“That is a real nice quote if Northeastern wins—isn’t it Freddy,” he said.

But it would have been interesting if Parker had just let Meyer continue.

When you are one win away from your third Beanpot title, what kind of player wants to play the No. 6 team in the country? Especially when you are 0-3 against BC and 3-0 against Northeastern this season.

It is probably the kind of player who thinks he is going to win regardless of the team on the other bench.

It is probably someone who plays for a team that has won 17 of its last 18 Beanpot games (BU) instead of a squad that has lost 15 of its last 17 (Harvard).

“If you flip a coin enough times, it is eventually going have to come up tails and you’ll lose,” Parker said. “It just doesn’t seem to come up tails for us.”

Funnier still, Parker says it all with a straight face. He believes it.

In a tight game in which his team trailed 1-0 at one point, Parker denied he ever thought the game’s ultimate result was in doubt.

“It was a tight game, but at no time did I ever think we were in trouble,” Parker said. “Even with penalties, our defense was just great. We didn’t bring our A game…but we still won.”

And that is what’s important.

Contrast that with what Harvard coach Mark Mazzoleni said after the game.

“It was a great college hockey game,” Mazzoleni said. “I told these guys after the game that I could not have been prouder of them. You had two great teams playing hard for 60 minutes. It could have gone either way.”

Sure it could have gone either way. Harvard was talented enough to win, worked hard enough to win, had enough scoring chances to win and just didn’t win.

So how can it be a great game?

You played hard, did everything right and still lost. Well that’s encouraging.