But Fusco's head was hanging down; the team could see it and so could the small group of fans who remained to see the sixth and final period of last night's twinbill--and so could Crimson Coach Bill Cleary.

"He's been talking to himself," Cleary said.

And as Fusco jumped to the ice for shift after shift--Cleary having long abandoned his usual four-line system--the truth seemed to get clearer.

With just three minutes gone in the third period, the Captain got a feed from defenseman Mark Benning 10 feet in front of the net. And Fusco fell down.

His clear glass faceshield kept his skin from actually touching the ice, but Fusco had fallen on his face.

Scott Fusco was never going to score again.

Fortunately, this story does have a happy ending. Remember that Fusco is a hero. The 5-ft., 9-in., 175-lb. center is a bigger-than-life athlete whose talents seem to grow to meet the urgency of the moment.

Still trailing 4-0 last night, the Crimson needed redemption. As the clock ticked down, Harvard was clearly headed for yet another consolation game. Yet another 5:30 fiasco in front of five thousand chattering gossips--a hockey game in a hotel lobby.

At 15:18 of the third period, B.C. goalie Gordon--who had kept Fusco and the rest of the Crimson off the board with some truly marvelous stops--drew a penalty for throwing his stick. Just 12 seconds later, Scott Fusco tucked home the rebound of a Lane MacDonald shot.

It was the 95th goal of his career, his 12th this year and his fourth in Beanpot play. And his first in a very long time.

Three minutes later, Fusco did it again.

But for a local kid it was a night to forget. Four Beanpots and no victories that really meant anything, four Beanpots and nothing to brag about. For Fusco and the other seniors, it was tragic.

Scott Fusco did do something for his class, however. When the seniors left the Garden ice, they weren't part of the first Harvard squad ever to be shutout in the Beanpot. Fusco had given the Crimson something--two goals--to remember and prevented tragedy from becoming catastrophe.