanpot victory.

It was the consolation game, it wasn't for the championship of Boston, but it was a big triumph for a team that hasn't left the Garden in February with a smile in three years.

THE NOTEBOOK: 12 Crimson players earned at least a point...Nick Carone played in place of Scott Garden...Devin, who has now played in three games, has yet to make an appearance at Bright Center...The last three times that Harvard has finished third, the Crimson has won the tournament next year...Harvard outshot B.C., 15-28. The attendance was announced as 14,451 for both games, but even by the end of the third period, the Garden was less than full.