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...Montreal tournament, it was more of the same. With a 5-0 margin over weak McGill entering the third period, Harvard yielded four goals within a ten-minute span, and had to rally to gain its 7-4 triumph...
...McGill, perhaps one of the weakest Canadian college teams this winter, caused Harvard little trouble for two periods. Senior Jack Turco, center of Harvard's third line, and sophomore Leif Rosenberger, his left-wing, each tallied a first period goal to get the Crimson off the ground, and within the first three minutes of the second period Dave Cavanagh and Turco added two more to increase the lead...
With 6:33 left in the period, sophomore Tom Paul scored, and Harvard, apparently, was home free. But at 2:25 of the final period McGill scored on a power play. Fourteen seconds later Mike Stacy put the pack through the legs of Harvard goalie Bruce Durno for another. It was not evident then but the collapse was imminent...
...With 8:38 left, McGill's Dave Roxburgh added a third goal and teammate Pete Burgess scored directly off the next face-off to cut the Crimson lead to 5-4, Harvard, lapsing offensively and careless on defense, was suddenly in a hockey game again...
...McGill had been overextended and Harvard, brought to life by the Redmen's rally, put the game away eight minutes later on Cavanagh's second goal. Rosenberger added the seventh with 28 seconds remaining in the game, and Harvard had a 7-4 triumph and a berth in the semi-finals with the Toronto Blues, the defending Canadian college champions...