The Harvard hockey team may be resting atop a volcano.

The Crimson is sitting on the throne and outside the castle, within sight, the peasants are revolting.

Don't look now, Harvard, someone may be gaining on you.

The ECAC world--that hockey orb over which Harvard rules--has spun wildly out of control. Since the Crimson's three-week layoff for exams (and its annual excursion into the Lost Kingdom, know as the Bean--looked like they were hit over the head with a--pot), Harvard's league rivals have been battering each other. A few teams have been getting the better of the battering.

Remember Cornell?

The mediocre team the Crimson took care of, 3-1, in Ithaca, N.Y., in the beginning of December? The once sub-.500 Big Red is now 10-4, and has won six straight games.

Cornell is now fourth in the league.

Clean Sweep

Remember Clarkson?

The mediocre team the Crimson handled, 5-3, in mid January? The Golden Knights swept RPI and Vermont (the same Vermont squad the Crimson fell to in early January) on the road last weekend.

Clarkson is now fifth in the league.

Remember Yale?

The midget-league team the Crimson destroyed twice, 7-2 in New Haven and 8-1 in Cambridge? The Elis have won five of their last six games.

After sliding to a 1-8 start, Yale is now in ninth place in the league a point out of eighth place and a league playoff spot.

Harvard rested. The league kept running.