The disappointments of the prior two days seemed to have worn down the players. The team has been through a tumultuous off-season, which left them little time to prepare for the games in the first two weeks.

“The team has been through some traumatic changes,” Voith said. “We haven’t had time to gel together and form a true identity yet.”

MIT goalie Danny Malconian continually sent the Crimson offense away disappointed, and shut it down for nearly 14 minutes.

In the final period, Harvard was down 6-4 until an undefended Voith dashed to the other side of the pool and scored. Offsay tallied another goal for the Crimson shortly thereafter, tying the game at six.

But Engineer David Lohrey sent a goal past Burmeister with two minutes left, giving MIT the lead.

Harvard was unable to execute and score, despite an opportunity on a power play.

MIT sealed the victory with another goal, and the Crimson was unable to come back from the two-goal deficit with less than a minute to play.

BUCKNELL 6, HARVARD 5

After the heart-breaking loss to Navy on Friday, the Crimson still had a chance to win the ECAC if it could defeat Bucknell by two goals in its second game on Saturday.

“We did lose some close games this weekend,” Voith said. “I don’t expect us to lose a close game like that again for the rest of the season.”

Gerrity drew first blood for Harvard, netting a goal in the first period, and notching two more on the day.

A goal by Offsay in the second period gave Harvard a 4-2 lead, but the Bison silenced the Crimson offense for the next seven minutes. Bucknell scored twice in the third until Gerrity was able to eke out a goal with just 0:14 left in the third.

Bucknell’s Nick Ferring scored the winning goal for the Bison in the fourth when a Harvard defensive mistake left him open.

“We have a few things to work on,” Offsay said. “We learned we’re as good as the second place and fourth place teams though.”

HARVARD 11, QUEENS 4