“You need to play with that sense of urgency, especially in someone else’s building,” Mazzoleni said. “You need to step up and establish that sense of energy, and I think we did that.”
Midway through the third period, the Tigers cut the Crimson’s lead to 5-3 with a pair of goals from sophomore winger Chris Owen and freshman defenseman Seamus Young just 2:02 apart.
The Crimson tightened up defensively, though, and junior forward Rob Fried potted an empty-netter with 47 seconds left to ice it.
Harvard freshman goaltender John Daigneau stopped seven of the 10 shots he faced in his collegiate debut.
“I thought he did a good job,” said Mazzoleni, a former goaltender himself. “On the first goal, the kid made a good shot, and the other two were point shots. That’s still an area where we need to improve [defensively]—our ability in front of the net. Goalies can’t stop what they can’t see.”
Pettit finished with five assists on the night, while Nowak, Fried and sophomore defensemen Noah Welch each had a goal and an assist.
—Staff writer Jon P. Morosi can be reached at morosi@fas.harvard.edu.
M. HOCKEY 6, Yale 3
at Ingalls Rink
Harvard (9-3-0, 9-2-0 ECAC) 2 2 2 — 6
Yale (7-4-0, 7-3-0 ECAC) 0 2 1 — 3
First Period: H, Moore (Welch, Nowak), 1:30 (PPG). H, Cavanagh (Smith), 19:25. Second Period: Y, Steeves (Jensen, Wax), 0:42. Y, Hellemeyer (Higgins), 6:44. H, Bernakevitch (Moore), 7:19. H, Bernakevitch (Packard, Moore), 11:22 (GWG). Third Period: Y, Wax (Jensen, Steeves), 1:20 (PPG). H, Packard (Moore), 8:02. H, Nowak (Pettit), 18:54 (ENG).
Shots: H 10-11-11 32, Y 5-16-12 33. Powerplay: H 1-5, Y 1-4. Goalies: H Grumet-Morris (33-30), Y Cohen (31-26). A: 3,486.
M. HOCKEY 6, Princeton 3
at Hobey Baker Rink
Harvard (8-3-0, 8-2-0 ECAC) 2 2 2 — 6
Princeton (1-11-0, 1-8-0 ECAC) 0 1 2 — 3
First Period: H, Lannon (Nowak, Pettit), 12:05 (SHG). H, Nowak (Walsh, Pettit), 18:22. Second Period: H, Kolarik (Pettit, Nowak), 2:48 (PPG). H, Cavanagh (Moore), 8:59 (GWG). P, Owen (Fitzpatrick, Patton), 12:20. Third Period: H, Welch (Pettit, Fried), 9:45. P, Young (Stevenson-Moore, Neundorfer), 10:16. P, Own (Fitzpatrick), 12:18. H, Fried (Pettit, Welch), 19:13 (ENG). Shots: H 17-16-13 46, P 3-3-4 10. Powerplay: H 1-6, P 0-6. Goalies: H Daigneau (10-7), P Leroux (16-14), P Clay (17-15), P Nomeland (11-10). A: 1,761.