It marked the first time Mazzoleni pulled Grumet-Morris since Feb. 15, 2002—a span of 54 starts.

“[The third BC score] wasn’t a good goal,” Mazzoleni said. “We needed a spark at that time.”

And Daigneau managed to provide that spark, keeping the Eagles off the scoreboard for almost two periods before Tony Voce added a goal with just over a minute remaining.

Mazzoleni said that the starting goaltender for Friday night’s game at Yale has not been decided yet, but that he believed Daigneau did “an exceptional job”.

Shooting Blanks

In a stark contrast to its performance on Saturday against Brown, the Crimson had trouble finding the net against BC, let alone the back of it. Harvard ended the first period with only four shots on Eagle netminder Matti Kaltiainen. In fact, through two periods the Crimson managed only nine shots on net.

And though the team did pick things up in the third—firing 11 shots and getting sustained pressure on Kaltiainen at times—the effort was a far cry from the barrage unleashed on Danis on Saturday, something the team had hoped to copy against the Eagles. Particularly troubling was Harvard’s inability to manage a single shot on either of its two first period power play opportunities.

Beanpot Hall of Fame

The lone bright spot on the evening for the Crimson came from Harvard hockey alum Bob Bland ’62, who was inducted into the Beanpot Hall of Fame. Bland, a Crimson goaltender from 1960 to 1962, was named the Tournament MVP in 1960 for helping the Crimson win the ‘pot. And with Bland as a backstop, Harvard won the hometown trophy again in 1962.

—Staff writer Timothy M. McDonald can be reached at tmcdonal@fas.harvard.edu.