The Crimson had a golden opportunity to put the game away on the power play with 13:48 left in the contest. Instead, it was the Catamount--with some help from the officials--who turned the game around.

Late in the power play, sophomore defenseman Aaron Kim failed to contain the puck in the Catamount zone. Kim then did not scramble back fast enough on defense, allowing UVM center John Longo to race up-ice unimpeded.

Crimson senior goalie Oli Jonas stopped Longo's shot, and in the fight for the rebound, the net appeared to become dislodged when a Catamount skater crashed into it.

But that's not what the officials saw.

Trailing the play, Catamount left-winger Bryson Busniuk slapped the rebound out of the air into the net. Referee Joel Dupree allowed the short-handed goal, much to the shock of the Harvard players and even to the pleasant surprise of the Vermont crowd.

"I've got to see the tape on that second goal," Mazzoleni said. "I think the net was off, and that started their momentum."

For a while, it looked like Harvard would withstand the pressure and hold on to its one-goal lead. But with under three minutes left to play, Vermont finally broke through, as Harvard got burned trying to steal time by playing its fourth line late.