The power play unit seemed unstoppable on the ice, having its way with the Bear defense and peppering the net with a downpour of shots on each opportunity it received.

"We moved the puck well and generated a lot of offense," Bala said. "We created a lot of opportunities with our speed."

The goals were not of the weak variety either. For Harvard's first power play goal, Nowak blasted it past a helpless Brian Eklund with 30 seconds left on the power play. The next two power play goals came so quickly that the Bears were probably still waiting for the referee to drop the face-off.

Bala wasted no time netting the second power play goal at 18:13. The penalty was called, the puck was dropped, Bala set up in front of the net and that was it. Elapsed time: 13 seconds.

The final Crimson goal with the extra-attacker, sadly enough for the Bears, was no different. A tripping penalty was called on the Bears, the puck was dropped, it found its way to Moore, and game over. Elapsed time: 9 seconds. To add insult to injury, it was the game-winner. Could anything possibly have been worse? Yes.

The other half of the special teams, the penalty kill, completely shutdown Brown. That 45 minute bus ride to Providence never looked better.

Seeing that the Crimson scored in the blink of an eyelash, the Bears had to suffer through six frustrated penalties, only scoring once in seven chances. The Harvard penalty kill broke up the Brown power play all night long, having more shots on net on some of them than the Bears did.

"There was no laying back," Mazzoleni said. "We were a lot more aggressive on our fore-check and spent more time in their offensive zone."