"We've shown it two weekends in a row," Adams said of about the team's ability to bounce back after a loss. "Coach just wants us not to back down. We can't let a loss sit with us. We showed it tonight. We were resilient and came back and won again."

The third period was more of a cebration of sorts--especially for sophomore Craig MacDonald. After being held without a goal for 53 straight periods, MacDonald finally tickled the twine with less than three minutes to go in the contest.

Millar spotted his teammate right in front of the RPI net, and without hesitation, MacDonald rifled the puck home, ending his personal goal drought and putting the final touch on the 6-1 Harvard win.

It is a relief. Going 17 games myself without a goal is frustrating," MacDonald said. "The puck hasn't bounced our way, but finally tonight it did."

"This is such a big boost going into two weeks of exams," Tomassoni said. "It can't help, I hope anyways, but carry over into the most important part of the year."

The Harvard players now look to take that momentum first into the exam room and then into their next game against fifth-ranked University of New Hampshire in two weeks. With only a month-and-a-half left in the season, and a modest .500 league record, making the grade has never been more important for the Crimson.

Union 4, Harvard 2

If any team was expected to give Harvard trouble this weekend, it would have been Rensselaer. But despite having defeated Union 3-0 back on December 11, and having never lost to Union at Bright Hockey Center, the Crimson appeared sluggish and overmatched by the Skating Dutchmen.

Harvard started the game with an early odd-man rush by Chodorow and sophomore forward MacDonald, which was shut down by Union goalie Trevor Koenig (35 saves).

But this early rush was just an illusion, as the game quickly devolved into a slow-paced, penalty-ridden affair with neither team gaining much momentum.

With ten minutes gone in the first stanza, the scoreless tie was finally broken when Union lit the lamp on its second power play of the evening.

Union's John Sicinski got control of the puck near center ice and skated down the right side into the Harvard zone unassaulted by the Crimson defense. He centered the puck to forward Jay Prentice, who tipped it to forward Chris Ford. Ford pushed the puck past netminder Prestifilippo (25 saves).

Harvard rallied back from this first score during a four-on-four with five minutes remaining in the first period.

Sophomore Harvard blue-liner Ben Storey got control of the puck in front of the Harvard goal. Spotting an open Millar at the top of the faceoff circle, he quickly shuttled a pass between two Union forwards to Millar. Millar took two steps, and then launched a slapshot from inside the faceoff circle past Koenig for the equalizer.

In the second period, Harvard, as it has throughout much of the season, had difficulty getting a strong power play set up. Union, on the other hand, capitalized on its power play opportunity of the period.