The Crimson was able to make it a one-goal game before the end of the first period on the third power play goal of the night, as Pettit beat UVM netminder Shawn Conschafter low to his stick side. Junior Brett Nowak and freshman Andrew Lederman picked up the assists.

Vermont restored their two-goal advantage on an even-strength tally by Bryson Busniuk 12:56 into the second period.

It remained a 3-1 Catamount lead until Vermont again went on the power play midway through the third. Oriel McHugh's blast from the point beat Harvard goaltender Will Crothers with 8:17 to play.

Jeff Miles added the exclamation point late for the final margin of victory.

Conschafter was brilliant in goal, stopping 44 Crimson shots. Crothers made 17 saves for Harvard.

"We didn't come out and play with the focus and discipline we needed on the road," Mazzoleni said. "We lacked a competitive instinct and took some unnecessary, undisciplined penalties."

The Crimson has not beaten Vermont since Nov. 6, 1999.

Harvard 3, Dartmouth 3

After Harvard's Kenny Smith gave his team its first lead of the game exactly one minute into the third period, it took some last-minute heroics by Dartmouth's Frank Nardella to salvage a point for the Big Green.

With Dartmouth skating on the man advantage because of a five-minute major penalty and disqualification to Harvard forward Dominic Moore for butt-ending, Nardella tied the game for good 14:53 into the third period.

"It was an emotional penalty by Dominic. A guy was holding his stick, and [Moore] took his stick and jammed it on the guy to get him off," Mazzoleni said, "We spoke to Dom regarding this. He knows the way people are going to play against him. They're going to clutch, grab, and slash."

The drama in the third period was a stark contrast to the first frame, in which neither team scored.

However, the Big Green took a 2-0 lead on the strength of two second-period goals. Dan Casella scored the game's first goal at the 3:35 mark, and Maturo's followed later in the period for the two-goal lead.

The Crimson was able to recover. Freshman defenseman Noah Welch notched his first collegiate goal at the 13:23 mark. Pettit then tied things up with a four-on-three power play goal with just 13 seconds to go in the period.

The first assist on Pettit's tally went to captain Peter Capouch, who had missed Harvard's first three games with an injury.