With two minutes left in the game, Chu and junior linemate Tracy Catlin broke in on a two-on-none. Chu took the puck all the way to the crease before sending a quick, short pass to Catlin, who roofed it over Horak and into the goal.
For the game, Harvard outshot Minnesota 32-18. Harvard coach Katey Stone thought the defense was the difference.
“We did score six goals, but ultimately, we dominated the game defensively,” Stone said. “We got the kind of goaltending we wanted from our goaltender all the way up and we played real responsible in our defensive end. It was all about the one-on-one battles and we won those today.”
The Crimson will face two-time defending national champion and No. 1 Minnesota-Duluth in Sunday’s final. The tournament host Bulldogs defeated Dartmouth 5-2 yesterday in the other semifinal. Harvard beat Duluth 2-1 in November.
The Crimson won its only other appearance in the national championship game in 1999.
—Staff writer David A. Weinfeld can be reached at weinfeld@fas.harvard.edu.