But the Huskies refused to give up their one-goal lead, as Newson got the puck in front of the net and sniped it top corner over Jonas's shoulder at 6:41.

Suffering six penalties in the first period alone, Northeastern allowed the Crimson to practice its power play, including a new unit composed of five forwards.

Northeastern lost the lead permanently when junior winger Harry Schwefel slapped a hard shot from center point at 15:05 past Huskies' goaltender Mike Gilhooly to even the score once again.

The defense worked hard to keep the puck away from Jonas, holding Northeastern to a mere four shots on target in the first period.

The second period was reminiscent of the offense of two years ago, when Steve Moore and Bala were the premiere offensive snipers for the Crimson. Both looking to augment their statistics, Moore and Bala both gave the Crimson go-ahead goals in the middle stanza.

Both teams down a man from matching minors issued against Northeastern's Mike Ryan and senior captain Trevor Allman, sophomore winger Jeff Stonehouse found Moore waiting in the slot, and slid a pass across for the goal barely two minutes into the period.

But Northeastern refused to let Harvard run away with the lead, as winger Leon Hayward slapped home a loose rebound in front of the goal mouth.