"When we made mistakes, they jumped on them. When they made mistakes, we just couldn't finish," said Harvard Coach Mark Mazzoleni.

About eight minutes into the first period, Harvard just missed capitalizing on one of its best chances of the night.

Sophomore defenseman Peter Capouch took the puck in to the offensive zone, and dished right to junior winger Chris Bala. Bala kept the puck moving by passing to freshman center Dominic Moore, who undressed his defenseman, but was stoned by Eagles' netminder Scott Clemmensen.

And barely a minute later, B.C. took control of the puck and almost scored, foreshadowing what was to come later that night.

At 9:05, the Eagles swooped down on Harvard in a two-on-two. B.C. center Blake Bellefeuille batted the puck in to the net with his glove, fooling the lamp man. That goal was waved off, but the Crimson wouldn't be so lucky with the Eagles' next three.

Unfortunately, Harvard's power play has not lived up to the expectations it created for itself. The Crimson was unable to score on all six of its power plays, and allowed the Eagles to strike first with a shorthanded goal halfway through the first. The Crimson is now three for its last 33 on the power play.

B.C. took a shot from the point that rebounded out to Dolinar. With a great individual effort, Dolinar worked through three men in front of the net and poked the puck home between Prestifilippo's legs, giving B.C. a one-goal lead.