In beating Harvard, Brown made a strong statement to the college hockey world that any team can beat anyone else in the wild and wacky ECAC. In this league, parity is the norm.

That was evident the next night, when a different Harvard team took the ice and dominated a highly-touted Dartmouth club in a 5-2 victory.

In the only other league game last weekend, Clarkson was able to edge archrival St. Lawrence, 7-6, in an overtime thriller.

Several other teams competed in a final round of non-conference tune-ups before the ECAC slate begins in earnest this coming weekend.

Clarkson 7, St. Lawrence 6

As much as those around college hockey talk about Michigan-Michigan State and Boston College-Boston University, this rivalry just might be the best.

Judging by the excitement at Clarkson’s Cheel Arena Saturday night, it sure seemed that way.

After Clarkson (2-2-1, 1-0-0) held leads of 3-0 and 4-1 in the first period, the Saints (1-4-0, 0-1-0) came back with a vengeance in the second frame. SLU tied the game with a power-play goal from Blair Clarance with just over two minutes to play in the period.

Clarkson regained the lead when Kevin O’Flaherty, the ECAC Player of the Week, capped a hat trick with a goal just 28 seconds into the third.

Trailing 6-5 midway through the final frame, St. Lawrence’s Josh Anderson tied things up on a power-play score at the 12:23 mark.

Things stayed that way until 2:04 had passed in overtime, when Clarkson’s Kerry Ellis-Toddington beat SLU freshman Kevin Ackley for the game-winner.

Union 8, Bemidji State 6

Union 2, Bemidji State 2