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While the Harvard blueliners were giving the Elis all they could handle, the Crimson offense was getting itself untracked. With 16:17 gone in the first period. Harvard scored its first goal in almost five periods of play against Yale goaltender Paul Tortorella...
Right wing Greg Britz took a feed from junior Tony Visone, and dished it off to Mark Fusco. Fusco then sent a blast from 60 feet out that bounced off Tortorella's pads and into the net. It was the only goal the Crimson would need, and brought the 3800 fans, the largest crowd of the season, to their feet...
...Crimson wrapped up the win with a late third period open net goal Tim Taylor had pulled Tortorella, who played his usual outstanding game, with about 40 seconds left in the contest, and 10 seconds later defenseman Mitch Olson took advantage of the situation, poking the puck in the direction of the open net. As the Elis looked on helplessly, the puck slid slowly down the ice unmolested and straight into the goal...
After the scoreless first 20 minutes, the Crimson put strong pressure on the Elis early in the second period, but Tortorella again prevailed. And after a glove save of Shayne Kukulowicz's sharp backhander at the 6.00 mark, the rink seemed to tilt the other way, and the Bulldogs took to the attack...
...Tortorella didn't have to work hard for the shutout after that, as the Eli defense allowed only two shots on net in the final period...