On Friday, the Harvard men’s hockey team, shown above in earlier action, came out on top with a 4-3 win over Cornell, one of the better teams in the ECAC. The Crimson couldn’t keep the momentum going, dropping a close contest with Colgate the following evening.

Riding a two-game undefeated streak into the weekend, Harvard men’s hockey looked to gain momentum with the playoffs approaching.

But after stretching its streak to three games by defeating Cornell (11-7-2, 13-11-3 ECAC) on Friday in Ithaca, the Crimson (6-19-1, 4-14-1) could not finish a weekend sweep, falling at Colgate (7-23-2, 4-14-2) on Saturday.

Sophomore forward Danny Biega continued his recent strong play, scoring a total of two goals and recording two assists on the weekend. Biega has notched three goals and five assists in his last four games.

Both games proved to be close, but late goals were the deciding factors in the matches for Harvard.

“Friday we played pretty well...We got the win,” co-captain Chris Huxley said. “Saturday, we didn’t play as good of a game.”

COLGATE 2, HARVARD 1

On Saturday night at Starr Rink, the Crimson and the Raiders faced off in a defensive struggle, but Colgate found a way to squeeze out the victory.

“I thought it was a good game, although we didn’t play a full game like the night before against Cornell,” senior goalie Kyle Richter said.

Though Harvard struck first with a power-play goal from Biega, the Raiders responded a little more than three minutes later with a goal of their own. After the first two goals, the game stayed knotted at 1-1 for the entire second period and for most of the third.

The Crimson tried to break open the match early in the third frame, but the players could not find the back of the net.

Just as overtime seemed to be imminent, Colgate forward Robbie Bourdon fired a shot that bounced off a defenseman and past Richter for the score.

“The last goal was not a lack of execution but miscommunication,” Richter said. “Their guys got an open lane in our zone.”

Harvard was not able to respond, and the game ended in a disappointing loss for the Crimson.

Richter played a solid game, saving 26 out of 28 shot attempts by the Raiders and keeping Harvard competitive. The defense also played well enough to keep Colgate from getting the go-ahead goal until the end.

“It was a good effort by everyone in our own zone,” Richter said. “I thought guys did a good job of cleaning rebounds out.”