It was clear sailing from there as the Crimson took over the game and Vermont never really threatened again.

Senior winger Brett Chodorow gave Harvard a 5-3 lead late in the period wristing home a shot set up by the brutal hard work of Steve Moore and Nowak.

"I thought our team showed a lot of determination in the third period," Mazzoleni said. "I was proud of that and that's a very good sign."

During the first period, it seemed like the Crimson would not need a late-game outburst. Harvard jumped out to a 2-0 lead on goals by sophomore winger Jeff Stonehouse and Allman.

Allman's backhanded wraparound goal, at 10:36 of the first period was setup by the sophomore winger Kyle Clark's digging along the boards deep in the UVM zone.

The 2-0 lead did not last the period. Vermont scored two goals within 38 seconds late in the first to tie the score. Both goals--a long slap shot from the left point by Jim Gernander and a soft wrist shot from behind the right face-off dot by J.F. Caudron--were shots that Jonas probably should have had.

"I thought that the way we played in the first period was the best we've played in years," Vermont Coach Mike Gilligan said. "But in the second and third, [Harvard] did to us what we were doing to them and they deserved to win the game."

Despite the soft goals, Mazzoleni, stuck with Jonas, who at 14:01 of the first had made a spectacular glove save on a mini-breakaway by Ryan Cox.