In addition, Pell and Rasmussen played field hockey and lacrosse together in high school and co-captained the Little Capitols, an all-women’s club team.

After the game, the Crimson stayed on the ice to receive the ECAC regular-season title trophy from the commissioner as Princeton skated into the locker room. But one Tiger stayed behind in search of her long-time friend.

Rasmussen caught Pell’s attention and the two embraced near center ice before taking a picture as a keepsake more than 20 years in the making.

After showering, the two competitors met up again.

“It was nice to begin my hockey life with Lisa and end it there,” Pell said.

“Hopefully it’s not the last time we’ll face each other,” Rasmussen added. “We still have the ECAC tournament and NCAAs.”

HOW THEY STAND

In the ECAC playoffs, No. 3 Harvard seeds highest and faces off against Cornell.

After sweeping Union this weekend, No. 4 St. Lawrence captured the second seed and will take on Colgate, while No. 2 Dartmouth, which finished third in conference play, meets Yale.

With yesterday’s Brown win over Yale and the Crimson victory over Princeton, the Bears capture home-ice advantage for the quarterfinals against the Tigers.

Nationally, No. 5 Wisconsin narrowly escaped from lowly Bemidji State, 2-1, to keep its Frozen Four hopes alive, as No. 1 Minnesota downed St. Cloud State 7-5.

—Staff writer John R. Hein can be reached at hein@fas.harvard.edu.