"Nowak found me there, waiting out front," Bala said. "The puck just found it's way in there."

Although Bala thought he had secured the upset for his team, the win was not in the cards. B.C. Coach Jerry York had one more ace up his sleeve.

With Clemmensen on the bench and just over a minute left to play, the Eagles' finally cashed in on a man-advantage, something their dominant power play unit--currently topping Hockey East at about 25 percent--failed to do in six chances on the night.

B.C. winger Mike Lephart took a beautiful pass from Ben Eaves in front of the net, and let loose a wrister shot that evened the score at two apiece with 42 seconds to play, and forced the game into extra minutes.

"It was a one-on-one, and a guy got beat off the wall," Harvard Coach Mark Mazzoleni said. "It's something that shouldn't happen. Unfortunately, that decided the game."

Energized by the equalizer, the Eagles rode their momentum straight to victory. Only 1:37 in to overtime, Kobasew blasted a one-timer past senior netminder Oliver Jonas to net the game-winning tally.

Considering that the Crimson posted a rather anemic offense during the first period, the gritty comeback in the second and third was quite a feat. The Eagles' danced around an average Harvard defense and simply showered Jonas with shots, posting 22 attempts, compared to a meager 8 from the Crimson.