That night’s sacrifical lamb, Cornell goalie Sanya Sandahl, was rather Joban in her steadfastness through the suffering.

“I like games like this,” Sandahl said. “I see it as a challenge.”

If the masochistic Sandahl, who faced 47 shots, was really enjoying herself, the same cannot be said of Jessica Ruddock, Harvard’s goaltender.

Ruddock, in a sense, was also Job-like, suffering in her own right.

“I see it as a mental challenge, to stay alert, stay focused for a full 60 minutes,” Ruddock said after the Cornell game.

While Ruddock recorded only 13 saves on the weekend, she averaged 15 “skate to the corner, return to the net and shuffle your feet”’s per game. That’s an impressive 13:15 saves to S.T.C.R.T.N.A.S.Y.F. ratio.

“I don’t get bored,” Ruddock joked after the Cornell game. “I have my teammates to watch.” The way the games were going, Ruddock had one of the worst seats in the house.

Those of us who had good views of the massacre, like readers of the book of Job, are left with more questions than answers.

What is the record for goals scored in a game and can this squad break it? Could the Crimson beat the Finnish national team? Can the Crimson play an entire game with only four players and still win? And most importantly, what will happen at the NCAA championships in March?

We’ll get our answer when the whirlwind descends on Minnesota in the Frozen Four.

—Staff writer David A. Weinfeld can be reached at weinfeld@fas.harvard.edu.