After leading, 2-0, late in the third period,Harvard cannot stop a Vermont comeback and loses,3-2, in overtime as David Browne nets thegame-winner.
March 11: Playing in front of a sparseGarden crowd, the Crimson rebounds from theVermont game and defeats Cornell, 6-3, in theconsolation game.
MacDonald's third-period goal, his 108th careertally, sets a new Harvard record.
The next day, when the NCAA tournamentselections are announced, Harvard receives betternews: the Crimson receives a bye and will host aWestern club at Bright in two weeks.
March 24-25: Lake Superior State, thedefending national champion, skates into Brightfor an NCAA quarterfinal series. After a pair ofsub-par performances, Lake Inferior State limpsout of Cambridge.
Harvard uses the power play to defeat theLakers, 4-2, in the opener, and Ciavaglia nets hisfirst collegiate hat trick to power the Crimson toa 5-2 second-game win.
March 30: Tonight against MichiganState, Roy rules.
The freshman goalie records 30 saves andfrustrates every Spartan at the St. Paul CivicArena, especially Hobey Baker candidate BobbyReynolds, who thought he saw the empty net untilRoy's stick stopped his shot.
Ed Krayer scores the final two goals of thegame as Harvard avenges The Loss and stopsMichigan State, 6-3.
April 1: In what will be remembered asone of the best-played college hockey games ever,Harvard edges Minnesota, 4-3 in overtime, tocapture the NCAA title.
Krayer backhands a shot past Gopher goalie RobbStauber in sudden-death to quiet the partisanMinnesota crowd and start a Crimson celebration.Donato is named tournament MVP. Two days later,MacDonald is awarded the Hobey Baker Award.
No one is rusty that night in St. Paul.