The Crimson put two more in the net before the start of the third. Junior forward Alex Fallstrom scored from a pass from Killorn after a Wildcat turnover in the defensive zone.  Killorn then later scored himself, his second of the game, directing a pass from Fallstrom five seconds before intermission.

Cutting the deficit to one, Harvard entered the third period ready to attack and battle, playing what Donato believed to be its best period of the night.

Blackwell has shown some flash so far this season, but the two goals he scored to give the Crimson the victory were more of a testament to his effort.

The game-tying goal was put in off a rebound from a deflection by junior David Valek on a slap shot by captain Ryan Grimshaw. And Blackwell gave the team the lead on a redirect of a shot from sophomore defenseman Dan Ford.

“He really just competes,” Donato said. “He can skate and he’s got great skills, but he goes for the tough areas and he throws his body around. His style of play and his work ethic definitely gives our bench a big boost."

Valek added an empty-net goal to seal the win for Harvard, despite a last-second goal from UNH forward Stevie Moses.

Overall, Donato was happy with the resilient win as well the offensive spark for the Crimson in the last two periods.

“In the end of the day I think there’s something real positive for us in that fact that we were able to win game that we didn’t play perfectly,” he said. “We were able to score seven goals when quite frankly there’s been some times [when] that’s been a decent month for us.”

In what looked like a lost night for Harvard early on, the Crimson was able to turn it around and make this a confidence boosting victory.

“I’m really proud of the way the guys persevered,” Donato said. “It was a real uplifting night for us.”