Junior Sam Bozoian had a career performance in Friday’s 5-2 win over Brown, registering both his first career goal and first career assist in the victory. Bozoian was one of five Harvard players to score in the balanced win as the Crimson broke its three-game losing streak against the Bears.

Though it took much longer than expected, the Harvard men’s hockey team finally figured out a way to build a Bear trap.

After Brown, a 12-seed, shocked the fifth-seeded Crimson with a series sweep at Bright Hockey Center in the 2009 ECAC playoffs–and then followed that up with a 4-1 defeat of Harvard on Dec. 1–the Crimson finally got some redemption.

Senior forward Doug Rogers scored two goals and added an assist for Harvard (6-13-3, 6-7-3 ECAC), who took down the Bears (7-13-3, 5-8-3) on Friday night by a score of 5-2 at Meehan Auditorium in Providence, R.I.

Captain Alex Biega, junior forward Sam Bozoian, and freshman forward Louis Leblanc also added goals for the Crimson, whose five goals tied a season high and was the most since an Oct. 30 win over Dartmouth.

After junior goalie Kyle Richter struggled in a 6-0 loss to Boston College in the first round of the Beanpot Tournament last Monday, junior Ryan Carroll was back in net for the ECAC matchup.

Carroll was solid in goal, saving 27 of 29 Brown shots.

Until Saturday’s loss to Yale, the goaltender had allowed two goals or less in six consecutive games.

Harvard—which has often struggled after taking an early lead this season—was able to get on the board first at 9:04 in the opening period in a 4-on-4 situation.

The tally came when Rogers collected a rebound off an errant Biega shot. He then backhanded the puck off the skate of Brown goalie Mike Clemente and into the net.

Two minutes later, Biega again fired a slapshot from the left point. This time, it wasn’t wide, as it blew through a crowd and by Clemente. It was the captain’s second goal of the season.

But the Bears were able to strike right back at 14:31, when Jeff Bunivow scored off a one-timer from the left faceoff circle after a nice pass from teammate Jesse Fratkin.

As the first period wound down, Brown had a chance to tie the game on the power play, including an 80-second two-man advantage, but Carroll was able to make two saves off shots from Fratkin and Aaron Volpatti.

Missed chances by the Bears on power plays was a recurring theme throughout the night.

“We kind of committed to getting shots on net and limiting our turnovers,” Rogers said. “We were lucky [to win] with a lot of penalties. Had Brown converted on some of their power plays, it might’ve been a much different game.”

The Crimson was able to get off to a quick start in the second period, when Bozoian tipped a shot from senior Chad Morin from the middle of the blue line into the net at 2:33.