Who else but the player cited as having perhaps the best such weapon on the team?

That would be junior Brad Konik, who wears number 10, the same uniform number that Sean McCann '94 donned when he turned the onetimer into an art last year.

"One thing I've been having a problem with," Konik said, "is that I'm getting caught in between going to the net...or being up high and being that shooter (of the one timer)."

So what changed Konik's approach?

"Coach made a specific point to say that I want you shooting every possible chance you get up top," Konik said. "We just worked it over to get the one-timer going."

Ah, the effects of a "heart-to-heart chat."

Late in the game, Konik fired a one-timer that appeared to ricochet off the back of the net, but was not ruled a goal. Would the chance ever arise again?

With less than a minute to play, one final opportunity surfaced. Steve Martins saw Konik open in the high slot, and as the junior reared and fired, Kirk Nielsen was Johnny-on-the-spot to tip the shot past the Elinetminder.

Thirty-seven seconds remained in the game, and for once, the chips fell Harvard's way.

"We were optimistic that we just had to keep working," said Konik about the loss to Princeton. "But that didn't happen until the last minute of the game."

In a remarkable contrast to the night before, the Harvard players did not get on themselves because the breaks were not going their way.

"Eventually (against Yale) we got a couple of breaks and we needed them," Konik said. "We needed them bad."

Welcome back, one-timer. We hope you're here to stay.