Harvard goalie Tripp Tracy stopped the charge, but was felled by a storming Mike Bavis in the process. Junior Sean "Riddick Bowe" McCann gave "Michael Dokes" Bavis a lesson he wouldn't soon forget, reprimanding the Terriers' insolence with a quick jab to Bavis' jaw. Knockdown. No penalty for Harvard. Power play over for BU.
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Hype Begins: The public campaigning for the Hobey Baker is now in full swing. Harvard, traditionally reserved in its hype for its athletic teams, now has a release touting "Harvard's Hobey Baker Candidate" Ted Drury. The yellow flyer includes a brief personal profile, 1992-93 statistics and highlights of this season.
Speaking of the Hobey, Monday's game was scheduled to be a marquis matchup between two top candidates for college hockey's most valuable player: Drury and BU Captain David Sacco. The line score says the battle was a draw, a goal and an assist for each. Then again, Drury did lead his team to victory. He also won most valuable player for the Beanpot.
So much for Sacco. The only other guy left is Maine's Paul Kariya. If he would agree to come to town, we wouldn't have to wait. We could settle this Hobey business right here and now.
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NOTES: BU senior Scott Cashman struggled earlier this season to hold onto the starting goalie position, forced to watch as Coach Jack Parker experimented with sophomores J.P. McKersie and Derek Herlofsky.
He won back the spot, however, and played strongly in net in both Beanpot games, winning the Eberly Trophy for most outstanding goaltender (based strictly on percentages in case you're wondering why Tracy didn't get the honor he deserved) in the tournament.
He is the first goalie to ever win it twice and closes his career with a 5-1 mark in Beanpot games...Martins certainly didn't have too much trouble with Cashman, however. He burned the BU goalie at 15:14 of the first period for Harvard's first goal.
"It was right off the face-off," Martins said. "Cashman was playing a bit to the right. I didn't really look [for the hole]. I just took the shot."
After handing the Crimson its first ECAC loss last Friday, Rensselaer went on to shut down Brown in a 5-2 victory and to move within three points of Harvard in the conference.
Harvard didn't have much luck on the power play against RPI, but clicked at 50 percent Monday, going one-for-two...Was Monday's game particularly physical? A quick look at the penalties seems to indicate that. Five of 11 penalties were for hitting after the whistle. BU's Mike Davis collected two of them.