But the young St. Lawrence squad would not quit. Near the end of the second period, Murphy flipped another loose puck past a crowd of players to bring the score to 5-2.

Going into the third period, the five goals scored had tied the most amount produced by the Crimson this year at home, but the marksmen would not let up.

Three fifty-four into the period, Kirk Nielsen sent the puck past Owen for a 6-2 lead.

The Saints rebounded with 10:18 left in the contest, when Jeff Kungle one-timed a pass from Tom Perry on a Saint power play, pulling St. Lawrence to within three goals again.

But Konik would put the game away for good. Less than a minute later, the junior came in on a 2-on-1 against Owen, and fired the puck between the freshman's legs for a 7-3 Crimson advantage.

"That was the capper on the night..it was kind of a `we finally did it, we finally got goals, we finally blew a team out,'" Konik said.

Michel Breistroff would put the nail in the coffin for Harvard, wristing a shot from the point with less than one minute left in the game.

"We've struggled here, and to come out with a big win like this was very important," Tomassoni said. "But this is only half the pie, we've got to get the other half tomorrow night."

HARVARD, 8-3 at Bright Hockey Center St. Lawrence  1  1  1  --  3 Harvard  2  3  3  --  8

First Period

Har--Martins (Cohagan, Konik) 4:20.

StL--B. Murphy (Cullen, Ladouceur) 12:59.

Har--McLaughin 15:18.

Second Period

Har--Hyland (Halfnight, Coughlin) 2:13.