ST. PAUL, Minn.--Before last Saturday night, Ed Krayer's biggest claim to hockey fame was his unusually-low penalty minute total.

In 32 games, Krayer had only been sent to the box once.

But Saturday here at the St. Paul Civic Center, for a moment, Krayer was a star.

With 4:16 elapsed in overtime, Krayer connected on a Brian McCormack rebound and watched the puck slide past Minnesota goalie Robb Stauber. The red light lit up. Crimson sticks, gloves and helmets flew into the air.

Harvard had defeated the Golden Gophers, 4-3. The Crimson was the national champion.

And, suddenly, Ed Krayer was in the spotlight.

"I saw it cross the line and literally it took 15 minutes in my mind," Krayer said. "It was going super slo-mo. When it finally did cross the line, the emotion that came over me..."

He didn't know how to describe it. He wasn't used to crowds of reporters standing around him, television cameras flashing lights in his eyes. He had never been a big goal-scorer.

In the regular season, Krayer had scored 14 points. In eight playoff games, he scored 12 more.

The Final Four became his playground. In Harvard's 6-3 win over Michigan State Thursday, Krayer netted a pair of goals and an assist. Saturday he tallied only once. But it was the Big One.

Krayer grabbed the spotlight a little late--in the press box the officials asked for the All-Tournament team ballots during the break between the regulation and overtime periods.

Most likely, very few voters scrawled in the name Ed Krayer.

To them, Krayer was just another solid player on a Crimson team known for its depth. A team with many leaders and no stars, as Captain Lane MacDonald likes to say.

One look at the All-Tournament team results proved MacDonald right. Four Crimson names appeared on the list--none of them Krayer's. But neither were there any mistakes.

In true Crimson fashion, no one--not even Krayer--walked home with all the glory Saturday night.