With the ECAC playoffs looming less than a month away, it was clear to the Harvard men's hockey team that last weekend would factor heavily in the hunt for post-season position.
An appalling 6-2 loss to ninth place Cornell in front of a sold out Bright Hockey Center, placed Harvard (7-11-2, 6-7-2 ECAC) in a desperate situation. Harvard had defeated the Big Red (8-10-2, 5-7-1 ECAC) earlier this year 2-1 in Ithaca, N.Y.
Realizing that the quest for home ice hung precariously in the balance, the Crimson pulled out a 4-4 tie with Colgate (16-6-1, 9-3-1 ECAC), remarkably pushing Harvard in to fifth place, edging Ivy rival Yale by only three-thousandths of a winning percentage point.
Harvard 4, Colgate 4
The game began to take an oddly familiar turn as the Crimson entered the third period. Last November, Harvard dropped a 5-4 decision to Colgate after allowing the Red Raiders to overcome a 3-2 deficit with a late three-goal surge.
Colgate snipers Andy McDonald and Darryl Campbell attempted an encore performance by both equalizing the score and taking a 4-3 lead barely three minutes in to the third.
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