Sophomore forward Kenny Turano scored Harvard’s second goal with a mid-range slapshot late at 13:06 third period. Turano led all Harvard freshman in goals last year with eight, yet his goal tonight was his first of the season.

Northeastern controlled play in the opening minutes of the game. The Huskies outshot the Crimson 8-1 in the first eight minutes and took advantage of multiple Crimson turnovers in its own end to generate quality scoring chances. However, Grumet-Morris kept Northeastern off the board early with several good saves.

Ryan finally broke through by faking out Harvard captain Pete Capouch and rifling a hard slapshot past Grumet-Morris for his first goal.

Unlike last weekend, however, Harvard refused to back down after falling behind. The Crimson played much better hockey after surrendering the goal, holding Northeastern without a shot for the rest of the period and matching the Huskies in intensity for the next twenty minutes.

“I can’t question our kids' effort,” Mazzoleni said. “I questioned their effort a ton Friday and Saturday, but I thought we came back tonight and worked extremely hard.”

Despite its recent slump, Harvard remains in a tie for second place in the ECAC. The Crimson has an opportunity to break back into the win column with when it hosts last-place Vermont Friday.

“We need to send a message with a strong win against Vermont,” junior forward Dominic Moore said. “We’re by no means out of any race.”