It was Bozoian’s first goal of the season, and he later picked up his first assist of the year on Leblanc’s shot.

But the Bears did not go quietly, as they were able to once again make it a one-goal game at 3-2 when Francis Drolet scored on a wraparound with five minutes to go in the second.

The rest of the period was scoreless, but the Bears opened the third on a power play after freshman defenseman Danny Biega was given a game misconduct after a hitting-from-behind call. The Crimson finished the game with 11 penalties.

“I think if we want to win games at the end of the season, especially when playoffs come, we’re definitely going to have to cut down on penalties,” Rogers said. “We have to play smarter. I think we make some poor decisions in certain situations, especially penalties in the offensive zone.”

But Brown quickly picked up two penalties of its own, giving it six for a total of 23 penalty minutes in the third period alone.

Leblanc took advantage at 3:30, when Bears backup goalie Volpatti couldn’t get on top of a rebound, leaving the freshman with a partially-open net.

It was Leblanc’s 10th goal of the season, which leads the team, and his sixth in seven games.

Carroll continued his strong play in net throughout the third period, and the Crimson was able to put the game away with a five-minute power play for the final 3:45 of the game.

“It was one of the weirder games I’ve ever played in,” sophomore Alex Killorn said. “There were three five-minute penalties. It seemed we were always on the power play or penalty kill.”

Rogers added his second goal of the evening on an empty net with 17.5 seconds remaining.

For Harvard, the focus is now on consistency. After going four games without a loss, the Crimson lost the two games previous to Friday night’s contest.

“We just have to stick to our game plan, to just trust each other, trust the system to execute,” Rogers said. “I think we get into trouble when we play a lot of one-on-one. If we play as a team, move the puck, and come out with 100 percent effort, we have the ability to win a lot of games. That’s easier said than done but if we can do that we’ll do very well here down the stretch.”