"We played very, very well," Mazzoleni said. " It came down to one goal on a mishandle. Territorially, we controlled the game, but we didn't finish our opportunities."

Ahead 2-1 in the second, senior defenseman Dale Clark netted the game-winning goal at 18:40. It looked like winger Robin Carruthers was attempting to feed Charlie Daniels in the low slot, but the pass went behind him right to the charging stick of Clarke, who rifled it through a screen past Prestifilippo.

St. Lawrence outscored Harvard 2-1 in the second period, but only because Gustafson made 15 saves compared to Prestifilippo's six. The Crimson pressure did not pay off until 2:22 of the third period on the power play.

Bala took a pass from the corner and Gustafson made a spectacular sliding save, closing the five-hole on a sure-goal. Fortunately, the rebound popped out to sophomore defenseman Peter Capouch, who lifted the puck over the prone goalie to cut the Saints lead to 3-2.

Harvard though would prove unable to duplicate the feat despite taking 14 mainly high quality shots in the final period.

"We felt Harvard would be a team to be reckoned with coming off the Beanpot [3-1 win over Northeastern]," St. Lawrence Coach Joe Marsh said. "Gustafson was solid for us again. It was a good road win."

Gustafson robbed Turco at the end of a flurry of four Harvard shots with 13:14 left in the game. A power play generated from that sequence saw another three good Crimson chances down low, especially one by Dominic Moore, but to no avail.

Harvard thought it had scored at 9:01 of the third, but the goal was disallowed due to a Crimson crease violation. St. Lawrence had one nullified in the first period for the same infraction.