"They just come out with elbows up and sticks up," Pawloski said. "Before they give it to you, you got to give back it to them."

At the close of the second period, both benches cleared as Pawloski and Army's Neil Minihane briefly mixed it up. The officials and coaches were quick in stopping the teams from battling it out any further. Minihane was called for a five-minute penalty and suspended for one game.

The final period saw both teams checking fiercely and sending bodies flying all over the rink. When C.J. Young was caught at the bottom of a pileup by the Army net, Army's Mark Hill sent Young's helmet flying off his head.

General Cleary's troops won this battle, but it's a long war for the ECAC title.

"Once we mature, I think we can be better," Cleary said. "Not that I'm complaining about being 4-0."

Harvard, 6-2 at Bright Center Army  1-0-1--2 Harvard  6-0-0--6

First Period--1, H Armstrong 1 (Hartje) 4:53; 2, H Donato 4 (Sweeney, Ciaviglia) 6:41; 1, A Noumiel 2 (Tobin, Sheridan) 8:44; 3, H Vukonich 2 (Murphy) 11:08; 4, H Weisbrod 3 (Armstrong, Sweeney) 13:02; 5, H Weisbrod 4 (unassisted) 17:16; 6, H Presz 1 (Farden) 17:34. Penalties--A, Sheridan (slashing) :59; H, Pawloski (cross-checking) :59; A, Tamburino (elbowing) 6:09; A, Traczyk (slashing) 16:08; H, Donato (roughing) 20:00.

Second Period--Penalties--A, Hill (elbowing) 9:10; H, Vukonich (hitting from behind 13:58; H, Weisbrod (roughing) 16:10; A, Hill (roughing) 16:10; A, Minihaner (kicking 5:00, game disqaulification) 20:00; H, Pawloski (holding) 20:00.

Third Period--2, A, Bono 1 (Hamacher) Penalties--H, Janfaza (cross-checking) 11:16; H, Weisbrod (slashing) 15:32; H, Young (roughing) 16:55; A, Hill (roughing) 16:55, H, Ciaviglia (cross-checking) 17:17.

Saves--H, Francis 6-8-7--24; A, Averill 5-0-0--5, Staples 0-8-12--20.

A:2, 120