The first Crimson player to take charge was junior defenseman Ben Storey, who sent a rocket past Wisconsin netminder Graham Melanson. Senior Henry Higdon followed suite two minutes later to close the gap at 4-2.

Two more goals were scored in the final two-and-a-half minutes of the second period--one by each team--but Harvard would get no closer.

An empty-netter by Badger forward Steve Reinprecht with 18 seconds remaining in the contest sealed the Crimson's fate.

"We gave them a run for their money," Tomassoni said. "It was anyone's game at the end and we just weren't as opportunistic as we should have been."

Harvard 6, Boston College 6

Since they didn't get the job done the night before, the Harvard players had a chance to redeem themselves and at least avoid last place in the consolation game against their Boston rivals.

They did, but only barely, since the 6-6 tie forced third place to be decided by total goals scored and the Crimson beat out the Eagles by one.

"For us it feels like a win," Tomassoni said. "As opposed to the last few holiday tournaments at least we got a point out of this one."

That one precious point, however, was so close to being squandered. After a first period where the two teams marked up two goals a piece, Harvard once again fell into an abyss of mental lapses in the second period which led to three consecutive B.C. goals.

It took only 38 seconds for Hobey Baker candidate Marty Reasoner to find daylight behind the Harvard defense and flip in his second goal of the contest.

Five minutes thereafter, Mike Lephart and Tony Hutchins lit the lamp just 20 seconds apart, and all of a sudden, the Eagles were up 5-2.

This time, though, Harvard was able to rebound in time to salvage a result.

Spearheaded by goals in a five-minute span from sophomore Brett Chodorow, Senior Geordie Hyland and McCarthy, the Crimson was back in the saddle again.

"It was a pretty exciting game to be a part of," Chodorow said. "We worked hard and it was a real step up for us, especially coming back after they got the third, fourth and fifth goals."

Harvard couldn't be content with its comeback heroics just yet as Lephart put his Eagles up once again at the 15:29 mark. This time it was junior Clayton Rodgers who returned the favor and blistered his second goal of the year past B.C. goaltender Scott Clemmensen.