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Men's Hockey Wards Off Pesky Brown, 5-3

* Adams tallies a goal and two assists against the Bears

Har--S. Moore (Adams, Millar) 7:35. (PPG)

Har--Adams (Macleod) 10:08.

Har--S. Moore (Bala, Adams) 17:26.

Bro--Prescott (Smith Petricig) 18:56.

Third Period

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Bro--Direnzo (Andersson, Prescott) 4:55. (PPG)

Har--Turco (Chodorow, Higdon) 8:32.

Bro--Prescott (Kersey) 12:59. (PPG)

Har--Higdon (Schwefel) 19:18.

Saves: Bro--Stirling 12-10-10 32; Har--Prestifilippo 9-14-1 24.

Power Play: Bro--2/6; Har--1/3.

Penalties: Bro--4/8; Har--7/14.

Attendance: 2,466 "We don't do anything easy do we?" Tomassoni said. "We have to eliminate those mistakes because basically we gave them the opportunity to come back and beat us."

But just when Harvard's Scott Turco batted in his team's fourth goal, Brown roared back once again.

This time a Crimson mishap at its offensive blueline caused a two-on-none break down the ice. Prescott got the benefit and once again Brown was within one.

"We made a bad decision and you just have to be a lot more careful and a lot smarter than that," Tomassoni said. "We gave them an opportunity. Not only on that play, but also with Brett Chodorow's penalty which was very much a retaliatory penalty.

"Those are the situations where you beat yourself and we have to eliminate those."

The Crimson, proving that it can withstand a late-game rush, even if it is Brown, held on and even added an empty netter with 42 seconds remaining in the game.

"And the fact of the matter is, [our guys] went out and won it," Tomassoni said. "We bent a little bit there, but we didn't break."

It probably should have been an easier win as the Crimson is still struggling to find that elusive, magical 60 minutes of solid hockey. Yet in many ways the victory is one step towards a much larger goal.

"Of course we would like to win every game, but the most important games are the league games and to come out here and get a win is great," Adams said. "It seems like we have lost a few games lately, but if you look, we're 2-2-1 in the ECAC so we're doing alright."CrimsonPaul S. GutmanIRON MAN: Junior CRAIG ADAMS holds off a defender in earlier action. Adams posted a goal and two-assists against Brown on Saturday.

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