“I think the same things that were costing us games were flipped around to win a game [on Friday],” Donato said.

Colgate switched up its goalies in hopes of putting a stop to the Crimson’s scoring spree, but Killorn, Harvard’s leading scorer, wouldn’t relent, putting in a tricky shot for Harvard’s fourth unanswered goal of the game to make it 4-1 just before the close of the second period.

The Red Raiders were clearly feeling the heat as they entered the final frame with a three-goal deficit.

About a minute in, Colgate senior forward Francois Brisebois found the back of the net, getting the puck past Harvard’s senior goaltender Ryan Carroll.

The Red Raiders seemed to be picking up the pace, but a strong defensive effort by Carroll and the rest of the Harvard defense allowed the Crimson to keep its comfortable lead.

“[Carroll] gave us a calming effect and made some big saves,” Donato said of the netminder who had 27 saves on the night. “I think he does such a great job being relaxed in there...[and] it plays into how the team plays in front of him as far as being composed in our own zone.”

As time wound down, Colgate pulled its goalie with a few minutes left, and Harvard did not waste the opportunity. Morrison scored first on the open net, and after a late charging penalty on the Red Raiders, Danny Biega sealed his hat trick with a goal from behind the Crimson’s own blue line.

The final goals marked the late-scoring pattern that dominated Harvard’s 6-2 victory.

“We got a lead and we couldn’t hold it for more than 20 seconds, and then we gave up two goals in the last two minutes of the first and second period,” the Red Raiders’ coach said. “Those are backbreakers.”

Donato and Danny Biega agreed that just a few moments were enough to determine the outcome of the game.

“Unfortunately for Colgate, I thought they looked a little bit like us when we’ve lost games—where they’ve worked hard or they had great chances, and then the puck just comes down to the other end and goes in the net,” Donato said.

“Last weekend we played hard, we played really well, but we just didn’t get the bounces,” Biega added. “You know, every game there’s some luck involved, and the puck just seemed to fly in the back of the net for us tonight.

—Staff writer Madeleine Smith can be reached at smith21@college.harvard.edu.