Grumet-Morris ended the night with 25 saves to Danis’s 37.

“Dov is a good goaltender,” Grillo said. “He’s been there, and [he and Danis] have been neck and neck for a couple years now.”

In the Bears’ game program, Danis cited Grumet-Morris as the best opposing ECAC goaltender.

However, only :31 into overtime, Grumet-Morris gave up a dribbling rebound which sat invitingly outside the crease. Brown senior Nick Ringstad punched it in easily, and the 2,785 people crowded into Meehan Auditorium erupted.

With the victory, the Bears sit in first place in the ECAC standings with 21 points in conference, while the Crimson sits in eighth place with 13.

The loss is especially disheartening to Harvard because it comes after a three-week layoff due to exams.

“Obviously, at this point in the season, you don’t like to see any loss, especially against a team that’s winning, a team that’s in your conference, a team that’s above you in the conference,” Grumet-Morris said. “In addition to that, [for the] first game back, it’s always nice to get a win. Unfortunately we came up just a little but short this time.”

For his part, Mazzoleni was not entirely upset with the effort.

“I thought we controlled the tempo of the game, [and] I thought we had a higher number of quality scoring chances,” Mazzoleni said. “Unfortunately, they scored on a face-off goal in overtime, but I was proud of the way we played and executed—especially being off that long of a time, I thought our team played exceptionally well.”

Whatever rust is left on the Crimson blades must be quickly overcome. On Monday night, the squad will play Boston College in the first round of the Beanpot.