So, it's back to square one.

The Harvard men's hockey team, battered and bruised, will focus on the little things to prepare for tonight's game at Colgate.

"We've got to get back to the basics," Harvard senior Steve Martins said.

Blistered 5-2 by New Hampshire on Wednesday, the team's momentum from last weekend's decisive 4-1 win over Brown screeched to a halt.

"We didn't play with the same emotion that we had against Brown," Martins said. "We played well until we really just collapsed."

According to Brian Lonsinger, the breakdown was caused by a lack of concentration.

"Against New Hampshire, we played a good period and a half-but then we started beating ourselves," the senior defenseman said. "We made a lot of mental mistakes. The key is that we've got to concentrate on ourselves."

And that's exactly how the team spent its Thursday afternoon-concentrating on those little mistakes.

"We watched the film together today to see just how terrible we played," Martins said.

A cruel punishment? Not at all.

"Watching the film, we actually learned a lot about what we have to do to improve," Lonsinger said.

Martins pointed out a fundamental problem-the third period.

"We have a tendency to let up [in the third period]," he said. "We either let the other team catch up with us or we let them pull into the lead."

This letting up syndrome struck hard during the New Hampshire game. The Crimson blew its 2-0 lead, allowing the Wildeats to score five unanswered goals-three of which rudely came in the third period.

Now, the team marches away on an arduous campaign-seven straight regular season games on the road, beginning today against Colgate.