"We are going to take a lot of confidence out of this series, because we battled against a good team even when the chips were against us," Moore said."Everyone on this team now knows what it takes to get the job done at Lake Placid."

The Crimson, who by necessity has relied heavily on its underclassmen this year more visibly than at any time this year, got the senior leadership that it will need to triumph at Lake Placid. And the members of the Class of 2001 are the only players who have stepped out onto the Olympic ice where miracles happened two decades ago.

Harvard stands just as good a chance as any to win the ECAC championship as all of its lines pose distinct offensive threats. The Dominic Moore line combines skill and speed to finesse the opposition. The unit of senior center Harry Schwefel, freshman Kenny Turano and Nowak have superb chemistry and can just grind the opposition down on the wall until offense arrives. And the captain's unit is almost a perfect blend of both styles.

The Crimson is on a big high as it has all season. It took care of business at Bright Hockey Center. The team now knows that it can win two games in a row, can come from behind in the third period, and, if it brings its "A" game to Lake Placid, that it can advance to the NCAA tournament.

That confidence comes from superb play from a lot of sources. But credit Steve Moore on Saturday night for being the biggest.

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Harvard's student section has grown increasingly louder and crazier with each game thanks to some enthusiastic football players cheering on their hockey buddies. Saturday's game, despite having only 1,407 in attendance, was louder than most sellout crowds due to the jam packed student section.

When Steve Moore scored the go-ahead goal, the place looked like a mosh pit. Chants rained down, attacking everything from Yale goaltender Dan Lombard's punctured lung, referee Dan Murphy's inane officiating (more on that later) and the pathetic offerings from both the Yale and Harvard bands. (Note to the band: When Harvard students are chanting, don't try and drown them out with that Irish jig). The chant of the series was "H-U-P-D" when the cops busted some pugnacious Eli supporters who went after the uncle of assistant captain Chris Bala.