About halfway through the second period, Laing made two incredible saves on an amazing rush by the Crimson. Sophomore forward Chris Bala flew to a loose puck at the left circle. Off-balance, he slid a pass to a cutting Schwefel. Schwefel spun around his defender for one shot and then tried to stuff in the rebound.

Senior forward Rob Millar staked the Crimson to a 1-0 lead just 22 seconds into the game. Sophomore forward Steve Moore threaded a pass to a cutting Millar right at the top of the crease for an easy knock-in to give Harvard a 1-0 lead.

RPI matched Harvard just 3:04 later when senior forward Mark Murphy tipped a point shot on its potent power play. After that goal, Harvard finally shut down the RPI power play, but it was too late.

Key turnovers cost this game for the Crimson. Its first mistake of the game came on a weak clear attempt.

The Engineer point man quickly sent it down for a 2-on-1 through the slot. Forward Steve Caley forced freshman defenseman Peter Capouch to drop down and then fed it to forward Eric James to make it 2-1.

"I was impressed with the way we played our system," Adams said. "This was the best three games in a row we've played all year. I'm very proud of this team."

RPI 4, Harvard 0

Trailing 1-0 in the third period, Harvard pressed for the tying goal in a tense third period at Houston Field House.