During the first intermission Friday night, Harvard celebrated the 10th anniversary of Ed Krayer '90's overtime goal to defeat Minnesota 4-3 for the national championship.

But not all the members of the 1989 team in attendance had time to participate in the nostalgia. YALE  2 HARVARD  3 PRINCETON  2 HARVARD  5

One of then-Coach Bill Cleary '56 assistants, Ronn Tomassoni, had more pressing business in the building. Now the head coach himself, he spent the break reminding the struggling Crimson that it did not deserve to trail 2-1 to Yale after an energetic and physical first period.

Far from the college hockey force of old, the 1999 Crimson clung to the last ECAC playoff spot by just one point, and Tomassoni's squad could feel the pressure of the teams underneath it.

Perhaps spurred on by its revered alumni, Harvard recaptured a small slice of that 1989 magic and came back to defeat the Elis 3-2 Friday. The Crimson then rolled a magnificent four-goal second period into a 5-3 win over Princeton on Saturday.

The Crimson turned in two of its most inspired and complete performances of the season and showed that it may be ready for the playoffs.

"These were two huge wins [and] it makes gong to Cornell, Colgate, Clarkson and St. Lawrence a hell of a lot easier," sophomore defenseman Graham Morrell said.

Harvard 3, Yale 2

Friday night, Bright played host to a family reunion which featured more than just the extended kin of the championship team

Yale freshman forward Spencer Rodgers, brother of Harvard senior Clayton Rodgers, Yale senior forward Mark Turco, brother of Harvard junior forward Scott Turco, and Yale junior forward Mark Sproule, brother of forward Doug Sproule `98, all stopped by to say hello.

As can happen in family gatherings, relatives can spoil perfectly good evenings.

That's what the three threatened to do Friday night as both Rodgers and Turco scored in the first period, while Sproule provided the primary assist on Turco's goal to give the Elis a 2-1 lead after the first

Harvard junior goaltender J.R Prestifilippo interceded in this sibling rivalry, not allowing any more goals the rest of the way and making 14 saves over the final two periodsto allow his team to come back and win, 3-2.

"We had an awful lot of jump out theretonight," Tomassoni said. "[After trailing 2-1] noone got discouraged, and then J.R. shut the door,and that's a sign of a great goaltender."

Senior forward Rob Millar scored his secondgoal of the game at 2:09 of the second period toknot the score, 2-2.

An errant Bulldog clearing attempt bounced offa skate right to Millar, who was standing at theright faceoff circle. Millar took a huge windupand blasted it past Yale senior goaltender AlexWestlund.