Saturday, the youngest brother, Dominic, snapped the Crimson's eight-game losing streak against Clarkson with a goal and two assists as Harvard breezed to a 3-1 victory in front of 3,139. It was the first three-point game of the season for a Harvard player.
With the score tied 1-1 halfway through the second period, freshman winger Dennis Packard sprung senior winger Harry Schwefel down the right wing for a two-on-one with Dominic Moore cutting down the middle. Schwefel kept the puck all the way and his wristshot bounced off the glove of senior Clarkson goaltender and trickled into the net at 10:29 for a 2-1 lead.
"It was a nice goal by Harry; he played well [Saturday] night," Dominic Moore said. "He went in on Grant, shot it. It hit his glove and trickled in and I stood waiting off the rebound, but it had already gone in the net."
The Crimson iced the game with 34 seconds left in the middle frame with a very fluid power-play goal. Freshman winger Tim Petit, who was at the left point, hit Steve Moore on the doorstep, and Moore one-timed it. Grant managed to stop Steve Moore, but brother Dominic slammed home the rebound.
Harvard's power play came alive Saturday night, going 2-for-4. Petit scored at 11:47 of the first period for the Crimson's other tally.
"Harvard got some opportune breaks on the power play," Clarkson Coach Mark Morris said. "The one that squirted through was probably one that we'd like to have back, but they got some breaks on the rebound and we didn't. We had plenty of opportunities to win this game."
Dominic Moore's goal finished Grant for the night, and Karl Mattson came out to start the third period for the Golden Knights. It was a rough weekend for Grant, of whom Morris has ever-diminishing confidence. He pulled Grant after giving up two goals on two shots against Brown on Friday.
In a testament to Mazzoleni's recruiting and assistant Coach Ron Rolston's conditioning program, for the first time in recent memory, the Crimson took the physical play to Clarkson. With about seven minutes left in the second period, freshman defenseman Dave McCulloch drilled Matt Poapst into the boards, and the junior winger needed a few minutes before he could gather his thoughts again.
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