Harvard added a shorthanded goal at 7:55 to take a 2-0 lead. The rest of the period featured furious up-and-down action. Vermont put heavy pressure on Jonas by counterattacking with long passes to streaking forwards at center ice.
"The first period overall was not that bad," Vermont Coach Mike Gilligan said. "We could've had a couple of goals in that period."
Time and time again in the first period Jonas found himself all alone with a Catamount player in front of him. And each time the Crimson goalie came up huge, making stops which ranged from incredibly lucky to just plain incredible.
Although Jonas, who stopped 25 of 29 shots, could not come up with the same type of plays late in the game, Mazzoleni said he turned in another
strong performance overall.
"I can't fault him at all," he said. "We can't expect him to bail us out all the time."
Harvard did a much better job containing Vermont's up-tempo game in the second. The Crimson made the game a more physical conest and kept the puck out of the middle of the ice as much as possible.
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