"That was a big one," Tomassoni said. "We thought we had tied it up and were back in control, but no."
Clarkson continued to press ahead using perimeter passing and hard forechecking to ground the puck into the Crimson end.
But it was on a fast-break goal that Clarkson tallied the game-winner. Trombley took the puck from teammate Jeff Torrey and skated untouched into the Harvard zone. Trombley bolted towards Hughes and gave Clarkson a 3-1 lead on a shot that deflected off Brian McCormack's stick.
Harvard closed the gap when Vukonich, on a feed from Ciavaglia, made the score 3-2 with just under two minutes remaining, but it was the last goal Harvard would score in the 1990-91 season. First Period: No scoring. Penalties--H, Lou Body (hitting from behind) 9:02; H, Body (interference) 14:21. Second Period: 1, C, Scott Thomas 23 (Craig Conroy, Dave Tretowicz) 19:29. Penalties--C, Mike Casselman (hooking); H, Peter Ciavaglia (roughing) 10:57; C, Martin d'Orsonnens (roughing) 10:57; H, Jim Coady (hitting after the whistle) 14:21; C, Sylvain Lapointe (hitting after the whistle) 14:21; C, Steve Dubinsky (interference) 16:20. Third Period: 2, H, Steve Flomenhoft 12 (Scott Barringer, Tim Burke) 4:39; 3, C, Thomas 24 (Casselman, Ed Henrich) 8:05 ppg; 4, C, Dave Trombley 28 (unassisted) 15:03; 5, H, Mike Vukonich 32 (Rich DeFreitas, Ciavaglia) 18:12. Penalties--H, Coady (hooking) 7:06. Saves: H--Chuckie Hughes 10-8-10--28; C--Chris Rogles 4-10-6--20 Power Play: Harvard 0-2; Clarkson 1-3. Attendance: 9034