"We started slow in the first period," Mleczko said. "We exploded in the second for five goals, before that the game could've gone either way."

All told, the co-captain posted another dominant weekend for the Crimson with four goals. Saturday's hat trick was the 17th of her Harvard career.

She finished the weekend with 109 points on the season, leaving her just seven points short of breaking Harvard hockey's all-time single-season scoring record.

In typical fashion, Mleczko involved herself in all fazes of Harvard's offense from crashing the net, taking hard shots from the wing, or setting up her amazing 'mates on Harvard's top line.

More Olympians

Moving off the subject of national players past to country representatives present, Harvard welcomed back to its lineup Canadian freshman forward Jennifer Botterill and American freshman defenseman Angela Ruggiero.

The pair had been playing in the World Women's Hockey Championships in Finland, where the teammates squared off on opposite sides in the final. Canada avenged its Olympic defeat by winning 3-1.

Botterill bagged one goal and three assists overall for the champions, while Ruggiero scored a goal and an assist.