With just 14.6 seconds remaining in the second period, junior Alex Killorn tied things up, beating Bobcat netminder Eric Hartzell from the left side.
But in the third, Arnt scored his second goal of the evening with 5:12 remaining, firing a one-timer past senior goalie Ryan Carroll—who replaced Richter after Quinnipiac’s third goal—to provide the dagger.
Hartzell made a huge save in the final minute, reaching back over his left leg to make a glove stop on Everson and give his team the win.
“It’s tough,” Morrison said. “I think the guys are a little down, but there’s definitely a lot of positives to take out of the weekend. We were only a couple shots away from winning those games.”
PRINCETON 1, HARVARD 0
In a rematch of the first round of last season’s ECAC playoffs—when the Crimson swept its conference rivals—the Tigers got a measure of revenge with a shutout victory on Friday at Hobey Baker Rink.
Harvard came out on the attack, firing six shots during a power play early in the first period. But Princeton goalie Mike Condon saved each attempt, denying Crimson forward Killorn on a shot from the right side and making a diving stick save on the junior’s rebound attempt.
The Tigers then got on the board midway through the period, when Mike Kramer took a pass across the zone from teammate Kevin Ross and fired a shot from the left faceoff circle, beating Richter.
It was all Princeton would need the rest of the way, thanks to the phenomenal play of Condon.
In the second period, the sophomore stopped Coassin on a one-on-one and made a save on a deflection right in front of the goal by junior Daniel Moriarty.
The Crimson outshot the Tigers in the third period, but Condon made a stick save on a Killorn attempt and later survived a chance by Harvard senior Matt McCollem, whose backhanded shot on net was ruled no goal after it flickered in the air above the goal line.
“[Condon] played well,” Everson said. “I just thought we didn’t do a good enough job right away of getting to the net. We had our shots, but didn’t get the rebounds. I felt the bounces didn’t go our way.”
With four minutes remaining, the Crimson had its best opportunity to tie the game. But after a string of Harvard chances, Princeton forward Brodie Zuk made a diving save at the goal line to kick away senior Michael Biega’s shot from the right side and preserve the Tiger shutout.
Killorn led the team with six shots, while Richter made 34 saves in defeat.
“[Richter] was unbelievable,” Everson said. “Just as he’s been all season for us.”
—Staff writer Scott A. Sherman can be reached at ssherman13@college.harvard.edu.