"I had two great linemates in Steve Moore and Tyler Kolarik," Fried said. "It was just a matter of cleaning up the garbage."

To atone for the officials robbing sophomore center Brett Nowak a goal, Fried crashed the net and notched his second strike at 18:32 on the power play.

"Tyler [Kolarik] and Fried play very well together and there's a lot of energy there," Mazzoleni said. "They both press the puck, and complement Steve [Moore] very well. Good things happen when you do that."

In addition, the return of junior Graham Morrell to the blueline was a welcome sight for Harvard fans. A well-known fact that the Crimson defense is the Achilles' heel of the team, Morrell's veteran status provides a boost to the very youthful defense.

"We're still looking for people to step up and take jobs back there," Mazzoleni said. "Graham Morrell played pretty good this weekend for a kid who hasn't played in 14 months. He's still not at full strength, but he did a good job for his first weekend back."

Despite only having less than a week of physical practice, Morrell wasted no time getting back in the thick of things. Numerous times this weekend he sacrificed his body to protect senior netminder Oli Jonas from facing an inordinate number of shots, and he picked up an assist on Pettit's goal against Vermont in the process.

"It feels great to be back," Morrell said. "It's been a long time coming. It's been a year and eight months since I've worn a Harvard jersey, so it was pretty emotional."

Finally, an unlikely trio-the fourth line of juniors Kyle Clark and Jared Cantanucci, and senior Harry Schwefel, generated much of the Crimson's effectiveness and early scoring chances. Characterized by a much simpler and smoother type of play, Schwefel netted a rebound from Clark put the Crimson on the board against Dartmouth with under two minutes to play in the first.