The noise was unbearable, the energy could be felt in the air. Something bad was going to happen.
And it did.
Vermont scored 40 seconds later to take the lead for good in the game.
The crowd exploded once again, but this time started chanting "Jonas, Jonas, Jonas," taunting the battered Harvard goalie.
Later on, after the Catamounts finished off the Crimson with an empty-net goal, the chant changed to "Harvard sucks, Harvard sucks!"
Ok, maybe during Vermont's four-goal third period the second chant might have had justification, but definitely not the first one.
"In the third period, we sat back and let them take control and we experienced the agony of defeat," Harvard Coach Mark Mazzoleni said. "Jonas can't keep saving us every time."
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