“What you hope for as a coach is that the officiating is not an issue, and yesterday it was a little bit; today it was a little bit,” Stone said. “We did an average job killing penalties [which was] disappointing, because we’ve been very good at it [so far this season]. We let them off the hook a few times.”

Harvard put the game back within two goals on a two-man advantage, as freshman defenseman Sarah Edney netted her third goal of her rookie campaign. Gedman and Pucci were credited with assists on the play.

“Sarah Edney played great today,” Stone said. “It’s early in our season. We’re still trying to figure out where people need to be in certain situations. … It was a good spot for her and Gedman did a good job finding her. It was a good [shot]. Their goaltender comes out, so it was nice to be able to put the puck in behind her.”

The third period was all Minnesota, as the Gophers tallied two more goals to push the final score to seven.

“I had a feeling this game was going to be wide open today, because yesterday was so close,” Stone said. “Obviously it doesn’t feel good at all, but we’re going to take away a lot of this and hopefully we’ll see them again.”

—Staff writer Catherine E. Coppinger can be reached at ccoppinger@college.harvard.edu.