J.V. Icemen Bounce Back, 4-4, Tie Huskies on 3rd Period Goals

The J.V. skaters pulled one straight from the storybook last night, rallying for two goals in the last minute and a half of the third period to tie Northeastern's J.V. squad 4-4.

The Crimson appeared unsteady in the early going, playing like they had in two previous losses. Only the brilliant goaltending of Steve Better--who had been playing with the J.V. to keep in prevented another drubbing.

The Crimson jumped ahead with a first period goal by Brad Dorman on a centering pass from Bill Sztore. But the Huskies scored three goals in the second period--two on defensive lapses--to take the lead.

Harvard came out strong in the third period. Griffin scored his first goal six minutes into the period to set the stage for a great comeback.

After Husky point man John Cavaretta scored a power play goal off the face-off midway through the third stanza to give Northeastern a 4-2 lead things looked bleak for the Crimson.

But the squad never gave up, launching attack after attack, never quite clicking. Finally, Harvard got a break when Northeastern's Bill Cowie drew a five-minute match penalty for mugging Jim McLaughlin (the referee called it facemasking). Two minutes later Jim Wilson went off for holding, giving the Crimson a five-on-three advantage.

The Harvard power play, which had looked anemic earlier, came together. Jim Griffin scored again on a rebound off a Bob Starbuck shot at 18:31 to cut the Husky lead to one.

Still with a man advantage, the Crimson maintained its attack, pulling Better in favor of a sixth attacker. The ploy paid off when Starbuck picked the puck out of a scramble in front of the Northeastern goal and deposited it in the net to tie the score with just 39 seconds remaining. Harvard dominated the five-minute overtime, but was unable to capitalize.