Voodoo

Blaes of Glory

It's Tuesday night--a school night.  Wasn't it always said that weekdays were a time for work and not for play? 

Well, according to the Harvard men's hockey team, it is.  In yet another heartbreaker, the team fell, this time to Beanpot foe Boston College 2-1, in, of all things, overtime. 

"In a way it is almost easier when you have a horrendous game," senior Kirk Nielsen said. " It's frustrating when you look at the scoreboard and see another overtime loss." 

Call me superstitious, but by looking at past performances.  Harvard really shouldn't have even stepped onto the ice last night.  To begin with, the Crimson has been stymied twice by the superb goaltending of BC junior Greg Taylor.  You would have thought that he got rejected from Harvard by the inspired way he plays the Crimson. 

In last year's semifinal Beanpot game, in front of a packed Boston Garden, Taylor first sent home 27 Crimson shots in the Eagles win.  Last night was more of the same as the Harvard killer collected 36 saves. 

To add to the misery, Harvard has not won a non-league overtime contest since its thrilling 4-3 win over UNH in the Crimson's 1989 national championship season.  Last Tuesday night's game against UNH would have been a fitting time for the Crimson to break its horrific sudden death losing streak.  However, that hope was dashed in the opening seconds of that overtime.