Teams elect a captain precisely for these moments.

Yale had been riding a surge of momentum that began with some cheap shots by Lee Jelenic and ended with its captain, Ben Stafford, giving the Bulldogs a 4-3 lead at 4:02 of the third period. Saturday's game and perhaps Harvard's first trip to Lake Placid in three years began to look in serious jeopardy.

But Steve Moore was not going to let that happen.

The Crimson scored three goals in a span of 2:14 in the third period Saturday, and the captain had a hand in every single goal. It was a sequence worthy of all the great players who wore the "C" on their jerseys before him.

"It was really nice to have a game like that in my final contest at Bright," Moore said. "The second period was unbelieveable because it felt like everything was going against us. Our team showed a lot heart."

It started on a series of extended pressure by Harvard. The shots came fast and furious in a period where the Crimson had 14 shots on goal.

On the first goal of the final frame, Moore got the puck to rookie Tyler Kolarik who whizzed it on goal. Sophomore winger Brett Nowak banged home the rebound.

Less than a minute later, it was Moore's turn to battle for a loose puck in front of the goal, outhustling the Eli penalty killers at 8:50 for the series-winning goal.