A far cry from last year's high-caliber performance against the Saints, despite a 5-4 loss in overtime, Harvard struggled to keep pace with the Saints for most of the game. St. Lawrence opened up a 6-2 lead before a pair of meaningless late Crimson goals gave the final margin of victory.

Saints winger Alan Fyfe slammed home the eventual game-winner at 17:55 of the second period. On the power play, St. Lawrence center Brandon Dietrich passed the puck to defenseman Matt Desrosiers up at the point. Desrosiers took a slapshot on Harvard junior goaltender Oliver Jonas, who couldn't find the rebound before Fyfe did.

"We're not a team that responds well to adversity," Harvard Coach Mark Mazzoleni said. "We spotted them two, and we dug ourselves a tremendous hole."

The Crimson sluggishly took the ice in the first period, and somehow managed to keep the play pretty even for about half of the opening stanza.

"I didn't think we had any rhythm tonight," Mazzoleni said. "None at all."

Jonas kept Harvard in it for the early going robbing Saints center Erik Anderson at 8:09 of the first on dead-on shot between the circles, that caught Jonas off guard, but he still managed a kick save without even seeing the puck.

However, the defensive breakdowns began to damage the Crimson at 9:28 when Desrosiers put the puck past Jonas' right shoulder at 9:28. St. Lawrence winger Mike Gellard and Dietrich were both stoned by Jonas, but a second rebound escaped to Desrosiers at the left point, giving the Saints the 1-0 lead.

At 15:38, St. Lawrence doubled its lead 2-0 with a shot from Saints' winger Jason Windle. Windle split the defense and broke in alone on Jonas through the neutral zone, deking Jonas out of position for the goal.