Want to know what it feels like to be embarrassed?

Ask any member of the Harvard men's hockey team, he'll be able tell you.

After taking part in Saturday's 6-5 loss to Brown, every Harvard hockey player knows what embarrassment is.

It is allowing an inferior Brown club--which Harvard had just beaten 4-2 last Tuesday in Providence--to come into Cambridge and make the previously undefeated Crimson look like a group of chumps in front of the 2147 in attendance.

But you can forget the fact that Harvard (4-1-1, ECAC 4-1-1) is no longer undefeated.

You can also forget that Brown's win was the first over Harvard at Bright Arena in 11 years.

The lesson of this game can't be learned from the streaks broken in it.

The real lesson is that this season's Harvard squad has to play 60 minutes of good hockey to win.

And Saturday night, Harvard simply didn't play good hockey for 60 minutes.

While the offense produced a solid number of goals, it wasted plenty of opportunities, including going 0-5 on power plays.

The Crimson defense, without the services of Captain Kevin Sneddon for the second game in a row, had its worst outing of the year, conceding more goals than it had in Harvard's last three contests combined.

Want a taste of some of Saturday's action?

Take what was undoubtably the most discouraging opposing goal of the young season. It came with Brown up 5-4 with 5:44 elapsed in the third period and Harvard threatening to tie on a power play.

Bears defenseman Mike Brewer weaved his way past the entire Crimson defense--unmolested--from the blue line to the goalie's crease. Once there, he, apparent ease, backhanded the eventual game-winner past Roy.

Embarrassing?