Just one minute into the third period, junior Peter Ciavaglia tied the game with the help of junior John Weisbrod and Young. Less than four minutes later, Harvard took the lead.

When a Ted Drury shot pulled Chretien out of the goal, junior Ted Donato hustled to the loose puck behind the net. Threading the needle between two Army defenders and Chretien, Donato found Young in front of the net. The senior right wing slammed a shot past the recovering netminder.

Sheridan and Chretien then gave Riley his biggest win ever.

"You've got to give them a lot of credit," Cleary said. "It's going to be harder this year than last year."

Cadets, 4-3 at Bright Center Harvard  1-0-2-3 Army  1-1-2-4

First Period--1, A, Paul Haggerty 1 (Chris Kindgren, Todd Tamburino) 4:54; 2, H, John Murphy 1 (Scott Barringer) 10:58. Penalties--H. Barringer (holding) 1:47; H, Kevan Melrose (hitting from behind) 3:24; A, Scott Williams (hit after whistle)5:49.

Second Period--3, A, Kevin Darby 1 (Rich Sheridan, Al Brenner) 9:22. Penalties-- A, Neil Minihane (cross-checking) 0:54; A, Bench (too many men) 2:17; H, Brian Popiel (hitting from behind) 15:00; H, Melrose (holding) 15:44.

Third Period--4, H, Peter Ciavaglia 1 (John Weisbrod, C.J. Young) 1:31; 5, H, Young 1 (Ted Donato, Ted Drury) 4:29; 6, A, Sheridan 1 (Tamburino) 7:40; A Sheridan 2 (Scott Schulze, Chris Kindgren) 11:39. Penalties--A, Todd Traczyk (holding) 1:42; H, Steven Flomenhoft (interference) 6:45; H, Tod Hartje (roughing) 12:29; A, Tamburino, (roughing) 12:29; H, Scott McCormack (interference) 12:42; H, Melrose (slashing) 14:11; A, Tamburino (high-sicking) 18:35.

Saves--H, Allain Roy 4-9-12--25; A, Brooks Chretien 7-14-10--31.

A: 3053.