"He's our spiritual leader and a great player," forward Ed Krayer said. "But we still should have won."
They had won before.
Without him.
A month ago, Harvard won the quarterfinal round of the ECAC tournament.
And Fusco--who had separted his shoulder in the Crimson's last game of the regular season--was in the stands.
Allen Bourbeau stepped into Fusco's spot on the first-line.
Tim Barakett killed penalties.
Rob Ohno was designated captain.
"We played well without him," Ohno said. "I thought we could do it again."
Friday, Tim Smith smacked in three goals to help the Crimson to a 5-2 victory over Denver.
The number one team in the country fell to a team playing without its number one player.
Saturday, the Crimson took a 2-1 first period lead and led, 4-3, at the end of the second stanza thanks to Bourbeau's hat trick.
Deceiving
It looked like Harvard could win without the man who had pumped in 24 goals and recorded 44 assists on the year.
It looked like the Crimson didn't need Scott Fusco after all.
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