"It was definitely a strange night," Dominic Moore said. "But that's the way the cookie crumbles. One thing we have to take out of this is confidence."

Augmenting the frustration of the mercurial motion of the puck was the officiating of Noeth, who worked Friday's game as well.

At 13:50 of the first period, Noeth whistled Dominic Moore for an extremely dubious ten-minute misconduct for diving. With 1:03 left in the game and Harvard pressing for the tie, he whistled dead a Crimson odd man rush, ruling that senior winger Scott Turco--not part of the break--had left the bench too soon as Prestifilippo vacated the net.

Steve Moore also received a ten-minute misconduct for making inappropriate comments to Noeth at 16:47 of the second period.

Prestifilippo made 26 saves in defeat, dropping his career record against the Golden Knights to 1-8-0. The senior class' lone win over Clarkson, a 5-4 triumph on Dec. 7, 1996 at Bright, came when they were freshmen.

St. Lawrence 4, Harvard 2

TV crews on hand, this match was the ECAC Game of the Week. And with the Saints (19-7-2, 14-3-1) marching into Bright on an eight-game winning streak, all signs pointed to a televised showcase for the best team in the conference.

But it took an opportunistic offense and the red-hot goaltending of freshman Derek Gustafson to secure St. Lawrence a 4-2 win. Gustafson, who boasted a 2.02 goals against average and a .941 save percentage entering the contest, made 32 saves in the triumph.