"Harvard had a great second period," Gilligan said. "They won all the battles on the boards."
The Crimson was rewarded for its efforts with a soft goal by freshman left-winger Dennis Packard at 7:01 in the second period. It was Packard's first goal of his collegiate career. Rookie defenseman Dave McCulloch got the primary assist on the tally, the second point of his career--the first came on Kolarik's strike.
The goal gave the Crimson a 3-0 lead and momentarily stunned the crowd. But Vermont would climb back into the game four minutes later with a neat two-on-one goal which Jonas had no chance to stop.
Harvard actually had several opportunities to score a fourth time.
"We're up 3-1 and [assistant captain] Chris [Bala] goes in three times by himself during that time," Mazzoleni said. "We make one, the game's over."
Instead, Vermont took the game away.
Harvard next plays Thursday night, facing a tough road test against No 4. New Hampshire.