MINNEAPOLIS--Hockey players are supposed to walk on water. It's frozen, they wear skates--it makes it easier.

It is just hockey for kids on Saturday mornings, but it was always different for junior co-captain Jennifer Botterill.

The instant she pulled a Harvard jersey over her shoulders there was no player who could touch her, no goalie who could stop her, no game in which she couldn't score.

She had recorded a point in each of her 80 games during her Harvard career, breaking the record of 78 set by Michigan State's Tom Ross.

The streak came to an end a week ago Sunday in the consolation finals of the national championship against Dartmouth. The record book will no longer have to be rewritten after every game. It's over at 80.

In an emotional weekend for Botterill, it ended ironically.

On Friday, her team's hopes for a national championship were dashed with a 6-3 loss to Minnesota-Duluth. On Saturday, she was honored as the most outstanding player in the nation with the 2001 Patty Kazmaier Award. The next day, Harvard gained vengeance over arch-rival Dartmouth, but the streak was over.

When asked about her conflicting feelings immediately following the game, she responded with just three words..