Conklin could not control the rebounds and Bala, waiting in the corner of the crease, one-timed a bounce from the younger Moore's shot to put the Crimson on the board, 2-1.
Unfortunately, a pair of goals from Lanny Gare and Johnny Rogers stifled
any offensive surge that the Crimson had hoped to capitalize upon, sealing a
4-1 victory for the Wildcats.
"We're still struggling to score goals, and we just couldn't get the knockout punch there for a while" UNH Coach Richard Umile said. "After all that work, you don't want it to be a one-goal hockey game. But we came back in the end to score a couple of pretty goals to put the game away."
Harvard has a few weeks to rest before it boards a plane to Colorado Springs after Christmas. Perhaps a much-needed break will be what the Crimson needs to regroup and get back on track.