Allman found the loose puck sitting in a crowd of black and white shirts and fired it home before the net came of its moorings after the N.U. goaltender could not handle a wrist shot from Chodorow.

Despite Harvard's two goals, the Huskies outplayed the Crimson in the first 20 minutes and clearly had the momentum heading into the first intermission.

The Huskies outshot the Crimson 14-8 in the opening period and nearly capitalized on a power play opportunity late in the period except for the acrobatics of Prestifilippo.

Although outplaying the Crimson by a decided margin throughout, the Huskies could not finish, despite generating countless opportunities.

"We've been pretty consistent the way we've played, just not the way we've scored," said Northeastern Coach Bruce Crowder.

The Huskies scored their lone goal of the game on a two-man advantage at 18:20 of the second period.

With the level of frustration on both teams rising, a late hack by N.U. sophomore winger Willie Levesque started a goal-crease scuffle that left Harvard with four men in the box and the Huskies with a five-on-three advantage.

This time the Huskies would not be denied. Sophomore defenseman Jim Fahey redirected a slow shot from junior winger Graig Mischler between a shell-shocked Prestifilippo's legs.