It was Waslen who set off last year's Harvard-Colgate brawl in the second game of the opening round of the ECAC tournament.

With Colgate down 1-0 in the two-game series and losing 5-1 in the second game, Waslen kicked a prone Blair, setting off a three-minute, bench-clearing rumble.

Slater tried to restrain him, but Waslen escaped and proceded to deck several Crimson players before being ejected from the contest.

But last night, Waslen threw no punches.

"I try to learn from my mistakes," he said.

And despite his valiant efforts, he couldn't punch a shot past Blair.

"Blair played well," Waslen said. "I had the shots but he came up with the saves."

Like his team, Waslen seemed tame last night. And he was the one being dumped on the ice by the Crimson icemen, not the other way around.

With nine minutes left in the second period, Waslen slapped a shot from the right that Blair deflected.

But the Wahz had an opportunity to pay Harvard back with three minutes left in the second stanza.

The Crimson owned a 2-0 lead, but the Raiders had a power-play and Waslen--his team's Most Valuable Player the last two years--was on the ice.

A goal was needed. And all eyes turned to the Wahz.

But Waslen and his mates again failed to put the puck in the net.

And don't think Colgate's leading scorer didn't feel any pressure.

"In a close hockey game, the guys are always looking to me for a goal," Waslen said. "On the bench they were saying we need a big goal and they were looking at number 16."

But last night, the Wahz simply wasn't.