At 5:22, freshman winger Tim Pettit slid a pass from the point to the senior Moore behind the right faceoff circle. Steve Moore handed off to his brother in the slot, and Dominic Moore sent the pass across the goal mouth.

"We had a very nice power play goal," Mazzoleni said. "Steve [Moore] made a great pass to Dom [Moore] and he buried it."

Initially, matching tallies in the opening stanza from rookie winger Tyler Kolarik and Colorado's Chris Hartsburg knotted the Tigers and the Crimson at one goal apiece.

Colorado's offense overpowered Harvard only minutes later, and the Crimson couldn't hang on.

The Tigers evened the score 2-2 with their only power play goal of the series. At 6:24, Colorado winger Justin Morrison slid a pass to Heerema from behind the net, allowing him to sink a wide shot past Jonas.

Morrison was responsible for the go-ahead goal as well, notching an even strength goal just over one minute later. A hectic three-shot cycle followed the Tigers' second tally, as Colorado forwards danced around Harvard's flailing defense.

Jonas stoned defenseman Paul Manning's initial shot, but Morrison wristed the puck past the flopping goaltender at 7:37 to light the lamp for Colorado 3-2.