But Prestifilippo turned them all away, and theperiod ended with both teams scoreless.

"We didn't come out with any emotion orintensity," Morrell said. "J.R. kept us in thegame the first period, and my thought was, 'J.R.kept us in this one, now we have a chance to goout and win.' But instead we came out in thesecond with the same lack of emotion."

The result of that lack of emotion was a St.Lawrence goal only 48 seconds into the secondperiod. A Crimson turnover in its own zone allowedSaints defenseman Justin Harney to swoop acrossthe front of the net with the puck. Prestifilipposlid across the crease accordingly, but somehowHarney lost the puck. Saints forward John Poapst,who was following the play, found the loose puckand knocked it in.

The Crimson offense tried to generate scoringchances, but the few times it did, Heffler playedthe correct angles and rarely gave up anyrebounds.

At 17:23 the Crimson almost scored shorthandedwhen junior forward Trevor Allman blocked a shotfrom the point in his own zone and quicklycollected the puck on the breakaway. But Allman,harassed by a defender, lost the puck in front ofthe net and Heffler quickly gobbled it up. Hefflerended the night with 31 saves.

"They pressured us hard," Adams said. "We had atough time getting the puck into the zone."

A Harvard penalty at 5:57 gave St. Lawrence yetanother golden opportunity. With the Saints on thepower play, a scuffle along the left boardsallowed forward Al Fyfe to collect the puck andskate towards the back of the net.

He looked up and fed teammate Robin Carruthers,who was wide-open in the slot. Carruthers sent thepuck through the fivehole to make it 2-0 onlythree seconds after the power play had expired.

And just a minute later, the Saints scoredagain, only this time on a soft goal. At 9:07Saints defenseman Ray DiLauro sent a slap shotfrom the top of the left face-off circle.Prestifilippo blocked the shot with his chest, butsomehow the puck landed to his side and slowlydribbled over the line.

"J.R. played a great first period," Tomassonisaid. "But in the second, the dam finally broke."

"We get scored on in bunches," Adams said."After that first goal, we either let up or trytoo much. It's a type of panic I can't explain."

In the third period, the Crimson stepped up itsoffense, peppering Heffler with 15 shots. And at7:13 junior forward Brett Chodorow put his team onthe board with a nifty backhand shot from theright side. Linemate Scott Turco generated thescoring chance, breaking into the zone and drawingaway the extra defender.

But by that time, it was too little, too late.Disjointed and frustrated, the Harvard playersseemed to be skating on empty throughout thethird.

The Saints' fifth goal was the final nail inthe coffin and the most embarrassing moment of thenight for the Crimson. At 13:36 Prestifilippo wentbehind the net to gather what looked like aroutine dump. But instead of getting rid of thepuck, he inexplicably held on to it while the St.Lawrence forwards charged in.

Somehow the puck found its way in front of thepipes and was knocked into the open net by Saintsfreshman forward Brandon Dietrich.