PROVIDENCE--For the second straight year, the Harvard men's hockey team opened its season with a shutout at Brown.
Senior goaltender Oli Jonas, given his first opportunity to start with the graduation of J.R. Prestifilippo '00, parlayed any opening night jitters into flawless net-minding as Harvard (1-0, 1-0 ECAC) blanked Brown (1-1, 0-1 ECAC).
The Bears never generated much offense as the Crimson defense--which started only five due to injuries to freshman Kenny Smith and junior Graham Morrell--more than held its own.
"Our defense deserves most of the credit," Jonas said. "All the shots were from the perimeter."
Freshman winger and 2000 NHL draftee Tyler Kolarik, who registered his first point here, said he was nervous in his first collegiate game but was impressed with the team's effort.
"We showed a lot of guts in the third period," Kolarik said. "The seniors really led us out there."
Sophomore center Dominic Moore opened the scoring at 10:14 of the first period on the power play. Junior assistant captain Peter Capouch fed the puck up ice to Kolarik, who beat a Brown defenseman around the outside and fired a backhand on net.
Moore knocked in the rebound.
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