Kolarik Returns
Junior forward Tyler Kolarik’s return wasn’t in the early line charts. He was inserted in the final version put out just an hour before game time.
“It was a last-minute decision; I was begging them from the beginning, trying to get in the lineup,” Kolarik said. “I just thought I could do it.”
That decision proved itself when Kolarik redirected a Brett Nowak shot to put Harvard ahead 2-1 with 3:46 to go.
“I didn’t know if Brett was going to shoot it or pass it,” Kolarik said. “I just thought that I’m going to try and deflect it.”
While not as dramatic as his game-winning shot in double overtime versus Cornell a year ago, all done with a broken thumb, Kolarik’s return to the lineup provided a needed spark. And while that spark did not ignite a Crimson victory, it signals good things about the week ahead.