An up-and-down weekend saw the Harvard men's hockey team's defense sputter, while the offense was firing on all cylinders.
The Crimson dropped a close game Friday night to Vermont (2-2-0, 2-0-0 ECAC), 5-3, surrendering four unanswered goals that left the defense looking overwhelmed.
Harvard (2-1-0, 2-1-0) rebounded Saturday, however, defeating Dartmouth (1-3-0, 1-1-0), 5-2, with goals from three freshmen and solid goaltending from senior Oliver Jonas.
Despite the win, Harvard Coach Mark Mazzoleni was not pleased with his team's effort.
"I didn't think we had a good edge the whole weekend," Mazzoleni said.
Harvard will need to be on top of its game next week when it boards the bus for upstate New York and a pair of games against Cornell and Colgate.
Harvard 5, Dartmouth 2
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