This weekend the Harvard men’s hockey team was grateful that hockey games last for 60 minutes and not 59.

On Friday night against St. Lawrence, sophomore winger Tyler Kolarik scored his first goal of the season in dramatic fashion, breaking a 1-1 tie with just 21 seconds left in the game to give Harvard (4-4-2, 4-2-2 ECAC) a 2-1 victory.

The next night, it looked as if the Crimson was headed for its third loss in four games before junior center Dominic Moore pounded a rebound past Clarkson goaltender Mike Walsh with just three seconds remaining on the clock to tie it up at 2-2, sending the game into what would be a scoreless overtime.

The win and tie gave the Crimson three points in the ECAC standings and sole possession of first place.

Mazzoleni used both sophomore Will Crothers and freshman Dov Grumet-Morris in goal on the weekend. The duo performed well, as Grumet-Morris made 31 saves on Friday night while Crothers stopped 37 Clarkson shots on Saturday.

Harvard 2, St. Lawrence 1

While Kolarik is the team’s leading scorer with 11 points, he hadn’t scored a goal this season prior to Friday night.

As far as the Crimson was concerned, he picked a great time to score it.

With the game tied 1-1 and seemingly headed to overtime, Mazzoleni sent the Kolarik-Moore-Fried line out on the ice in hopes of winning the game in regulation.

They came through for him, with a little help from senior captain Peter Capouch.

With about 30 seconds to play in the game, Capouch gathered the puck just inside the Saint blue line and sent a shot toward SLU goaltender Mike McKenna. While it wasn’t on goal, it got the puck onto Fried’s stick to St. Lawrence goalie Mike McKenna’s right and below the goal line.

Fried then worked the puck to Moore directly behind the St. Lawrence goal. Moore, who had come extremely close to setting up several other goals during the game, hit Kolarik’s stick right on the tape in the high slot.

Kolarik hesitated for a split-second to ready the puck before promptly blasting it past McKenna for the game-winner.

“We had been working all week on chipping the puck down low and keeping it moving,” Kolarik said. “Rob chipped it in and Dom made a great pass.... I had the easy part.”