Roadblock number three needs no introduction.

He's goaltender Jamie Falle, and he almost single-handedly stopped the Crimson from reaching the ECAC final last year.

Falle held Harvard to only one goal for 59 minutes of that contest, only to see Fusco knock in a shot with 52 seconds remaining to give the Crimson a 2-1 victory.

Falle is the fourth-rated goalie in the ECAC with a 3.23 goals-against average. He stopped 31 shots and allowed only a single goal in Clarkson's 3-1 victory over RPI Friday.

And then there's roadblock number four--Andy Otto.

He's a scrappy defeseman.

He chases the Harvard offense out of the Clarkson end.

He's annoying.

"They have a good defenseman in Otto," Crimson wing Tim Barakett says. "He likes to carry the puck of their end. The game will be won in their end."

Otto has scored four goals and recorded 26 assists on the year.

Roadblock number five isn't a player. It's Boston Garden, where the Cantabs are 1-1 this year.

The Garden is small and Bright Center--the Crimson's home rink--is big.

Harvard goalie Grant Blair, who likes big rinks, had trouble with his angles in the Crimson's 4-2 Beanpot loss to Boston College in the Garden.

He gave up three goals on B.C.'s first three shots.

"You can't worry about these things," Harvard Coach Bill Cleary says. "We just have to play our game and really go."