Forget about Cancun, Panama City or Mom’s home-cooked dinners.

Cancel all plane reservations.

Your spring break plans have changed. Because, as good as sunshine sounds right now, you’ll get the most for your money at the ECAC men’s hockey championships in balmy Albany, N.Y.

And if you were among the sellout crowd of 2,776 during Cornell’s 4-3 win over Harvard at Bright Hockey Center on Saturday night, you know why.

“That was a great hockey game between two great hockey teams,” said Cornell coach Mike Schafer.

Such a great game, in fact, that players and coaches on both sides seemed convinced afterward that they would meet a third time this season on Mar. 22 with the league title on the line in Albany.

“We’ll see Cornell again,” said Harvard coach Mark Mazzoleni. “No question about it.”

“I know we’ll see them again,” said Cornell senior Sam Paolini, who had a goal and an assist. “One more time. We’re going to meet each other one more time. And that’s the one that’s going to count.”

But that’s not to say Saturday night’s game wasn’t important. The win put the Big Red three points up on the Crimson in the ECAC standings with four games remaining.

In other words, the Cleary Cup will belong to Cornell for the second straight season.

“We knew what was on the line,” Schafer said.

So did Harvard. But the game, which had been hyped since the teams played in November, looked like it was headed for Blowout Land just 10 minutes in. The Big Red led 3-0 before most folks came in from the cold and found their seats.

The Crimson, however, outscored Cornell 3-1 from that point on and had several chances to tie in the third. But just like its other three losses since late December, Harvard fell one goal short.

And Mazzoleni knew why.

“You gotta play three periods against a team like Cornell—not two,” he said. “You can’t give up two power play goals in the first five minutes and expect to win. We didn’t deserve to win.”