Harvard ceased its dull, counterattacking style and replaced it with a smothering forecheck and odd-man rushes where even the defenseman would join the offense. The forwards even smartly rotated back. Harvard outshot the Elis 39-23, after limiting the Tigers to just 11 shots the night before.

It was quite a show.

"Our kids came back and played very well," Mazzoleni said. "We played a complete game both offensively and defensively. We deserved to win."

The weekend witnessed the re-emergence of junior stars, center Steve Moore and winger Chris Bala. Moore and Bala finally displayed their full offensive potential that was frustratingly dormant for most of the season.

Moore, who has achieved a comfort level with his linemates, senior Scott Turco and junior Harry Schwefel, deposited two goals and three assists on the weekend, earning the first star Friday night and the second star on Saturday.

He set up the game-winner against Princeton, threading a pass through two Tiger defenders to Turco, who was charging hard to the net at 6:57 of the second period.

Moore also integrated the physical side of his game well this weekend, barreling through players to retrieve the puck and leveling a couple of chumps, but he did not add to his team-leading 47 penalty minutes.