"I got a nice pass from someone on the Yaleteam," Millar said. "I think it caught theirgoalie by surprise and I put it by him."

The game-winner came at the end of a quirkyrush into the offensive zone. Three Harvardplayers were lined up down the middle of thezone--6'6 freshman forward Kyle Clark plantedhimself down low, junior defenseman Mark Moore hadthe puck in the high slot and junior forward BrettChodorow trailed the play into the middle point.Moore got the puck to Chodorow, who placed it intothe top right corner past a well-screenedWestlund.

Clark's secondary assist on the play earned himhis first career point.

From the opening face-off, the Crimson playedwith a determination and an energy it has rarelyshown this year. Moreover, Harvard sustained itthroughout the game. Harvard's physical play andskating smothered a potent Yale offense, led byjunior forward Jeff Hamilton, who had anECAC-leading 34 points in 20 games entering theweekend.

Given a green light to roam wherever he wantson offense, Hamilton's normally ubiquitouspresence turned invisible against Harvard.

"We played very aggressively," juniordefenseman Matt Scorsune said. "We didn't givethem the time they needed. Anytime Hamilton hadthe puck, we wanted to pressure him."

Even on the power play, Hamilton could not findany real estate. The Crimson rotated very well,challenged along the boards, and forced Yale tokeep the puck at the perimeter.

Harvard killed off all four Yale manadvantages, including a tense one with 4:27remaining in the game. The Bulldogs whizzed thepuck around its box but never could set up a greatscoring chance.

Prestifilippo covered for the rare Harvarddefensive mistake, including two breakaway savesin the second period. The second came with 2:20left on the clock as freshman defenseman PeterCapouch stepped up to play a puck in the neutralzone with Bulldog junior forward Jeff Brow behindhim at the blue line. The puck ultimately ended upon Brow's stick, but Prestifilippo blocked thefive-hole.

"A kid came down with a lot of speed and I justtried to be aggressive," Prestifilippo said.

Harvard had trouble scoring on breakawaysitself. Sophomore forward Chris Bala had twogolden chances. Just 1:1C into the third, Baladarted in on Westlund and made a slick transferfrom the forehand to the backhand to maneuveraround him. As he switched hands, the puck slidoff his stick.

The Crimson played without one of its topscorers, sophomore forward Steve Moore. Moore,suffering from a hip pointer, would go on to playSaturday night.

It also lost his replacement as the second linepivot, sophomore Harry Schwefel. Schwefel sufferedan undisclosed injury sometime in the late secondperiod or early third.

Millar opened the scoring in the game,one-timing a beautiful cross-ice pass by Adams at4:48 of the first period.

Millar's productivity in Friday night's gamewas more remarkable considering he did notpractice all week and just received clearance fromthe doctor earlier in the day that his viralinfection was nothing serious.