RALEIGH, NC -- Baseball fans recall Game Six of the 2002 World Series when the Anaheim Angels rallied from five runs down in the final three innings. Football fans point towards the first round of this season's NFL playoffs. Around the Duke campus, basketball fans won't forget Duke's comebacks against Maryland during the 2000-01 season during both the regular season and the Final Four. On Saturday night, the Blue Devil hockey team created some comeback history of their own as the team rallied from five goals down in the final 17 minutes to knock off Virginia 8-7 in overtime. The comeback was the largest in team history.

The Devils actually got off to a good start in the contest. Although the Cavaliers scored first, Duke entered its locker room with a 2-1 edge after one period. First period goals came from Duke's own "Great Lakes:" one each from Steve and Jeff.

The second period was an absolute disaster for Duke. Bad bounces and poor defensive coverage led to four Virginia goals in the period. Meanwhile, the Cavs held Duke off the scoreboard. Trailing 5-2 after two periods, the Blue Devils had a long way to go to get back into the game.

The road to a comeback was made even longer when Virginia opened the third with two goals in the period's first three minutes. However, inspired by Coach Selman and the prediction of diehard team fan Eric Markowitz, Duke never quit.

Jeff Lake scored immediately after Virginia took a 7-2 lead. Thus, with under 17 minutes remaining, Duke pulled to within 7-3. About six minutes later Robert Fogarty scored on the power play and the Cavalier lead was trimmed to 7-4.

At this point, Duke opened the flood gates. The Duke line of Lake, Lake, Fogarty scored three goals in about three minutes, beginning with a Jeff Lake power-play tally with around six minutes to go. Duke tied the game with 3:23 left, and neither team scored again in regulation. After the stunning five-goal comeback, Duke had to dig even deeper to come up with the game winner in overtime.

Indeed, that is just what Robert Fogarty did. The gritty, skilled winger picked up a loose puck off the boards around the red line and used his speed to burn the Virginia defense. As he was pulled down from behind he managed to slip the puck past the baffled Virginia goaltender, Alex Pringle. The Devils won 8-7 and improved to 2-0 in the Canes Cup. The Duke-N.C. State game on Sunday night will decide the 2003 Canes Cup champion.