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And fittingly, Millar, who has been praised asbeing a dominant force on the power play, endedhis home-ice career with a game-winning power playgoal over Dartmouth on Saturday.

Millar sat out the end of the St. Lawrencegame, and was also replaced by freshman DerekNowak on the top line against Vermont at the endof the third period. Suffering from a bit of ascoring drought, Millar fought to reestablishhimself, and did so accordingly.

"We've changed the personnel in the past coupleof weeks, so it was only a matter of time beforewe put the puck in the net" Millar said. "We havefour guys out there who have been draftedrelatively high, and we just have a lot of talentout there on the power play, so it was bound to goin sooner or later."

Jockeying for Position

Heading into the playoffs, the Crimson hasdefinitely caught some lucky breaks in terms ofposition. Capitalizing on power play opportunitiesand playing very offensively has given the Crimsonan eighth-place spot in the playoffs. Harvard willplay RPI in the first round.

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Playoff positioning came down to this weekend'sgames, as Dartmouth was eliminated by Brown's 5-0win over Vermont on Saturday. RPI tied Yale 2-2,and Princeton defeated Union 5-0. If RPI had lost,the Crimson would be facing Princeton thisweekend.

If the Crimson had split the weekend, they'd beheading back up to Clarkson or St. Lawrence, aprospect that few teams in the ECAC would want toface. But if the Crimson continues to battle aswell as it did this weekend, the threat of theSaints and the Knights along the line willcertainly be less daunting.

Especially if they keep the blond hair

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