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After the Wildcats had battled back from a 3-0 first period deficit to tie the contest mid-way through the final period, Crimson right winger Tom Murray supplied the decisive marker with 5:17 remaining...
...pass from linemate Greg Olson--who contributed two goals and an assist on the night--sent Murray in alone against veteran UNH netminder Craig Moffett. Moffett appeared to have the initial shot stopped, but the puck dribbled through his pads as the "Instant Karma" combination of Murray, Olson, and center Mike Watson capped a four-goal, five-assist performance...
...struck again just 1:43 later, with UNH's Frank Barth in the penalty box for "hitting from behind". The Wildcats, in an ill-advised pursuit of a short-handed goal, were caught up-ice as Olson capped a 4-on-1 break by converting passes from Watson and Murray...
Visions of overtime danced through both team's heads after White lasered a clapshot past Lau's stickside to know the game at 3-3 8:07 into the third period and the squads alternated intense, but futile, scoring thrusts. But Murray's goal and a UNH penalty forced by Olson enabled Harvard to escape without undergoing to trauma of sudden-death...
...seemed like fate had been cruel to Tom Murray. The captain of the Harvard hockey team had, in a moment of inspiration, christened the Crimson's potent first line (Mike Watson centering for Murray and Greg Olson), "Instant Karma," a phrase coined by the late John Lennon...