"At the beginning of the season, if someone had told me we would be 13-1 at the break, I would have taken it," Harvard Coach Bill Cleary said.

When the Crimson's season resumes it will have eight league game left to play--six of them at home.

The hard part of the season is over. By and by, last night will be forgotten.

"We're not invincible," Harvard forward Ed Krayer said. "On any given night, we can lose. But I don't think there was any doubt--on either side--about who was the better team tonight. Maybe this will just make us a little hungrier the next time."

Ingalls Rink has always been a house of dearth for Harvard. In its last eight games at Ingalls, the Crimson is 0-6-2.

"It's a pit," Yale Coach Tim Taylor said. "It's supposed to be a pit."

The rink comes equipped with wild--and sometimes rude-fans.

"The crowd was loud," Crimson Captain Peter Chiarelli said. "And they were spitting on us."

Last year the Crimson opened its season in Ingalls and lost, 7-5. This year the Crimson had the pleasure of waiting out--and winning--15 games before it came back.

But last night, Harvard had to return. Invincibility was due for another test. And Ingalls was ready.

"The streak had to end sometime," Chiarelli said. "Last year we lost our first game. This year, we lost our 16th. We'll come back."