The Bears, meanwhile, lit the lamp three times in the third period. Sophomore Ali Boe remained relatively untested early on, keeping the game scoreless through two periods with only eight saves, posting 14 on the night.

Captain-to-captain teamwork put Harvard on the board early when McAuliffe managed a breakaway off fellow co-captain and blueliner Angela Ruggiero’s up-ice feed and notched a goal past the left leg of Germain at 5:48 in the first period.

“Angela fired a pass to my stick, and I [thought], ‘that was such a good pass, I’d better score,’” McAuliffe said. “I had no excuses on that one.”

Ruggiero continued her offensive tear, but like Chu, the blueliner set up the goals rather than notching them and finished the day with three assists.

“The difference is they have a couple of Olympians and we don’t, to be quite frank,” said Brown coach Digit Murphy.

Though the Bears exploited Harvard’s normally stellar penalty kill—the Crimson entered the game above 94 percent—going 2-for-3 on the power play, both squads spent significantly less time in the penalty box than was the norm. Each team had only three penalties for six minutes.

“It was a great up-and-back hockey game,” Stone added. “[There were] a lot of great chances on both ends, so we’re very pleased with the fact that we got the W.”

The win was Harvard’s seventh a row and Brown’s second loss in 13 games.

HARVARD 5, BROWN 2

Though 11 penalties were called on the two teams, Harvard made it hurt so good with a 5-2 victory over the Bears on Valentine’s Day in Brown’s Meehan Auditorium.

The Crimson jumped out to an early lead, scoring three times in the first nine minutes of the game. Chu finished the night with a goal and a pair of assists. Harvard managed to share the wealth on the offensive end, however.

Six different Crimson skaters garnered at least a point in the first frame alone, as teamwork was the theme of the afternoon.

After falling behind 3-0 early, the Bears made a brief push late in the first and into the second periods, scoring two consecutive goals.

The second Brown tally deflected off Harvard blueliner Ashley Banfield’s skate before finding the back of the net. It was the second such play for Banfield this week.

“That’s my second goal on Boe so far,” Banfield later said. “I scored on her in the Beanpot [too].”