"I was proud of the way we competed, especially in the third period," Mazzoleni said. "I was pleased with a lot of the things we did, but we have a lot of room for improvement."

Mazzoleni's plan of "smart, simple hockey" was in effect from the start, with a lot of quick, short passes up the ice, allowing Harvard eight shots on goal in the first period.

The Bears tried to respond to Harvard's superior skating by stepping up its physical play. This caused both teams to take penalties--six for Brown in the game, and seven for the Crimson.

"We definitely gotta cut those down," Schwefel said. "We took a couple of stupid penalties, and a couple that could have gone either way. But we have to cut those down either way."

Brown forward Matt Kohansky took the first penalty for hooking at 2:47 in the first period, giving the Crimson its first power play of the season. Harvard was unable to capitalize on that opportunity, but the next penalty would prove fatal to the Bears.

The Crimson struck gold on its second power play, after Brown defenseman Mike Pratt was called for roughing at 8:04 in the first.

Freshman defenseman Aaron Kim worked the puck to Moore, who was standing behind the goal. Moore sped a pass to Schwefel for the game-winner.