The two best goaltenders in the country square off tonight at Bright Center at 7:30 p.m.

The stat sheet says that if Harvard's Grant Blair plays his standard game and Vermont's Tom Draper his, the Crimson will squeak out a hard-fought defensive battle.

The stat sheet also says that the score will be 2.85-2.50.

And that's why you have to look at more than that.

First, Blair and Draper are not the only players on the ice tonight. Sure, they have well-padded ottomans strapped to their legs, but that doesn't make them that much cooler than everyone else.

And Harvard's got it all over UVM in the everyone-else column.

Start with Scott Fusco, he's the ECAC's leading scorer, he may be the best player in college hockey--everyman he's not.

Look at Al Bourbeau, who's scoring more than a goal a game and may return to the ice after a three game absence tonight.

That pair heads up a an offense that has rapped in a league-best 100 goals in league play.

Guess how many Vermont has?

Seventy-five, maybe 80, right?

Try 49, as in San Francisco, as in 11 less than you need on a test for a solid 'D.'

Now Vermont does have defense. Only one team in the ECAC has surrendered fewer scores than Draper and his solid blue-line corps.

Harvard.

Fusco doesn't even think that comparison is fair.