This week's video features a classic ECAC championship game. The game pitted the Harvard Crimson against the Big Red of Cornell and took place in Albany at the Pepsi Arena (now known as the Times Union Center) in the first year the city hosted the ECAC Final Four. Cornell featured star goaltender David LeNeveu, and future NHLers Douglas Murray and Matt Moulson, while Harvard had future NHLer Dominic Moore.
In this game, the Big Red jumped out to a quick 1-0 lead when Sam Paolini scored a power-play goal less than two minutes into the game. They held on to this slim lead into the third period until Moore tied the game eight minutes into period. The Crimson then jumped on top with less than four minutes left in regulation thanks to a Tyler Kolarik goal. Unfortunately for Harvard, they were not able to secure the victory as Mark McRae tied the game back up with 33 seconds left to send the game into overtime.
The Big Red took this momentum into the extra frame and this is what happened...
Both Cornell and Harvard made the NCAA Tournament. The Big Red made it to the Frozen Four... the last time an ECAC team has made it to the final weekend.
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