February 17, 1985: Cornell forward Dave Shippel dribbled a shot off a face-off past Harvard goalie Grant Blair four minutes into overtime. Blair was stunned. Then he was angry. No goal, he insisted to the referee. It had not crossed the line, he yelled. It had not touched the net. Cornell 5, Harvard 4.

February 16, 1986: It was the biggest goal Lane MacDonald never scored. With seven minutes leftin overtime and Harvard on the power play, Crimsondefenseman Randy "Bud" Taylor fired a shot fromthe point. It screamed past Cornell goalie DougDadswell and into the back of the net. Theofficial scorer gave MacDonald, who had beenhanging out near the goal mouth, credit for thegoal. After the game, MacDonald admitted he hadnot touched the puck. Harvard 4, Cornell 3.

Not surprisingly, the Big Red and the Crimsonare traditionally the two toughest teams in theECAC. Cornell has won the most leaguechampionships--seven. Harvard is second with four.

Cornell and Harvard have the only winningrecords in ECAC Tournament play. Cornell is41-16-1, Harvard 36-19-1.

Puck Pluck

But for all the excitement, this match-up hasalso turned bitter. Cornell's Pettit was calledfor a five-minute major in the '71 match-up fortwice drawing Crimson blood. In 1985, CornellTri-Captain Mike Schafer tried to hit HarvardCoach Bill Cleary with a puck. Schafer fired fromcenter ice. The puck missed Cleary's head byinches.

Harvard-Cornell can get ugly. But it is neverdull