Despite the loss, Harvard enjoyed the opportunity to challenge an elite team on its home ice.
“It was awesome, it was really awesome,” Everson said. “It was nice to have a big crowd, to play the number one team, and have the chance to beat them...it’s nice to be in the spotlight a little bit.”
On the whole, Yale outshot Harvard, 39-31. Little led the Bulldogs with six shots, and Killorn paced the Crimson with five attempts.
The defeat marked the struggling Crimson’s 10th in 11 games, while Yale extended its winning streak to nine games, the longest active streak in the nation.
“We didn’t manage the puck too well,” Valek said. “We turned it over a couple of times and that cost us...[but] I think if we eliminate those mistake, we can play with pretty much anyone and I think we proved that. We stuck with them pretty much the whole game except for a few errors we made.”
—Staff writer Scott A. Sherman can be reached at ssherman13@college.harvard.edu.