Someone should tell Harvard's freshmen forwards that the Crimson isn't supposed to be good outside of Bright Arena.

Apparently unaware of this, the freshmen have come out this year and made the Crimson a formidable road team.

Harvard (7-3-2 overall, 7-1-2 ECAC) completed a perfect three-game road trip Monday by beating Colgate, 5-4, in overtime in Hamilton, N.Y.

"It was great to be able to pull off the win," freshman forward Brad Konik said. "The upperclassmen talked to us a lot before the season started. They made it clear to us that we had to be good on the road."

Konik certainly took the advice to heart. With 1:18 remaining in the extra session, the forward tallied his second goal of the night to give Harvard the win and a share of the ECAC lead. The Crimson is now tied with seventh-ranked Clarkson with 16 points.

The Freshmen

For the season, Harvard is an unbelievable 6-0-1 on the road against ECAC squads. By comparison, Harvard went 2-5-0 in its first seven road games last year.

The difference?

The freshmen.

In addition to Konik's two tallies on Monday, fellow freshman Steve Martins collected a goal to account for a majority of the Crimson's attack. The freshman also combined for four assists in the game against Colgate.

"I think Clarkson has to respect us," Konik said. "We're a young team. But if we come out and play, we can beat anyone."

Sophomores Stepping Up

With the injuries to forwards Michel Breistroff and Brian Farrell, Harvard has gotten a boost from its bench.

Sophomores Chris Baird (playing on the second line with Cory Gustafson and Konik) and David Kilpatrick (fourth line with Perry Cohagen and Jim Coady) have filled in nicely in the past three contests.

Both Baird and Kilpatrick provided primary assists in the Colgate victory.