With seven minutes remaining in the second period of Saturday night's Harvard Cornell hockey contest, 11 seconds into a Harvard power play, high-scoring Crimson winger Lane MacDonald took the puck to the right edge of the Cornell crease, set it firmly on the backhand side of his stick and flipped it high into the net over diving Big Red netminder Don Fawcett.
Ken O' Worms
The tally was Harvard's second power play score of the evening and another examples of the Crimson's season-long pre-eminence in the crucial areas of both short handed and man-advantage play.
When skaters were serving time in the penalty box Saturday night, the Crimson dominates its upstate New York rivals in every aspect of play.
After being stymied on its first three power-play opportunities by a rushing Cornell defense, Harvard went into an attacking pattern called the "umbrella" and converted two of the next three man-up chances.
In turn, the icemen prevented Cornell from scoring a single goal in six power-play opportunities. And to add insult to injury, Jerry Pawloski tucked home the third.
Should a Harvard hockey fan of the future want
to understand what a typical games like for the
1986-87 Crimson, he would do well to watch the
videotape of Saturday's Cornell contest.
In the icemen's 3-0 victory over the Big Red,
the Crimson exhibited all of the elements which
has made it the ECAC's most dominating team this
season.
The defense, backed by the play of the
conference's leading goalie, Dickie McEvoy, shut
down a group of bigger skaters who tried to bully
the speedy Harvard players and disrupt their
skating game.
Offensively, Harvard was sparked by its special
teams, as a spirited Bright Center crowd of 3350
cheered the Crimson to its 28th straight game at
home without a loss. Forward Lane MacDonald
spearheaded the attack, scoring two goals in a
contest for the 10th time this season.
Saturday's victory marked the ninth time in 19
victories this year that Harvard has won by three
goals, and again left the opposition muttering.
"I thought the game was well played, and we
were in it up until the end," Cornell mentor Lou
Reycroft said.
It was just another day at the office for the
Crimson, which appears to have recovered from its
recent difficulties. After dropping three of its
previous five contests.
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