Friar defenseman Valerie Bono had scored 94 seconds into the game following a Harvard penalty for too many players on the ice. That opening goal served as Providence's cue to begin its defensive assault.
Over the next 20 minutes, Crimson and Friar players exchanged hit after vicious hit attempting to gain control of the game.
"Providence came in here figuring the only way to slow us down was to clutch and grab," Harvard Coach Katey Stone said. "It's not the kind of women's hockey we want to play it looked like it was a men's hockey game with all that physical contact."
For the game, Harvard posted 42 shots on net against 24 for Providence. While the Crimson were 2-for-4 with the man advantage, the Friars went 1-for-3.
Ruddock made 20 saves to record the win for Harvard.
Harvard 6, Northeastern 3
But then everything fell apart.
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