The Crimson was able to kill its only penalty of the period, which came 2:37 in when sophomore Marissa Gedman was called for holding the stick of one of Cornell’s players.

But when Big Red freshman forward Emily Fulton was called for elbowing, Harvard took advantage. Crowe scored 14 minutes into the second period off an assist from Armstrong—her second of the night.

Cornell didn’t find its scoring touch again until midway through the final frame, after the Crimson had brought the game even.

“We kind of knew we could do that,” Edney said of coming back. “We just had the jump and wanted to win it all.”

Instead, Spurling’s tying goal served as a wake-up call for the Big Red. Saulnier put Cornell back on top shortly after the opposing score.

And a minute and a half later, Fulton struck for the Big Red, to bring the game to 5-3, which would be the final score.

The third period was the first one in which Cornell seemed to dominate the puck—the Big Red took 16 shots to the Crimson’s four.

Bellamy made 14 saves in the period and 31 overall.

“I’m not happy with having given up that many goals,” Bellamy said of her own performance. “We can’t give up five goals and expect to win.”

It is clear what this game means for Harvard and Cornell’s records.

But what the game forecasts for the remainder of the season is more ambiguous. Because of the Four Nations Cup, which is currently taking place in Nyköping, Sweden, both the Crimson and the Big Red were without their head coaches.

Harvard was also playing without junior forward Jillian Dempsey, junior defenseman Josephine Pucci, and freshman defenseman Michelle Picard. Cornell, meanwhile, was without junior defensemen Laura Fortino and Lauriane Rougeau, sophomore forward Brianne Jenner, and senior forward Rebecca Johnston.

“We’re definitely excited to see them again later on,” Bellamy said. “It was fun to play in that environment. We were really happy with the way we played.”

—Staff writer Christina C. McClintock can be reached at ccmcclin@fas.harvard.edu.