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...first period was the fastest and hardest I've ever seen," said Crimson defenseman Mark Fusco. "I'm kind of glad it didn't stay that way," he added after a deep breath, a breath that nobody--not the fans, not the coaches, not the players--had a chance to catch last night at Snively Arena during the opening stanza. Before you had time to count the Dartmouth jackets in the crowd. Harvard was in the locker room with a 3-1 lead, and the price of hot dogs at the concession stand had already dropped ten cents...
Actually, it was the Wildcats' pilot light that turned to flame first, after Fusco went off for an interference penalty at 6:24. The UNH power play clicked almost immediately, as center Paul Barton tipped a Craig Steensen slapshot from the blueline past a helpless Wade Lau just 13 seconds into the penalty...
...Harvard bounced right back at 7:05, when Scott Fusco took a centering pass from winger Greg Chalmers and flipped it past UNH netminder Todd Pearson to knot the score...
...teams played even, fast-paced hockey for the next ten minutes, until Wildcat Ralph Robinson went off for slashing at 16:35. Near the 18-minute mark, Mark Fusco took a pass from Alan Litchfield at center ice and, uncharacteristically, popped into the UNH zone, slipped between two defenders and beat Pearson low to his right. The power play goal (Harvard is now 13 for 41 with a man-advantage) put Harvard well on its way to its fifth consecutive win over...
...addition, Litchfield, Neil Sheehy, Scoot Sangster and, especially, Mark Fusco and Ken Code, turned in an outstanding defensive game against the super-speedy and super-sized UNH forwards. "I think it was the best overall defensive playing I've ever been a part of," said Fusco...