Jame MacDonald's game winning goal at 6:10 of the third period Monday night against Boston College at the Garden was important for a number of reasons.

First and Foremost, the goal broke a 55 tie and stopped a run of five straight B.C, goals.

Second, it gave the Crimson (15.32 overall 12.21ECAC) its first wining Beanpot plan in eight tries (and the team's senior their first ever Beanpot victory).

Third, it won Harvard coach Bill clear his 200th game.

Finally, it gave McDonald his 16th goal of the year, which tied junior Scott Fusco Harvard record for goals by a freshman.

Ironically Fusco made the initial play to set up his left wing's goal and he will more likely than not, also set up. Mac Donald's record breaking first goal later this season.

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McDonald's older brother, Lowell, will be in town Friday night when his Colgate team (6.9 FCAC) Varsity Bright Center at 7:30 p.m.

The Crimson squeaked by the Red Raiders, 6.5 early in the season on a Peter Follows goal with just 51 seconds to play that forced an overtime, and a Fusco score with just 51 second to go in the extra period.

Colgate, however, has dropped its last five ECAC games

Lane, incidentally, won the battle of the McDonalds in the early season showdown, outscoring his brother 2:1.

Fusco's overtime tally salvaged a poor effort by the icemen, who were visibly tired after a grueling 5.5 overtime marathon with Cornell at Lynah Rink the night before.

Saturday, the crimson (7-1-1 Ivy) Bosts Cornell (11-3-1 ECAC, 5-0-1 lvy) for the lvy championship,

The red hot Big red has now won eight in a row and quietly moved and third place in the ECAC standings victory Saturday would put it in with Harvard for second place in the league standings.

Harvard and Cornell have tied for the crown both of the last two years and a crimson victory coupled with Big Red wins over Dartmouth Brown and Yale would once against throw the schools into a deadlock.