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M. Hockey Takes Colgate in Two, Earns Spot in ECAC Semifinals

Special teams hold key to sweep and spot in Lake Placid

"Basically it seemed like the parting of theRed Sea, the shot just opened up and I put it inthere," Storey said.

Colgate opened the scoring when Chad MacDonalddeflected a shot from the point at 4:21 of thefirst on the power play.

Less than a minute later, sophomore AndyMacDonald picked the top corner of the net for ashorthanded goal.

Colgate went up 3-0 on a goal by senior RobMara 1:29 into the second.

Steve Moore broke the ice for Harvard on thepower play at 18:41 in the second.

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"It was the first playoff game for a lot of theguys on our team," Storey said. "It took us alittle while to wake up, but when we did we werefine."

In the last two minutes of the game, seniorforward Henry Higdon went down with a knee injury.He missed yesterday's game and there was noofficial estimate when he would return. FreshmanChris Bala also left Friday's game with a thumbinjury.

Harvard 4, Colgate 2

Harvard intended to capitalize on the momentumfrom the previous night's amazing comeback. TheCrimson wanted to put a likely demoralized Colgateteam away early and avoid a Sunday game.

The Crimson accomplished exactly what itwanted, opening up a three goal lead, but Colgatewas not about to board the team bus back toHamilton, NY. However, Prestifilippo had nointention of letting his team play Sunday either.

Referee Alex Dell picked up right where he leftoff Friday, calling every single infraction, nomatter how minor. Harvard did likewise, strikingon the power play, but this time on a more normal5-on-4 advantage.

Freshman Chris Bala, showing no signs of thethumb injury suffered Friday, opened the scoringon the power play just 3:47 into the first. Heintercepted a Colgate pass at the blueline andtrickled a shot through Brenzavich's legs on thebreak-away.

Brenzavich limited the Crimson to just one goalfor the first period, but Scorsune struck on thepower play at of the second on a shot throughtraffic from the right faceoff circle.

"The game was called pretty tight, but ourspecial teams were excellent," Tomassoni said. "Iwas even more pleased tonight because we did it onthe five-on-four."

Harvard's third goal was not only thegame-winner, but the prettiest of the weekend.

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