LAKE PLACID, N.Y.--When Dominic Moore scored his overtime winner Saturday, the Harvard sophomore did not erupt with the usual elation after ending sudden death.

Instead, he skated away with a smirk on his face, and headed right for his team bench where his older brother, Harvard captain Steve Moore, was waiting with open arms.

The Moore brothers embraced after Dominic made sure that Steve finished his Crimson career on a high note.

"To send the seniors out with a win was big," Dominic Moore said. "And to have my brother smile at the end of the day was awesome. It made me smile too."

The captain already had reason to smile during the game. He setup freshman Tyler Kolarik's goal at 12:26 of the second giving him 123 points for his Harvard career, moving him past Tim Smith '86 for 19th all-time in Harvard scoring. He led the Crimson in scoring in his first three years, only to be surpassed this season by his younger brother.

Next year, Steve Moore will be NHL-bound, as a second round draft pick of the Colorado Avalance. Assistant captain Chris Bala will join him in the big leagues, but for the Ottawa Senators.

Moore and Bala are two of five members of the Crimson Class of 2001. Center Harry Schwefel, Tim Stay and the ECAC Goaltender of the Year, Oliver Jonas, round out the list.

This was not quite the send-off they imagined a couple days ago. Deep in their hearts, all of them were longing for at least one more week of hockey. Cornell goaltender Matt Underhill stopped 45 shots to end their quest for an ECAC Championship.