While Corriero walked off only slightly shaken—if at all—Insalaco lay crumpled on the ice, emitting sobs that could be heard throughout the auditorium.

After a short delay, Insalaco was able to get off the ice on her own power, but that strength quickly waned as soon as she hit the bench, where she keeled over again. A teammate was required to carry her into the locker room.

The force of the collision and the ugliness of the departure left some doubt as to whether she’d be back for the third period—but not among anyone familiar with Insalaco.

The Brown captain was back on the ice in the final minutes of the intermission as if nothing had happened.

Whistle-Free Zone

The most striking statistic from yesterday’s game was the shortage of penalty minutes—zero for Harvard and four for Brown. Both sides were pleased with the relative lack of whistles, as well as their discipline.

“I’m pretty happy the ref let them play,” said Brown coach Digit Murphy. “Yeah, it was a physical game, but I didn’t think it was a cheap game.”

“You knew you were going to come down and have it be a physical game,” Stone added. “We didn’t retaliate to any of the physical-ness and that’s impressive. It wasn’t a game of people whacking each other as much as I anticipated. So let them play.”

—Staff writer David R. De Remer can be reached at remer@fas.harvard.edu.