BOSTON--Good teams find ways to win games they shouldn't.
And, yes, the Harvard men's hockey team is finally that good.
Coming off its best weekend up North since the 1992-93 season--with a tie against Cornell and a 3-2 win over Colgate--the Crimson posted a gritty 4-3 win over a fledgling Boston University squad.
A reinvigorated power play unit was the key to Harvard's first non-conference victory of the season.
"Special teams decided the game for us," Harvard Coach Mark Mazzoleni said.
Neither team offered much in the manner of quality even strength play. In fact, all seven goals scored last night came on the man-advantage.
With barely a 6 percent success rate on the man-advantage, the Crimson went just 2-for-30 on the power play in its last five games. Harvard quadrupled its output last night, posting four power play goals in eight chances.
"We didn't kill the penalties really well tonight," B.U. Coach Jack Parker said. "We did a hell of a job on the power play but we took a couple of stupid penalties."
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