Harvard 1, Dartmouth 1

Harvard did not fare as well as it hoped heading in to last Friday's contest. After blasting Dartmouth 7-2 earlier this season, the Crimson skated to a mediocre 1-1 tie against the Big Green, breaking a streak of seven series wins since 1996.

After 56 minutes of sluggish scoreless hockey on both sides, it seemed as if Harvard was going to take control of the game.

Sophomore winger Derek Nowak dug the puck out from behind the net and took a shot on Big Green netminder Nick Boucher. Boucher could not control the rebound, allowing senior winger Scott Turco to make the play. Turco fed the puck up to Moore who put it on net with 3:54 remaining in the third period.

But Dartmouth winger Michael Byrne's slapshot from the right circle 28 seconds later pushed the match up into an uneventful overtime.

The low-scoring game was not indicative of a lack of offense. Both teams recorded a high number of shots, but neither could penetrate the goal. The Crimson took a season-high 35 shots on Boucher, while senior netminder J.R. Prestifilippo stopped 24 shots.

"I thought our effort was very good and we competed hard," Mazzoleni said. "We did generate more offense than we have. We got some people to create some congestion around the net, which we haven't been doing. But we didn't finish."

The Crimson's inability to capitalize on its numerous opportunities is a problem that had plagued Harvard in the last five of its six games.